Contracts Manager Group Purchasing- Bar Hill

About the role

Are you a skilled Contracts Manager with a passion for making a meaningful impact? We are looking for an experienced Contracts Manager – Group Purchasing to join our Purchasing team, where you’ll play a key role in driving successful supplier relationships and ensuring our contracts align with our strategic goals.

In this position, you will be responsible for adapting core contract templates, negotiating terms that benefit both parties, and providing essential support to the wider procurement team as they manage complex contracts. You’ll collaborate closely with internal stakeholders, ensuring contracts are legally sound and support the company’s operational and commercial objectives.

This role will offer the flexibility of hybrid working, but will also require regular presence at our main site in Bar Hill, UK to collaborate closely with our team and key stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Draft, review, and adapt contract templates, ensuring they meet company objectives and legal requirements.
• Lead negotiations with suppliers, focusing on securing terms that bring value, optimize cost savings, and foster strong partnerships.
• Support the procurement team in managing high-value contracts, ensuring alignment with both operational and financial targets.
• Identify and address potential risks in contract terms, ensuring full compliance with applicable regulations and company policies.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including legal, finance, operations, and project managers, to maintain clear communication and ensure alignment.
• Oversee the entire contract lifecycle, from drafting and execution to renewal and ongoing performance management.
• Continuously seek opportunities to improve procurement processes, negotiation strategies, and contract templates.

About You:

• You have strong expertise in contract law, procurement, and supply chain management, with a proven ability to handle complex contracts.
• You bring experience in commercial negotiations, knowing how to find solutions that benefit both the company and suppliers.
• Your risk management skills are sharp, and you can quickly spot potential issues while ensuring contracts are fully compliant with all legal and regulatory standards.
• You’re an excellent communicator and collaborator, able to work well with a variety of stakeholders across different teams.
• Strategic thinking is your strength, and you know how to drive value, efficiency, and cost savings through your work.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Law, Supply Chain Management, or a related field. A Master’s degree or relevant professional certification (e.g., CPCM, CPSM, CILEX) is a plus.

What you can expect

• As a talented individual working at Domino, you can expect a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, including:25 days of basic holiday, plus options to buy or sell additional days, ensuring you have ample time to relax and recharge.
• A discretionary bonus scheme, a testament to your hard work and dedication.
• Life insurance, providing security and peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
• Medical insurance with the option of purchasing a health cash plan, dental insurance, travel insurance and cycle to work scheme, ensuring your health is always a top priority.
• Join our green car scheme, a step towards a more environmentally friendly commute.
• Pension plan, starting with 8% employer contributions.

We recognise that flexible homeworking can be beneficial and at Domino we want people to feel able to own the way they work. What this looks like might vary between teams – what’s important is that we enable you to get the best from us and for us to get the best from you, whether that’s from your home office or on site, as long as we continue to collaborate and enable great outcomes for our customers. (remove if on site)

We are a highly successful company, we’re large enough to offer career development opportunities yet small enough for your contribution to be readily recognised and rewarded.

About Us

At Domino Printing Sciences we do more. Our expertise isn’t just in providing cutting-edge variable data printing technology; it’s in revolutionising how manufacturers embrace sustainable packaging and spearhead advancements in coding automation. We’ve been a part of the global variable data printing story for a long time, and our solutions help ensure the success of the world’s leading brands. Our goal is to be the leading global variable data printing brand through applying our expertise and reliable solutions to help the world’s manufacturers be sustainable and cut waste, while attracting, informing, and protecting their consumers. But we also know that it’s not just about the work we do—it’s about fostering a collaborative, dynamic and welcoming environment where everyone can flourish, contributing to Domino not only as a pioneer in the industry but also as an exceptional place to work.

Positions may be at an advanced stage of the recruitment process and can close at any time.