At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage contracts and supplier relationships to ensure value and compliance.
- Company: UCL, London's leading multidisciplinary university with a diverse community.
- Benefits: 41 days holiday, pension scheme, on-site gym, and employee support services.
- Other info: Join a diverse team committed to equality and innovation.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on research and procurement at a world-class institution.
- Qualifications: Experience in commercial contract management and strong negotiation skills.
The predicted salary is between 54000 - 66000 £ per year.
About us UCL is London's leading multidisciplinary university, with more than 18,000 staff and over 51,000 students from more than 150 countries.
Alongside our world-leading teaching and research, we manage a large, diverse and complex estate that provides the environment in which our academic community can thrive.
UCL spends more than 900 million each year with third-party suppliers.
Our Commercial & Procurement function plays a critical role in ensuring this expenditure delivers value, manages commercial and operational risk and supports UCL's long-term strategic ambitions.
We are focused on strengthening sourcing, supplier management and commercial capability while supporting UCL's Sustainable Procurement Strategy and 2034 strategic plan.
Within Estates Development, the Commercial & Procurement team supports a significant portfolio of activity across UCL's estate.
We work collaboratively with colleagues, suppliers and delivery partners to strengthen commercial management, improve supplier performance and ensure our contractual arrangements continue to deliver value throughout their lifecycle.
About the role We are looking for a Senior Commercial Contracts Manager to join our Estates Development Commercial & Procurement team.
This is an opportunity to take a key role in the ongoing commercial management of contracts and strategic supplier relationships, ensuring contractual commitments translate into strong operational, financial and commercial outcomes for UCL.
You will support the management of a portfolio of contracts throughout their lifecycle, including extensions, variations, renewals and change-control activity.
You will monitor supplier performance, contractual compliance, commercial risk and expenditure, using data and insight to identify issues and opportunities to improve value for money.
Working closely with Category Management, Finance, operational teams and suppliers, you will coordinate supplier relationship management and performance reviews and help resolve commercial, contractual and supplier-performance issues.
You will also contribute to commercial and financial reporting, including cost and scope analysis, performance reporting and, where required, Cost Value Reconciliation and rebate or fee assessments.
Risk and assurance will be an important part of the role.
You will help identify and manage contractual, supplier and market risks and support assurance across areas including financial resilience, sustainability, accessibility, health and safety, cyber security and information security.
You will also contribute to the continued development and standardisation of UCL's contract management processes, KPIs, balanced scorecards and supplier governance arrangements.
About you As STEM Category Manager, you will directly influence how UCL invests in its research capability.
You will lead strategic sourcing activity across a diverse portfolio of scientific equipment, laboratory infrastructure, specialist services and research-related spend, helping shape the future of research across one of the world's leading universities.
You will work closely with senior academics, researchers and professional services colleagues to develop category strategies, lead complex commercial projects and negotiate with specialist suppliers operating in highly technical markets.
The role offers significant autonomy and visibility.
You will manage high-value procurement activity from strategy through to implementation, using data, market insight and commercial expertise to deliver value, strengthen supplier relationships and support UCL's long-term ambitions.
From enabling new laboratory facilities to supporting major research programmes, the impact of your work will be visible across the institution and beyond.
What we offer As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
- 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
- Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme
- Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
- Immigration loan
- Relocation scheme for certain posts
- On-Site nursery
- On-site gym
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
- Discounted medical insurance Visit https://www. ucl. ac. uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.
We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce.
These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.
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