Contract Strategy Manager in Stretford

Contract Strategy Manager

Location: Homebased with occasional travel

Salary: c£70,000 per annum, dependent on experience

Contract Type: Permanent, 37.5 hours per week

Role Profile: https://bit.ly/4rbAIQm

Anchor is seeking an experienced and dynamic Contract Strategy Manager to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our Property & Assets function. Reporting to the Head of Strategic Partnerships, this role will lead the development, production and mobilisation of large-scale property maintenance and repair contracts—totalling approximately £80m per annum.

Key responsibilities

• Leading the development, implementation and mobilisation of major property and asset maintenance contracts.
• Working closely with Procurement to shape and deliver new supplier partnerships.
• Managing and influencing internal and external stakeholder relationships across Property Delivery, Portfolio Strategy, Sustainability, Finance and Operations.
• Ensuring full compliance with regulatory and governance requirements and recommending improvements where needed.
• Contributing to procurement programmes that deliver on time, raise quality standards, and support a resilient property service.
• Embedding best practice in contract management, fraud prevention, delegated authorities, and partnership working.
• Supporting performance improvement, cost savings and service enhancements through innovative contracting.

Knowledge & Skills

• Strong knowledge of NEC and/or JCT contracts.
• Understanding of property maintenance operations within the housing sector.
• Ability to develop creative, pragmatic solutions in a complex, changing environment.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with confidence to challenge constructively at senior levels.
• Strong planning, reporting and organisational capability, with an ability to work under pressure and build trust-based relationships.

Experience

• Extensive experience in developing high-value property contracts in housing maintenance, repairs, or renewals.
• Proven track record delivering large procurement programmes and complex partnering agreements.
• Experience collaborating with residents, colleagues and operational teams to shape service specifications.
• Leadership experience with the ability to motivate teams and drive performance.
• Degree-level education or equivalent experience.
• Ideally working towards or holding a relevant professional qualification (e.g. MCIOB, MRICS).

Anchor – a great place to work

Anchor is England’s largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.

We’re not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities.

Our values

Every one of us can make a difference to our residents and play a part in shaping homes and services around their needs.

Our Anchor values of being Accountable, Respectful, Courageous and Honest apply to us all, whether you manage colleagues as part of your role or not.

Displaying our values can influence those around us to do the same. We can all be leaders at Anchor and should all be driven by the same customer ethos. Our Anchor Leadership Framework helps align these values with the skills and behaviours we demonstrate.

A rewarding environment

From health and happiness to finance and your career, we’ll give you all the support you need.

Health & happiness

• Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts
• Mental health support
• Flexible working options
• Access to online GP appointments

Finance

• Pension plan – contribute between 4% and 8% and we’ll match it or better
• Quick and easy pension transfer service
• Savings and financial advice, loans, free life assurance
• Discounts on shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more

Career

• Ongoing personal and professional development programme
• Leadership Pathways online learning resources
• Career progression and promotion opportunities

To see our full range of benefits, check out our dedicated being well website Please follow the link or copy and paste https://anchorbeingwell.co.uk/ into your browser

Celebrating diversity, celebrating you

Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do, as we know that the more diverse our colleagues are, the better care and support we can give to our residents and each other.

We are proud to have an LGBT+ group for our residents, and also Disability, LGBT+ and race and ethnicity colleague networks. These work to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members. We also have an Inclusive Ambassador network to allow all colleagues to be part of promoting diversity and to be an ally to others.

We are a Gold Standard Inclusive Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Menopause Friendly and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant, HouseProud Pledge and Age Friendly Employer Pledge schemes.