Commercial Contract Manager / Lawyer (Manchester)
- Location
- Manchester
- Salary
- £44000-£48000-per annum +
- Posted
- 23 Mar 2018
- Closes
- 20 Apr 2018
- Ref
- CCM / Lawyer
- Contact
- Regional Recruitment
- Job Title
- Risk and Compliance
- Practice Area
- Commercial Contracts, Compliance
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
An international law firm is recruiting for a Commercial Contract Manager / Lawyer to join their Manchester office on a 12-month FTC. In this role, you will manage and review commercial third-party supplier contracts for the firm, in line with the firm’s risk and compliance review process, and this will sometimes include dealing with overseas and cross-border issues. You will be required to liaise with external suppliers including reviewing contracts, providing subsequent commentary on them, reasoning on acceptability of terms and negotiating any contentious points and agreeing final form contracts. You will build strong relationships across this global firm as you work to develop new processes and procedures for contract review and general procurement.
Experience and knowledge:
- Legal qualifications and/or substantive experience of reviewing commercial contracts are essential
- Experience of negotiating commercial contracts is vital
- Project management experience
- Strong commercial awareness
- Ability to negotiate with suppliers, from large multinational organisations to smaller entities and sole traders