A government organization is growing, making contracts and collaborations increasingly complex and important. There is a need for a contract manager who maintains an overview, identifies opportunities, and ensures that agreements are actually complied with. Throughout the entire term, you maintain control over performance, risks, and opportunities for improvement to get the most out of our contracts and collaborations.
What you will do. As a contract manager within the Strategy, Governance, and Operations department, you provide structure, overview, and active management of our contracts. You connect internal stakeholders and external suppliers, monitor agreements made, and identify opportunities and risks in a timely manner. This contributes to predictable results, cost control, and sustainable collaborations. You keep track of all ongoing material contracts and support managers in entering into new contracts.
After entering into contracts, you also maintain contact with suppliers of products and services, such as ICT resources and/or services. You ensure a good insight and overview of the contracts that have been entered into.
Tasks and responsibilities.
- Supporting and advising managers in guiding needs assessments and monitoring procurement processes.
- Recording and keeping contracts up-to-date in a contract register.
- Contacting suppliers as needed after entering into material contracts.
- Supporting product owners and managers with procurement issues.
- Experience in setting up, structuring, maintaining, and monitoring financial overviews and budgets.
- Supporting European tenders and projects.
- Supporting and setting up a Contract Management System (CMS), including inventorying needs and contributing ideas on its design.
- Supporting the supplier manager in terms of content and management.
- Ensuring good coordination with internal and external stakeholders and connecting different interests and needs.
- Crucial support for European and international tenders in collaboration with a procurement execution center.
Profile
You are able to maintain an overview of a diverse field. You possess excellent oral and written communication skills. You are able to proactively identify issues, coordinate appropriate actions, and take solution-oriented initiatives. You are results-oriented, know how to distinguish main from side issues, and set priorities. You work closely with product owners and managers.
What they ask
- HBO/WO (higher professional education/university) working and thinking level.
- Extensive demonstrable work experience as a contract manager or in a comparable role.
- Experience in setting up, maintaining, and monitoring financial overviews.
Preferences.
- Experience with maintaining a contract management system.
- Experience with agile working.
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