Job Description
Sanctuary Group is a leading nationwide provider of housing and care services. We have over 65 care homes and provide a range of affordable housing, support and care services as well as a variety of commercial offerings such as student accommodation and facilities management contracts.
We are looking for an experienced Contracts Manager to monitor and manage the performance of all external suppliers and service providers to the Information Systems (I.S.) department. These will be hardware, software and telecoms related contracts.
Ideally a member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply you’ll be well versed in the financial management of contracts and services and will have experience of managing contracts in a large scale and complex business. It goes without saying that to carry this out effectively you’ll have excellent negotiation skills to deal with renewals and contract retirements and be competent at drafting terms of business and contractual documents.
You’ll need a good working knowledge of the Information Systems sector, ideally having carried out a similar role within this business division previously. Your working knowledge will ensure that you are able to keep the department up to date with new and developing services in the market place.
Stakeholder management will play a vital part of this role so you will be adept at building and maintaining long term and successful business relationships. Through these you will lead the delivery of the Group’s Procurement Strategy within I.S
Your commercial acumen will ensure all contracts deliver value for money and your proven project management skills will ensure you identify any potential risks and are able to mitigate these before issues occur.
Travel will be a requirement of the role as will occasional overnight stays away from home so flexibility outside of normal working hours will be needed.
In return we can offer you extensive development and training opportunities as well as a comprehensive reward and benefits package including health benefits, cycle to work scheme, childcare vouchers, external discount schemes, 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 days) and a generous contributory pension scheme.
Salary Details:
£42,103 PER ANNUM (RISING TO £46,156 AFTER 12 MONTHS, SUBJECT TO SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE)
35 HOURS PER WEEK
To apply please send your CV and covering letter quoting ITJobs#1 to resourcing.team@sanctuary-housing.co.uk
Salary
One of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and commercial services, Sanctuary Group manages more than 100,000 units of accommodation throughout England and Scotland, including general rented, retirement living, supported housing, student and key worker accommodation and care homes. Sanctuary also provides a range of other services including maintenance, home care and telecare.
Development is a key part of our business. We currently have an ambitious development programme to deliver 24,000 new homes over the next 10 years, including through our own in-house construction team. This will include a range of tenures to support more people into home ownership, as well as helping to meet the need for additional rented homes.
We are a charitable organisation, operating as a social enterprise, and we adopt an ethical and responsible approach to business. This includes working in a way that is genuinely sustainable. We are a major employer and an Investor in People. Every day our 11,000 staff make a real difference to the lives of the people we support, some of whom are the most vulnerable and disadvantaged in society. We offer high quality services and work closely with our customers to make sure their needs are being met.
Sanctuary is a rewarding place to work. We believe our people are our strength and provide learning and development opportunities to allow each employee to achieve their full potential. As an industry leading organisation, we are always looking for people with fresh talent to join us and offer a range of opportunities such as our award winning apprenticeship scheme and graduate programme.
The Group is made up of a number of different operations which provide affordable housing, care, development, and commercial services. If you would like more information about us, please take a look at our website at: www.sanctuary-group.co.uk