Commercial and Contracts Manager

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Following an internal promotion, we are excited to recruit a Commercial and Contracts Manager to join our Digital Services team. This role covers all aspects of sourcing and vendor management for around £8m of IT category spend and the management of a small but well-established contracts team.

Knowledge of the new Procurement Act 2023 would be welcome, as would a general interest in IT. A creative approach to negotiation and partnership building would also be advantageous. The successful candidate will receive close support from our central Procurement Team and the Digital Services senior management team.

Leeds Beckett University is an inclusive and innovative employer that serves a diverse community of students. We have a strong cultural identity and a living value set that shapes the way we work and behave towards each other. We offer hybrid working; onsite working is either at our spacious and very green Headingley Campus or at our City campus with close proximity to major transport links and city amenities. We believe in promoting a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements to support our staff in managing their personal and professional lives. Working for the University gives our staff the chance to genuinely help transform the lives of our students, and we would love to talk to you about this.

If you have questions regarding this role, please contact Rob Moore at r.m.moore@leedsbeckett.ac.uk in the first instance.

Closing date: Friday 6th June 2025 (23:59)

Working here means you'll have access to a wide range of benefits including our generous pension schemes, excellent holiday entitlements, flexible working, reduced study fees, subsidised fitness facilities and a lot more.

We welcome applications from all individuals and particularly from black and minority ethnic candidates as members of these groups are currently under-represented at this level of post. All appointments will be based on merit.