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For our Procurement team in Sibiu who is rapidly expanding we are looking to take onboard 2 Contract Managers with 3-4 years experience in procurement area, excellent English skills and another European language at a very good level.
Please note that this role is in Sibiu and ony apply if you live or are able to relocate in this area.
Please send your detailed CV in English only, otherwise incomplete CVs will be disregarded.
The Contract Manager is responsible for proactively managing the deliverables and the relationship between Colt and identified strategic suppliers.
The Contract Manager will ensure internal compliance to process to avoid ‘leakage’ i.e. stakeholders not buying through the contract; will ensure that all deliverables whether they be operational, commercial or technical are delivered per contract and will drive other areas of added value e.g. product innovation; training; inventory management.
Following the established Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) framework, the Contract Manager will develop and maintain long-term relationships between Colt and the selected suppliers with the aim of improving commercial terms and conditions; identifying and mitigating risk and ensuring continuity and flexibility of supply.
The Contract Manager will build a centre of excellence for stakeholders, coordinating all activities between the relevant parties and reporting on a regular basis. Whilst not accountable for quality of service/deliverables, the Contract Manager will ensure that all issues are captured and resolved on a timely basis and used to continuously improve supplier performance.
Relevant experience of dealing with pan-European suppliers in a procurement, supply chain or commercial management capacity.
Excellent English both oral and written is a pre-requisite; another European language would be advantageous.
Competencies:
Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship building skills and a clear, inclusive written and oral communication style.
Clarity of thinking and strong, problem solving skills.
Analytical capability and ability to develop creative commercial proposals.
Good planning and project management skills.
Ability to keep up to date with market trends and new developments.
Ability to review situations and quickly evaluate opportunities to achieve business goals.
Role tasks / Requirements:
• Understand supplier’s strengths and capabilities and ensure these are used to maximum effect.
• Assist in the negotiation and construction of contracts focussing on quality and value of service.
• Ensure stakeholder requirements and aspirations are considered and managed.
• Ensure appropriate KPIs, targets and deliverables are clearly articulated, aligned to business goals and managed robustly.
• Conduct the financial and operational due diligence on new product offerings or lines of service.
• Manage in an open and transparent way the supplier performance and provide executive reports on value add achieved.
• Ensure all commercial terms and mechanics are considered e.g. currency, payments, discounts, indices, erosion, rebates, free of charge services etc.
• Pro-actively manages and resolve any business conflicts between the company and the supplier.
• Ensure that at all times Colt benefits from any contractual remedies, penalties or credits that it is entitled to under the terms of the contract.
Knowledge & Experience:
• Experience of procurement, project management, processes or quality control particularly in the IT/services sector.
• Experience of managing global or pan-European suppliers.
• Experience of crafting complex service contracts and knowledge of common corporate legal issues.
• Extensive and well developed experience working with senior management / stakeholders in a business partnership capacity.
• Experience of working effectively within a fast moving, multi-national European, sales led organisation.
• Experience of dealing across European countries.
Academic & professional qualifications:
• Degree level qualification.
• Pan-European experience.
• Strong contracts background and commercial acumen.
Travelling:
• May require regular European travel
Colt began in 1992 with funding from Fidelity Investments. Within a year we’d completed 15 km of our London network, and been granted a PTO licence so that we could offer voice and transmission services. We soon had our very first customer.
We then signed various interconnect agreements and by 1995 had completed the initial phase of our network in London’s West End. That meant we could compete for business amongst the vibrant media, advertising and broadcasting community located in that area. We won more and more customers and by 1996 Colt was floated on the London Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. We opened for business in Frankfurt, and gained our licence to operate in France.
Our European expansion continued as we raised new capital, won many awards, and began to work in Spain, Switzerland, and deepen our presence in France and Germany.
As of today, we are Europe’s leading information delivery platform, with over 35,000 European business and government customers. We have the fastest end-to-end European Ethernet network, seamlessly connecting over 100 cities. We also own and operate 19 state-of-the-art data centres.
At Colt, we continue to invest heavily in our ability to deliver integrated network and IT managed services. We have over 250 skilled experts, working across a broad range of technologies. We are also helping to lead industry standards and certification for cloud services.
Looking ahead, we are committed to constantly growing our ability to deliver solutions that make a real difference to our customers, and to underpin this with award-winning customer service.