# Business and Contracts Manager

**Company**: London Borough of Hillingdon
**Location**: Uxbridge
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Full time
**Salary**: GBP 49,590 - 53,919 per year
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a Business & Contracts Manager to lead contract management activities that underpin the delivery of critical technology services across the organisation.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

- Leading the management and governance of the Technology contract portfolio.

- Managing supplier relationships and monitoring contract performance to ensure service delivery and value for money.

- Developing and maintaining the Corporate Services Contracts Register and contract renewal programme.

- Supporting procurement activities, market engagement exercises and tender processes.

- Supporting the monitoring of technology budgets, expenditure, forecasts and financial performance.

- Preparing business cases, governance reports and approval documentation.

- Identifying commercial opportunities, efficiencies and savings.

- Supporting Procurement Services in ensuring compliance with procurement legislation, contract standing orders and corporate governance requirements.

- Providing performance reporting and management information to senior stakeholders.

- Supporting major technology, digital and transformation programmes through effective commercial planning and contract management.

The ideal candidate will have:

- Significant experience in contract, supplier or commercial management.

- Experience of budget monitoring, financial management and business planning.

- Knowledge of procurement processes, contract governance and compliance requirements.

- Strong analytical, reporting and problem-solving skills.

- Experience of developing business cases, reports and governance documentation.

- Excellent stakeholder management and negotiation skills.

- The ability to manage multiple priorities in a complex and fast-paced environment.

- Experience within local government, technology services or a regulated environment would be advantageous.

In return, we offer a range of benefits including flexible working hours, a 36 hour week, generous holiday entitlement, and access to a variety of offers and discounts through our Perkbox Benefits.

## Skills

### Required
- contract management
- supplier management
- budget monitoring
- financial management
- business planning
- procurement
- governance
- compliance
- analytical skills
- reporting
- problem-solving
- stakeholder management
- negotiation

### Nice to have
- local government
- technology services
- regulated environment

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