Contract Specialist

Project Overview/Role Description

Contract Specialist
Location: West Cumbria
Working hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: £27.00 LTD Per Hour
Duration: 12 Months

Objective

A great opportunity has arisen for a bright, proactive individual to work as a contracts Specialist within the Nuclear Industry.

Our client is responsible for delivering safe nuclear decommissioning, waste management and commercial operations. They are seeking an experienced Contract Specialist to support and contribute to the successful delivery of scope, schedule and cost by ensuring the optimum provision of bought-in goods and services from the Supply Chain. The Contract Specialist also manages and undertakes procurement activities to meet the business needs. This encompasses all aspects of procurement and supply chain management demanding professional experience and competence.

Deliverables (for contract)

Your responsibilities will include;

- Establishing, collating and conducting the initial analysis of forecasts of the demand requirements and ensure that individual procurement activities are effectively undertaken.
- Ensuring contract and Supply Chain strategies are adhered to within a portfolio of work.
- Identifying commercial risks, and managing and mitigating where possible.
- Protecting the Company's legal interests.
- Challenging demand requirements to ensure value for money sourcing.
- Managing sourcing, assessing, selecting and awarding of contracts.
- Assisting with ensuring value added commercial and financial contract management techniques and controls are deployed on contracts through to contractual close-out.
- Maintaining procurement activity records, reports, system data and completing accurately and to agreed timescales.
- Obtaining, monitoring and providing feedback on contractor/supplier performance against the contract(s) and where applicable building measures into contract improvement plans.
- Ensuring consistent application and implementation of Commercial Directorate policy, procedures and governmental requirements.
- Assisting with the management of key stakeholder relationships.

Essential/Desirable Skills

The successful candidate will possess;

- Extensive experience within Contract Management, including input into contracting strategies.
- Evidence of guidance/advice to internal and external customers with issues being resolved promptly.
- Procurement experience.

If you have the above experience I would be very keen to hear from you. In return you will be rewarded with a competitive rate and a chance to make an impact working for a leading nuclear company.

Capita Resourcing welcome applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of gender, race, disability, age or sexual orientation.

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