You are a driven and curious professional with an eye for detail and strong organizational skills. You have an affinity with public spaces and are energized by managing and optimizing contracts. In this versatile role, you are the connecting factor within contract management for a Public Space Management department, where you collaborate with approximately 40 colleagues. You think ahead, optimize processes, and ensure that contracts are in order and agreements are met.
You are given ample space to organize your work independently and to further shape the department's administrative office together with colleagues. Investments are made in your development with a wide range of education and training opportunities through an internal academy.
What you will do. The goal is to contribute to a safe, clean, and well-maintained living environment through effective contract and supplier management. Quality, cost control, collaboration, and social added value are central to the execution of management and maintenance contracts. Your main activities:
- Substantively guide procurement procedures for extensions, contracts, and tenders for the department, in collaboration with procurement advisors
- Relationship management by acting as one of the main contacts between the organization and suppliers, fostering a constructive, professional relationship (open communication, trust, clarity)
- Financial contract management, monitoring contract budgets and financial agreements, checking invoices and aligning them with delivered performance, and playing a signaling role in case of overruns or opportunities for savings
- Stimulate sustainability within the department by proposing improvements
- Maintain a contract management system and optimize the system together with the Procurement department
- Promote internal collaboration by representing the department in working groups and collaborating with departments such as ICT, Facility Services, and the customer contact center
- Stimulate the digitization of work processes and support colleagues in their use
Profile
- Independent and entrepreneurial: you work proactively and have a strong sense of responsibility
- Curious and eager to learn: you continuously seek improvements and think ahead
- Strong in maintaining overview: you keep an overview, even during busy periods
- Communicative: you communicate clearly and ensure clear expectations
- Approachable colleague: you are approachable and enjoy building and maintaining relationships
What they ask
- HBO (higher professional education) work and thinking level
- Demonstrable affinity with the management of public spaces and materials
- Demonstrable experience with contract management and/or procurement procedures
- Good digital skills and the ability to quickly master new (online) systems and tools
- Flexibility and willingness to be regularly present on-site, for example at municipal depots
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