Contracts Manager

The role of the Clinical and Protecting Health Directorate is to protect the people of Scotland from infectious and environmental hazards; enable high-quality clinical and public health knowledge, research and innovation; and change clinical and public health practice by using audits at a national and local level.
Within the Clinical and Protecting Health Directorate, the Contracts Manager is a new post that will take lead responsibility for the contracts the Directorate is negotiating and entering into, acting as the lead organisational contact for third party suppliers.
The post holder will be accountable for the management and integrity of all contracts related to supporting the functions and ambitions of the directorate.
The Candidate:
This role requires strong experience in supplier relationship management, maintaining and developing an open and constructive relationships with internal and external stakeholders. We are seeking a candidate with strong Contract & Supplier Management experience with an ability to manage a number of supplier contracts at any one time across a broad range of contracts, and work streams ensuring that the contract, governance, finance, and service requirements are aligned. Whilst also being able to demonstrate the ability to explain commercial aspects of contracts to non-commercial professionals.