{"id":15,"date":"2023-03-10T12:22:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T12:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mabuilder.uatserver.co.uk\/demo\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2025-02-21T13:59:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T13:59:34","slug":"the-role","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/abp\/the-role\/","title":{"rendered":"The Role"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Purpose:<\/h2>\n

The Contract and Cost Management Lead is a critical senior leadership role within the Procurement and Contract Management, reporting directly into the Head of Procurement and Contract Management, the most senior commercial professional across the whole organisation.<\/p>\n

The main elements and purpose of this role are:<\/p>\n

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  • To serve as a technical leader in delivering value through the strategic management of contractual and cost matters, delivering consistent cost and contract management outcomes across ABP<\/li>\n
  • This role will be accountable for leading the Procurement & Contract Management Centre of Excellence, Contract assurance including establishing and leading engagement with the supply chain.<\/li>\n
  • Accountable for driving compliance with contractual commitments to deliver value.<\/li>\n
  • Champions continuous improvement, aligning strategies with ABP policies, taking into account internal and external forces and best practices.<\/li>\n
  • Acting as the Technical lead, developing and supporting the contract and growth of capability. This role requires demonstration of wide-ranging leadership skills in strategic relationship management and strategic direction setting.<\/li>\n
  • Develop and oversee Contract & Cost strategy: including advising on risk allocation to support the delivery strategy. Lead governance processes and establish reporting mechanisms to ensure compliance, measure performance, and provide commercial assurance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Scope of Role:<\/h2>\n
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    • Responsible for steering the Contract & Cost Management (CCM) operations with budgets ranging from GBP 20 million to over GBP \u00a31.5bn, requiring significant financial oversight and strategic acumen.<\/li>\n
    • Provides pivotal expertise and strategic leadership, ensuring alignment with ABP.<\/li>\n
    • Is accountable for ensuring comprehensive compliance of suppliers throughout the contract lifecycle, adhering to all contractual obligations.<\/li>\n
    • Leads on dispute resolution on contracts of high\/value\/complexity\/reputational risk.<\/li>\n
    • Anticipates problems and uses insight to act, secure value and minimise risk to ABP<\/li>\n
    • They play a key role in establishing and leading all market activity, including organising supplier days, communications and managing key supplier relationships. This will require building a strong relationship with supply chain<\/li>\n
    • Additionally, they support the Business Case process, overseeing the business case, and explore private financing options to optimise financial outcomes.<\/li>\n
    • Mature a strong contract management regime with Commercial colleagues and Senior Leaders.<\/li>\n
    • Actively support the internal team and manage resources on technically complex projects\/programme of works typically ranging between \u00a35m and \u00a3100m+.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Collaborations:<\/h2>\n
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      • Engage with the Major Projects Leadership & Regional Teams to align strategic objectives and facilitate seamless project execution.<\/li>\n
      • Coordinate closely with Finance to monitor project budgets, ensure fiscal discipline, and report on financial performance.<\/li>\n
      • Collaborate with Procurement colleagues to optimise procurement strategies and manage supplier contracts effectively.<\/li>\n
      • Consult with Legal to ensure compliance with statutory requirements, manage contractual obligations, and mitigate legal risks.<\/li>\n
      • Work in tandem with IT to leverage technological solutions that enhance cost management and contract administration efficiency.<\/li>\n
      • Liaise with Engineering and Asset Management to ensure technical considerations are reflected in cost projections and contractual terms.<\/li>\n
      • Coordinate with Property to manage real estate aspects and implications on project costs and timelines.<\/li>\n
      • Ensure adherence to organisational standards and regulations in collaboration with Compliance.<\/li>\n
      • Develop relationship with external stakeholders \u2013 key or strategic suppliers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Accountabilities<\/h2>\n

        Strategic Oversight and Leadership:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        • Define an implementation approach consistent with the agreed strategy; lead the adoption and continuous improvement of the agreed approach.<\/li>\n
        • Create and own the strategic plan for the development of the people in the profession, delivering a prioritised roadmap that builds and strengthens the professional capability.<\/li>\n
        • Lead and oversee all cost and contractual matters ensuring alignment with organisational objectives, partnering closely with the Major Projects, Regional, commercial & procurement teams<\/li>\n
        • Develop, execute and monitor a comprehensive contract management, cost management, and change management framework to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in project development and delivery.<\/li>\n
        • Design and implement robust contract and supplier management practices across\u00a0contracts in terms of project delivery & framework parameters and scope of service<\/li>\n
        • Act as a senior expert, providing strategic advice to other senior managers on cost and contract management matters, in order to support successful delivery in line with project objectives and strategies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Contract Strategy and Risk Management:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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          • Formulate strategic contract management approaches that align with stakeholder goals, optimising the distribution of contractual risk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Dispute Management:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            • Champion initiatives in dispute avoidance, actively engaging in pre-emptive management strategies and, when necessary, leading effective dispute resolution processes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Governance and Compliance:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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              • Establish governance protocols to be applied across ABP<\/li>\n
              • Uphold the integrity of the procurement process from initiation to contract award, guaranteeing transparency and fairness and supporting procurement governance requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                Performance Measurement:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                • Develop and implement key performance indicators (KPIs) for the CCM function, enabling the measurement of performance and identification of improvement opportunities for both internal teams and our external supply chain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/abp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/abp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/abp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/abp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/abp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/abp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216,"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/abp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/abp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}