Contract Manager

Contract Manager - Healthcare - NHC - £72,500 plus bonus and excellent benefits

As a Contract Manager you will be responsible for leading the negotiation, execution, governance and ongoing management of Managed Service Contracts, commercial agreements and Partner Supplier sub-contracts across the company's diagnostic portfolio. You will act as the commercial contract subject matter expert, supporting major tender opportunities, contract mobilisation, performance management and contract renewals whilst ensuring regulatory compliance and effective management of commercial, contractual and operational risk.

Your responsibilities:

• Successful completion of all contract negotiations and documentation on behalf of the company when acting as a Primary Managed Service supplier, secondary supplier to Primary MSC providers or direct with NHS or private customers
• Liaising with the company's lawyers as well as legal representatives from customers and Partner Suppliers to finalise commercial contract negotiations (including KPIs) both during the tender process and following award.
• Management and monitoring of contract performance post implementation including delivery against SLA and KPI contractual obligations by both Sysmex and Partner Suppliers.
• Conduct presentations to customers and meetings with customers as part of the pre-sales and the Tender Processes.
• Providing Contract / KPI expertise and input to competitive dialogue meetings with customers as a part of the tender process where appropriate
• Working with other members of the Commercial Support Services Department to produce and collate tender responses
• Ensure all documents are completed according to the required standard and quality.
• Create and update as required documentation relating to training, installation, SOPs and regulatory issues.
• Lead on CLMS System implementation and maintain database.

What do you bring?

• Proven experience in a Contract Management role - negotiating and executing Commercial Contracts with NHS customers
• Proven track record of negotiating and delivering successful commercial contracts with Partner Suppliers and managing multi-supplier Managed Service Contracts.
• Demonstrable experience identifying, assessing and mitigating commercial and contractual risk.
• Demonstrable experience of working collaboratively to support sales / business development teams deliver their performance objectives.
• Detailed understanding of NHS procurement processes, framework agreements and public procurement legislations
• Experience interpreting commercial pricing models, financial schedules, service credits, KPI mechanisms and contract profitability metrics.
• Ideally with experience managing complex commercial contracts within IVD diagnostics environments.

For more information or to apply, please contact Deborah Hale on deborah@delta-consultants.com

Key words - Contract - Tender - MSC - Negotiation - NHS Procurement

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