Senior Procurement Contracts Specialist in Portsmouth, Hampshire

Senior Procurement Contracts Specialist

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Procurement Contracts Specialist to join our clients Portsmouth based Procurement team. Pulling on your contract expertise you will draft and review contracts, run RFPs as well as assist with the day to day running of the Procurement department. This includes communicating with both internal and external supply base as well as working with various functions internally to truly understand the nature and purpose of each new contract. Bringing a forward-looking strategic view to procurement exercises and having exposure to C-suite we are looking for somebody ready to impress and progress.

Location: Portsmouth. Hybrid working applies. 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home.

Where do you fit in?

Reporting to the Head of Procurement your role will be to undertake first line review of supplier contracts ensuring due diligence is completed and providing a mark-up of the contract, its dependencies, our obligations, Data Protection (DP) implications and information security concerns. This includes working closely with Data Protection, Legal, Information Security as well as other internal stakeholders to ensure needs of the business are appropriately represented across our contractual engagements. As a first point of contact with suppliers, you will undertake negotiations on contractual terms, support the business with supplier sourcing as well as run RFP exercises as and when required. Your remit will be to cover a variety of different types of commercial and supplier contracts ensuring the best interest of the business is represented and risk managed accordingly. If you are looking for an opportunity that pulls on your first class contracts experience then this is the role for you!

What's in it for you?

A forward-thinking digital business with impressive growth plans.
A fast-paced Senior contract specialist role with business wide exposure including C-Suite.
An opportunity to build a successful career within a collaborative and commercially driven environment.

What do you need to succeed?

Previous experience in a similar procurement/ contract specialist role with sound expertise across contract negotiations, review, mark-up and drafting on services or software contracts.
A strong understanding of contract law principles and sound commercial acumen.
Confidence to influence people at all levels, both internal and external.
Adaptable and flexible with resilience and pace to operate in a fast moving agile digital business.
A desire to develop the role and progress, being the natural successor for the Head of Procurement.

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.