Contract Management Section Head

Objectives:

Our client, the largest sports and fitness club franchise in the Middle east, is looking for a Contract Management section head to join their team in Riyadh - KSA. The contract management section head will be responsible for overseeing the entire contract management process for our client.

Responsibilities:

• Manages low to medium risk contracts and develops procurement and contract documentation. Actively monitors contract performance and risks and identifies appropriate strategies to achieve contract outcomes. Consults with a range of stakeholders and maintains positive and effective working relationships based on the policies and quality standards of the client.
•  Receiving contract requests from concerned parties and documenting the contained information including the contract start date, end date and milestones. In addition to ensuring that senior management approves of the request and the partnership/ agreement in accordance with the client's policies and procedures.
• Reviewing contract drafts by identifying the needs, reasons, and ultimate goals behind each contracting relationship while consulting with the client's legal and compliance function to ensure that proper legal terminology is used and that all clauses, terms and conditions are included.
•  Negotiating the contract terms and conditions with suppliers and service providers to reach the best possible agreement between all involved parties and make any amendments to the draft contract to finalize it and send it to the client's legal and compliance function, senior management, and other stakeholders for approval.
•   Sending the final and approved contracts to all concerned parties to ensure that they are signed by the parties authorized to do so in a timely manner.
• Tracking and documenting any amendments and revisions made to contracts in progress to ensure that all changes are accounted for and that relevant records are always up to date.
•   Collecting, storing and organizing signed contracts and supporting documents to ensure they are indexed and saved properly for easy searching, tracking and retrieval of relevant data.
•   Monitoring and tracking contract progress by performing regular audits and communicating with concerned parties to ensure proper compliance and implementation of the agreed contract terms and conditions and reporting any instances of noncompliance.
• Handling contracts once they reach their end dates by discussing possible options with internal and external concerned parties, in order to decide whether to let the contract lapse and end the relationship, renew the agreement, or renegotiate and create a new contract.
•  Resolving any problems or issues related to the client's contracts with its suppliers and service providers by communicating with the concerned parties and ensuring proper handling of such issues.
• Performing any other duties related to the job as assigned by the direct supervisor.

• A minimum of 5 years of experience.
• Experience in writing contracts in Arabic and English
• Legal experience in the supply chain department

Law or any related field.