Commercial Contract Manager

Commercial Contract Manager

Bushey, Hertfordshire | Monday–Friday, 9am–3pm | On-site

£47,000 p.a. pro rata + Benefits

There are some clients where you become genuinely invested in over the years. This is one of those ‘special’ companies.

Bond Moran have partnered with this exceptional local business for many years and have had the privilege of watching them grow at a remarkable pace. That growth has never come at the expense of who they are.

They have become larger, more successful and increasingly sophisticated, but have never allowed themselves to become overly corporate or lose the identity that makes them special. At heart, this is still a family business.

Having worked closely with the senior leadership team for many years, we can personally vouch for the thought they put into their decisions and the responsibility they feel for the business they are building.

This newly created role is part of that next chapter.

As the business continues to grow, they are strengthening the way commercial opportunities are assessed, challenged and approved.

They are now looking for a Commercial Contracts Manager who can bring structure, commercial judgement and objective thinking to that process.

What will you actually be doing?

You’ll sit at the point where commercial opportunity meets commercial reality.

The business regularly reviews frameworks, tenders and commercial contracts relating to potential customers. Your role will be to ensure every opportunity is properly assessed before commitments are made.

You’ll review commercial and contractual detail, identify areas requiring negotiation, highlight potential exposure and ensure the senior leadership team have the right information before decisions are made.

This could include:

• contractual liabilities and exposure
• payment terms and commercial commitments
• service levels and delivery obligations
• operational capability and resource requirements
• profitability and commercial viability
• areas requiring negotiation or clarification
• risks that need to be accepted, mitigated or escalated

You won’t simply identify problems. You’ll explain what matters, why it matters and what the options are, presenting information clearly and objectively and using data and commercial logic to support recommendations.

The role requires somebody who can look at a contract and ask:

• What are we committing ourselves to?
• Where is the commercial exposure?
• What should we negotiate?
• Can the business realistically deliver this?
• What should the leadership team know before deciding?

You’ll have the credibility to challenge when required, but this isn’t about simply saying “no”. It’s about helping the business make better-informed commercial decisions.

The Wider Opportunity

As a newly created position, you’ll help shape and strengthen the business’s approach to commercial governance, contract approval and mobilisation.

You’ll work closely with Business Development, Operations and Finance, helping ensure commercial opportunities are attractive, deliverable and appropriately controlled. The role also includes oversight of the onboarding function and management of the existing Onboarding Coordinator.

You’ll help develop practical processes and frameworks that support the business as it scales, without becoming bureaucracy for bureaucracy’s sake.

This company has grown successfully because it has retained the ability to move quickly, make decisions and behave like an entrepreneurial family business.

Your Experience

We’re deliberately keeping an open mind around background.

You may currently work in:

Commercial Management | Contract Management | Governance | Risk | Operations | Compliance

You’ll need strong commercial judgement, confidence around contractual information and the ability to analyse situations objectively.

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