Job Description:
Requirement Overview
- Seeking 2 Interim Contract Manager for an initial period of up to 6 months
- Roles will support a targeted, time-limited savings workstream
- Focus on progressing a pre-defined set of key lines of enquiry to identify and realise financial savings
- Analytical groundwork and data insights will already be in place � emphasis is on delivery and commercial intervention
Key Responsibilities
- Lead commercial engagement and negotiation activity with suppliers to unlock savings opportunities
- Review identified contracts and spend areas to challenge pricing, scope, and commercial terms
- Translate data insights into practical savings actions and deliverable outcomes
- Work closely with service leads to validate opportunities and secure buy-in
- Drive pace, accountability, and delivery across the workstream
- Ensure all activity is undertaken in line with procurement regulations and governance requirements
Required Experience & Skills
- Strong track record as an experienced Contract Manager (public sector experience highly desirable)
- Demonstrable experience of delivering cashable savings through commercial negotiation
- Excellent negotiation and influencing skills, with confidence engaging suppliers at pace
- Highly commercially astute, able to quickly assess value and risk
- Strong stakeholder management skills, able to work effectively with senior officers and services
- Comfortable working with data-led insights and turning these into action
- Self-starter, able to operate independently with minimal supervision
- Proven ability to work in fast-paced, delivery-focused environments
Personal Attributes
- Results-driven and outcome-focused
- Resilient and confident in challenging conversations
- Proactive and able to identify opportunities beyond the initial brief
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate commercial concepts into plain English
Success Measures
- Delivery of quantifiable savings against identified opportunities
- Evidence of successful supplier negotiations and cost reductions
- Positive feedback from stakeholders on engagement and delivery approach
- Clear audit trail of commercial decisions and outcomes
