**Location**:Brussels, Belgium**Security Clearance**:NATO Secret**Reference No**:C002383 / Brussels**Skills, knowledge, experience required**:- A Bachelor's Degree at a nationally recognised/certified university in a related discipline with 2 years’ post-related experience; - A demonstrated, passionate interest and experience on leading and optimizing complex acquisition, procurement, and contractual matters, acquired in a large international institution (such as NATO, UN, EU, national MoD(s), etc.) or a large international private company; - Appropriate level experience at a significant level of responsibility (e.G., Contracts Manager, Procuring Contracting Officer) in performing both pre-award and post-award contracting functions for high-value contracts for complex systems level acquisitions; - Thorough understandingof:- Competitive and sole source procurement principles and practices; - Negotiation skills; - Cost and price analysis techniques; - Contract law;- Contract administration; - Industry practices; - Experience in useof automated tools such as:- Procurement ERPs; - Automation tools;- Procure-to-pay processes; - Ability to work independently, with mínimal supervision, directly with a Project Manager on a complex, large system-level acquisition; - Proven ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with experience in providing presentations and briefs to upper Management.**Duties/role**:- Performing contract management, administration, and review; - Sourcing and collecting contract performance data (such as pricing and supply chain costs), and monitoring performance against KPIs; - Identifying and reporting under-performance and developing opportunities for improvement; - Monitoring compliance with Terms and Conditions and taking appropriate steps to address non-compliance; - Managing proactively risk and reward mechanisms in the contract; - Monitoring progress against business objectives specified in the business case; - Identifying where change is required and planning for variations; - Ensuring that change management protocols are implemented, in consultation with stakeholders; - Reviewing business cases (requirements, potential benefits and options) and determining appropriate procurement routes, for example, open market or collaborative framework; - Using market knowledgeto inform specifications, ensuring detailed pre-qualification questionnaires and tender invitations are prepared; - Collecting and collating data to support collaboration and negotiating terms and conditions to reflect the scale of requirements and encourage good performance; - Preparing acceptance documentation and advising on contracts and service level agreements; - Supervising managementand administration for a wide variety of contracts; - Advising on the practices and considerations for upgrading existing contracts and solving complex contract management problems; - Training others on howto use advanced technologies and tools for contract management; - Developing standard processes to maximize contract efficiency and effectiveness; - Evaluating operationalissues and considerations in contract enforcement; - Anticipating contract issues and managing risk regarding legal issues; - Maintaining files of relevant information for specific customers, vendors or contracts; - Assessing key legal considerations associated with terms and conditions of a contract; - Interpreting legal documents detailing service provisions by an outside party; - Monitoring compliance with contract specifications and regulations; - Summarizing the mission, vision, and objectives of the procurement function; - Following procurement regulations and contract specifications to perform tasks; - Participating inmeetings regarding relevant regulatory considerations and agencies of the procurement function; - Implementing regular procurement programs, initiatives, and issues; - Documenting the steps and requirements of the procurement process; - Recording documents ofpurchasing tasks and activities, such as orders and bidding; - Utilising available procurement systems and tools; - Ensuring compliance with procurement regulations and contract specifications; - Working with basic purchasing-related tasks and activities; - Adhering to various requirements and steps of the procurement process.VECTOR SYNERGY sp. z o.O., ul. Marcelińska 90, 60-324 Poznań, NIP PL7811857270, REGON 301575740, KRS: 0000369575Rejestr Przedsiębiorców KRS prowadzony przez Sąd Rejonowy Poznań - Nowe Miasto i Wilda w Poznaniu, VIII Wydział Gospodarczy KRS,**kapitał zakładowy wynosi**: 73 500,00 złotych wpłacony w całości, TEL