Contracts Specialist

This role is responsible for the effective and efficient use of managed contracts and related services. The incumbent is individually accountable for achieving results through others, over periods of up to a year.

• Provides a contract administration capability for OML & its affiliate territories.

• Applies the principles, disciplines and the procedures required to govern the relationships and issues resulting from the agreements between Old Mutual and 3rd party suppliers.

• Puts appropriate arrangements in place to manage all 3rd party suppliers

• Negotiates and renews contracts with external suppliers in accordance with OM sourcing strategy and governance.

• Administers and controls contracts through formal procedures.

• Produces appropriate MIS information on contracts under administration.

• Provides contract consultancy services within the OM Group.

• Works closely with Architects, various governance functions, Service Managers and BU Stakeholders.

• Manages contract administration systems and processes.

• Manages relationships with customers, suppliers and 3rd party suppliers.

• Playing an active role within the OML Contracts and Sourcing function within the OMiX Business with responsibilities to the Head of Contracts and Sourcing.

• Staying aware of and adhering to all business procurement requirements and challenges.

• Building sustainable and compliant relationships with core 3rd party suppliers.

• Negotiating new or renewal of existing contracts with 3rd party and internal suppliers.

• Ensuring safe custody and control of contracts.

• Ensuring accurate recording of contracts – e.g. value, renewal dates, service description, term, notice period, alert periods (dates), etc.

• Applies the principles, disciplines and the procedures required to govern the relationships and issues resulting from the agreements between Old Mutual and 3rd party suppliers.

• Puts appropriate arrangements in place to manage all 3rd party suppliers.

• Ensure that a full supplier segmentation approach is implemented and maintained for all vendors.

• Responsible to gather all data requirements from various stakeholders in the process to ensure efficiency and alignment to the process requirements, with
  updates managed accordingly as well.

• Detailed knowledge of supplier database to enable efficient gatekeeping of the appropriate vendor segmentation processes.

• Develop and implement standard processes and associated documents; and provide support in relation to supplier due diligence and supplier rationalization.

• Develop and drive supplier targets and scorecards and ongoing supplier performance improvement working with supply base.

• Apply processes to unique situations and derive solutions to enable the business to continued operations.

• Promotes and monitors the implementation of an integrated supply chain involving key supply chain stakeholders at all levels of the system.

• Be able to provide guidance to the business on corrective solutions to mitigate compliance and business risks and to improve the vendor and business
  relationships whilst complying with governance requirements.

• Communicate effectively and build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, regarding Procurement matters.

• Continuously drives process improvements within the contracts, sourcing and procurement function and in the Accounts Payable environment to achieve
  operational excellence.

• Deliver on coordinated business development opportunities.

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