Contract / Relationship Manager - Industrial Large Projects

We are looking for a Contract / Relationship Manager to work with our Procurement team based in Coventry.

The role holder will lead and manage Commercial relationships in Industrial customer projects, initially CNL and Amentum in the ILP Sector.
Facilitate continued growth of the ILP sector and wider organisation whilst maintaining account management responsibility throughout the delivery project lifecycle.

Duties and responsibilities include (full list included in the job description):

• Lead commercial aspects of Industrial Sector customer projects, including:
• Change Management negotiations
• Cost Rate / NEC4 Defined costs renegotiations
• Management of CEMAR and formal customer contract communications and responses
• Run and report monthly commercial reviews with customers
• Coordinate the NEC4 contract form and legal/commercial due diligence
• Ensure understanding of NEC4 contract form within project team, and establish structure and contracts for compliant delivery, including where delivery contracts are not NEC4 flowdowns.

Person Specification

We are looking for a candidate who has:

• Experience of influencing stakeholders to deliver programme objectives 
• Experience with NEC4 regulations in delivery of projects
• Experience in reporting a variety of data to a wider audience
• Adept at managing stakeholder and customers’ expectations in line with agreed project deliverables
• Experience of working collaboratively with both public and private partners
• Experience of working in an innovation, research and development environment
• Ability to innovatively identify and resolve issues using a strongly analytical approach
• Able to apply risk management principals, particularly in relation to customers and other key stakeholders
• Ability to engage with internal stakeholders, particularly engineers, to gain and credibly communicate an understanding of technology and engineering opportunities

All aspects of the role are to be carried out as an exemplar within the business in adhering to the MTC RIGHT way:

• Acting responsibly, putting MTC’s interests ahead of personal ambition;
• Providing inspirational leadership to all who come in contact with you;
• Delivering in the broadest sense a great working environment;
• Leading with humility, honesty and integrity in all that you do;
• Promoting teamwork, supporting through difficult times and collectively celebrating our successes.