Senior Contracts Manager (Medical) – Salary to £52,000 + car allowance, bonus and benefits

Based: Reading

Our client, an established Medical Equipment Leasing Business with approx. £150m of assets under management, is seeking a Senior Contracts Manager to help rationalise and standardise its asset maintenance contracts with hospitals and healthcare suppliers within the UK and Europe.

You will work with and lead a specialist contract management team. This is a key role within our client’s Supply Chain and Procurement team and requires regular travel to both clients and suppliers throughout the UK and occasionally within Europe.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement and update the Group’s Asset Maintenance contracts
• Define an overall maintenance strategy
• Ensure that all contracts are renewed on-time
• Work with the wider Group to promulgate contract pricing support
• Train and manage a contract management team within agreed budgets
• Look for opportunities to continuously improve both service and quality
• Manage supplier negotiations and performance
• Develop a good appreciation of medical equipment technology and service pricing.

Essential candidate Skills and Experience

• Membership of CIPS or CMI and, preferably, a post graduate qualification
• At least 8 years procurement experience in an integrated supply chain
• Experience of strategy development, cost and performance improvement
• Experience of negotiating, specifying and monitoring complex service contracts
• Experience of working in the medical supply chain would be preferred as would a second European language.

This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced Contracts Manager with a track record of working in a medical supply chain. There are good possibilities for career growth within this rapidly expanding organisation. Contact us today for further details.

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