Manages the end-to-end contract lifecycle and post-award compliance, ensuring all vendor agreements adhere strictly to Policy, legal frameworks, and SOPs for accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
Main Accountabilities
Stakeholder Management
- Policy Guidance: Provide guidance, advice, and reminders to all departments on contract compliance and procurement policies to ensure full adherence to SC.
- Commercial Negotiations: Partner with Sourcing team and Advisory Department to negotiate contractual terms, commercial clauses, and SLAs to secure optimal value and risk allocation.
- Cross-Functional Partnerships: Engage and build business partnerships with internal stakeholders (Procurement, Finance, and Advisory) to streamline the contract execution process and enhance overall procurement governance.
Process Ownership
- Contract Monitoring & Tracking: Lead the monitoring of all active agreements, ensuring meticulous tracking of contract expiry dates, payment milestones, and the timely submission of project deliverables according to contract terms.
- Contract & Procurement Integration: Oversee the alignment of finalised commercial awards with legally sound contracts, translating basic procurement requirements into enforceable agreements.
- SLA & Vendor Performance Monitoring: Lead the implementation of contract performance management, tracking vendor deliverables, KPIs, and procurement compliance milestones.
- Audit & Compliance Stewardship: Lead the implementation of internal compliance audits, periodically reviewing contract execution, procurement documentation, and adherence to regulatory frameworks.
- Dispute & Claim Management: Act as the primary governance mechanism for managing vendor defaults, contract breaches, or commercial disputes, safeguarding SC resources.
- Governance Framework Enforcement: Maintain a governance framework within contract management processes, ensuring transparency, accountability, and proper authorisation matrices are followed before signing agreements.
People Management
- Team Leadership: Manage direct reports (AM/SE), providing them with development opportunities while coaching and mentoring them in their careers.
- Strategic Advisory: Provide commercial risk assessments, milestone updates, and contract data insights to the SC Management to facilitate strategic decision-making.
Financial Dimension
- Milestone & Payment Review: Review and manage contract financial structures, ensuring payment milestones are verified against actual project deliverables before disbursement.
- Cost & Risk Mitigation: Mitigate hidden costs and financial liabilities through tracking of expiry timelines and the drafting of detailed indemnification and warranty clauses.
Qualifications
- Minimum bachelor’s degree in Corporate/ Commercial Law, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Accounting, or Business Administration.
- Exceptional legal/ contractual writing and drafting skills, strong commercial negotiation tactics, and meticulous attention to detail regarding contract schedules and timelines.
- Technical Expertise: Possess a foundational understanding of basic procurement and sourcing concepts alongside strong contract management expertise.
- Minimum 7-8 years of working experience in Contract Management, Legal Operations, or Procurement compliance roles, including experience with contract lifecycle tracking and milestone monitoring.