Commercial Contracts Senior Lead

Checkatrade · Moorgate Londonsenior

In short

▸Líder senior en contratos comerciales para una plataforma de mejoras para el hogar en Reino Unido.
▸Diariamente negocia contratos estratégicos con proveedores clave e impulsa procesos con inteligencia artificial y automatizaciones.
▸Destacado: se espera construir y usar agentes de IA para mejorar la gestión de contratos y la gobernanza de proveedores.

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What they ask for

✓Experiencia demostrada en negociación de contratos comerciales complejos con proveedores de primer nivel.
✓Habilidades comprobadas para mejorar sistemas de ciclo de vida de contratos y frameworks de gobernanza.
✓Experiencia práctica o interés real en desarrollar flujos de trabajo asistidos por IA o automatizaciones.
✓Capacidad probada para influir en partes interesadas clave: Legal, Finanzas, Tecnología y alto nivel ejecutivo.
✓Mentalidad de construir, experimentar y simplificar procesos con enfoque comercial y curiosidad constante.
✓Conocimiento de SaaS, licenciamiento tecnológico y privacidad de datos (incluido GDPR) es una ventaja.

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As our next Commercial Contracts Senior Lead, you'll play a key role in helping us build the UK's go-to home improvement marketplace. You'll own the negotiation, management and continuous improvement of our strategic supplier agreements, leading high-value contract negotiations while shaping the Supplier Hub, our modern, tech-enabled home for how we select, contract with, onboard and manage every supplier we work with. This isn't a traditional procurement role. It's a genuinely modern one, built for someone who wants to champion the practical use of AI, using and building AI-assisted workflows and agents to change how we analyse contracts, prepare for negotiations and manage supplier governance across the business. Forget long lists, here’s what you’ll actually spend your time on Negotiating high value contracts with our critical partners - all types, all parts of the business Leading from the front with AI in built to your daily process - constantly improving, always innovating Being relentless in delivering streamlined and best in class solutions for growth and optimising spend in all areas of the business Working closely with key senior stakeholders for simplicity and success in establishing clear commercial supplier management strategy and processes It's not about ticking every box. It's about turning up curious, ready to crack on. You'll do well here if you bring: Significant experience negotiating complex commercial contracts with Tier 1 and strategically important suppliers, comfortable balancing big-picture strategy with hands-on execution. A track record of managing and improving contract lifecycle systems, building governance frameworks and scalable processes in a fast-paced environment. Hands-on experience (or genuine eagerness to build) AI-assisted workflows, automations or agents, plus real comfort connecting platforms, data and workflows across different teams and systems. Strong stakeholder influence, comfortable partnering with and influencing Legal, Finance, Technology and C-suite stakeholders, with a naturally curious, iterative builder mindset. A naturally curious, commercially minded builder: someone keen to understand how suppliers create value, unafraid to challenge the status quo, and energised by testing, simplifying and improving how things work. Bonus points if you've got experience in a high-growth digital marketplace or technology business, know your way around SaaS, technology licensing and data privacy (including GDPR), or have integrated contract lifecycle or supplier management platforms with finance, workflow, ticketing or document-management systems. We believe great work deserves great rewards. Tech Scheme and Cycle Scheme Birthday/Special day leave Buy & sell holiday scheme 1 week's paid charity leave and much more! How we’ll get to know each other: Screening call with one of our Talent Acquisition Partners 2nd stage: call with our Deputy General Counsel and Head of Data Privacy. 3rd stage: call with finance stakeholders 4th stage: call with our Chief Legal Officer. Final stage: a case study. At the moment, this role isn’t open to visa sponsorship applications. If this sounds like the place where you can do your best work, we’d love to hear from you, even if you don’t tick every box Want to join our Talent Community and be one of the first to know about our vacancies? About us We’re Checkatrade – the UK’s leading platform for finding a tradesperson. With more than 50,000 trades listed and over 6 million reviews, we help homeowners get jobs done right and help tradespeople grow their business. We’re growing fast, with big plans to become the go-to brand for home improvements. If you care about great work, take pride in the details, and want to make an impact, you’ll fit right in. Find Jobs in United Kingdo

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