Tupande Contract Management Specialists & Senior Specialist

Responsibilities

Contract Management Leadership

• Own the Contract Management function, ensuring consistent standards, effective portfolio governance and sound commercial risk management.
• Lead and develop the contract management team, setting priorities and improving capacity through standardisation and appropriate digital tools.

Procurement and Commercial Delivery

• Structure and lead medium-complexity procurement work across categories from early planning through delivery and procure-to-pay completion.
• Lead supplier selection and commercial negotiations, recommending the best option within approved policies and budgets.

Capital and Complex Portfolio Oversight

• Provide early commercial leadership for capital investment and other complex procurement portfolios, improving commercial readiness and reducing delivery risk.
• Establish consistent controls for contract changes and claims, including warranties or performance security.

Contract and Supplier Performance

• Ensure contractual commitments remain aligned with supplier delivery and procure-to-pay execution.
• Hold suppliers accountable for agreed performance and lead the resolution of material commercial issues.

Stakeholder and Performance Leadership

• Represent Procurement independently, align senior stakeholders and manage complex commercial escalations.
• Use procurement and contract data to improve portfolio performance and lead organisation-wide process improvements.

People Management & Resourcing

• Directly manage three colleagues with accountability for team performance and portfolio delivery.
• Set priorities and allocate workload based on business demand and commercial risk.
• Own performance management and support the professional development of each team member.
• Support workforce planning and recruitment, while providing senior guidance on complex negotiations or contract disputes.

Qualifications

Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

• Knowledge: Expert knowledge of contract law, commercial terms, FIDIC/construction/equipment contracts, CAPEX procurement, and procurement governance frameworks.
• Technical: Advanced commercial negotiation, contract drafting/redlining, contract portfolio risk analysis, project management, and AI contract tool utilization.
• Skills:
• Technical: Data analysis skills (i.e. Google Sheets, Statistical software like R), project and contract management
• Soft skills: Soft Skills: Executive communication, matrix team leadership, strategic decision-making, conflict resolution, and cross-functional stakeholder management.
• Procurement and Supply chain skills.