Service Value & Contract Manager

at  Sheffield Hallam University

We are seeking to appoint an experienced Procurement/Contract Manager to lead, manage and develop the Value and Contract Management Team within DTS (Digital Technology Services) to deliver and provide specialist support for IT contracts and services across the university and contribute to university-wide strategies, plans and priorities.
Our Value and Contract Management Team is responsible for the ongoing contract management of suppliers, reviews of service delivery, rationalisation of products and process effectiveness in DTS. We also produce spend and benchmarking reports and analyse and track spend against contractual agreements.
Find out more about working with Digital technology Services Team from Simon Briggs – Director of Digital technology Services.
As a Service Value and Contract manager you will assist the Head of Value and Contract Management in leading contract, process and service reviews, and the development of continuous improvement plans. You must have experience of leading or managing a Procurement or Contract Management function, experience of Public Sector procurement and an understanding of relevant public sector frameworks.
This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to develop the team’s processes and ways of working.

The main duties of this role include:

• Building relationships and hold regular meetings with strategic contracted suppliers including contract negotiations and performance reviews
• Developing and maintaining the DTS contract portfolio, working with the procurement team and DTS application managers
• Utilising your recent training/knowledge of the new Procurement Act 2023
• Undertaking investigative work used to determine service improvement opportunities, including the review of policies and procedures
• Monitoring and reporting on the performance of IT contracts, services, processes and practices.
• Analysing spend against contractual agreements and challenging where appropriate
• Evaluating value and performance information against specified objectives.
• Identifying control weaknesses in processes/practices or operational areas.
• Ensuring the quality and integrity of data and reports, and compliance with relevant frameworks, regulations or legislation.
• Overseeing the team’s objectives, ensuring an ongoing pipeline of work is created and maintained

• Building relationships and hold regular meetings with strategic contracted suppliers including contract negotiations and performance reviews
• Developing and maintaining the DTS contract portfolio, working with the procurement team and DTS application managers
• Utilising your recent training/knowledge of the new Procurement Act 2023
• Undertaking investigative work used to determine service improvement opportunities, including the review of policies and procedures
• Monitoring and reporting on the performance of IT contracts, services, processes and practices.
• Analysing spend against contractual agreements and challenging where appropriate
• Evaluating value and performance information against specified objectives.
• Identifying control weaknesses in processes/practices or operational areas.
• Ensuring the quality and integrity of data and reports, and compliance with relevant frameworks, regulations or legislation.
• Overseeing the team’s objectives, ensuring an ongoing pipeline of work is created and maintaine