Contract Manager in Bristol

Contract Manager

Bristol

12 month contract

ARM is actively seeking a Contract Manager to work with a prestigious defence and aviation client based in Bristol on an initial 12 month contract.

The successful candidate will be responsible for bid preparation, contract negotiation, contract fulfillment, and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• The job holder will work closely with internal stakeholders (IP/Legal/Engineering) and external partners to negotiate a range of Research & Technology contractual agreements.
• Working trans-nationally and locally to identify opportunities for funded contracts.
• Negotiation of the contract requirements with the funding body, establishing collaborative research agreements with partners (including IP terms), and completes the bid submissions process to achieve the best outcome.
• Administration of the contract, ensuring deliverables and milestones, risks and opportunities (technical deliverables and risks and opps remain the responsibility of the technical project leader(s)) are correctly reported, and triggers claims for contract payments.
• The role also requires the job holder to chair "Quarterly Review Meetings" for each contract.

Requirements

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent), specialising in Business or Engineering related.
• Customer or supplier facing experience.
• Ability to liaise with Government agencies and ministers / Suppliers / Legal / Manufacturing / Engineering and Finance.
• Organisation in terms of quality and timeliness.
• Time management skills of self and others, including the ability to work under pressure/workload prioritisation.
• Strong verbal and written communication and negotiation in our business language (English)
• A desire to work in a collaborative team environment, focused on driving future innovation

For more information contact Dan on or 02392 228211

This vacancy is being advertised by Advanced Resource Managers. ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions.

Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.