Commercial Contracts Manager

CK Group are recruiting for a Commercial Contracts Manager to join a diagnostics company at their site in Burgess Hill, on a contract basis for 18 months (to Nov 2025).

Salary:

Daily From £211.54 to £223.08 PAYE or £280.58 to £295.89 Umbrella company rate.

Commercial Contracts Manager Role:

• Involved with pre-tender engagement positioning; advising the Business Areas on the existing contract landscape and any foreseen risks with the customer’s proposed tender approach.
• Working closely with our Bids and  Commercial functions on tender submissions you will be reviewing and managing multiple large tender opportunities simultaneously; reviewing the relevant tender documents and providing a comprehensive risk assessment of the opportunity.
• Coordinating and drafting, for submission to the customer, tender clarifications and summaries of  unacceptable risks.
• Reviewing, drafting, negotiating and executing commercial contracts with our customers highlighting areas of risk, proposing/agreeing risk mitigating strategies and ensuring contracts are commercially and legally robust (in accordance with our tender submissions).
• Providing ad hoc advice and guidance on public procurement legislation and contractual queries from internal departments.
• Drafting and/or reviewing dispute communications, novation agreements, confidentiality agreements, software licences.

Your Background:

• Ideally be a qualified commercial contracts lawyer or alternatively hold a CCM or CIPS accreditation with demonstrable experience in contract drafting.
• You will have an excellent level of contract law experience and a track record of providing contractual expertise relating to the provision of high value complex goods and services (typically in excess of £5m+).
• Preferably you will have knowledge of public procurement regulations (PCR2015) and have a basic understanding of data protection matters.

Company:

Our client is a global pharmaceutical company with a major presence in the UK. Their purpose is to deliver life-changing medicines and to do this they are completely science-led and like to share this with the scientific, healthcare and business communities within the UK.

Location:

This role allows for hybrid working from their site in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, with 2 days per week in the office and 3 working remotely.

Apply:

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference 103336 in all correspondence.

Please note: 

This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.