Supplier and Contract Manager

Requirements of the role

The Supplier and Contract Manager shall have oversight of all contracts within the Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) portfolio and will seek to drive value for money, implement the DDaT strategy and commercial roadmap and drive long-term service outcomes and cost reductions through roadmap alignment of commercial contracts, architecture and delivery plans and effective coordination of supplier management processes. They shall act as key liaison and coordination between DDaT operational and technical teams and Finance and Commercial Teams.

Responsibilities

• Ownership and development of the strategic DDaT commercial roadmap to optimise value for money, service efficiencies and long-term cost reductions through technology and contract consolidations.
  • Evaluation of existing suppliers and contracts to advise on current capabilities, needs and future requirements and develop supply chain strategy and plans.
  • Analyse supplier and contract data to predict trends in demand and costs.
  • Market research and analysis to advise and identify opportunities to enable DDaT strategies, improve products and services and reduce costs.
• Acting as the primary point of contact to assure effective management of all DDaT contracts in line with TPR’s contract management best practice.
• Identify, assess, manage and report on contract and supply chain risks relating to DDaT.
• Performance and cost management of suppliers using service level agreements, benchmarks and key performance indicators and identify and oversee performance improvement opportunities.
• Assist service transition plans to ensure contractual support of production systems is clear and understood.
• Work closely with and in collaboration with Commercial, Finance and DDaT digital and service delivery teams.
• Create annual DDaT budget relating to commercial contracts (excluding employee costs).
• Perform ongoing budget management including spend tracking/forecasting, reporting and invoice/purchase requests approvals.
• Ongoing understanding of the external DDaT supplier landscape and emerging technologies and opportunities.
• Promote commercial awareness and activities across DDaT and oversee cost savings initiatives.
• Build and sustain effective relationships with suppliers and TPR internal teams.

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