Procurement Contract Manager
Core
Post-execution contract governance, legal compliance, and lifecycle management of supplier agreements across assigned regions and categories, acting as the IMEA functional lead for Contract Governance & Lifecycle Excellence.
Role type
Senior Procurement Contract Manager (Regional Lead)
Builds
Contract repositories, visibility dashboards, and legally aligned operationalization playbooks for the IMEA region.
Domain
Logistics/Shipping industry, Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), and Commercial Governance.
Required skills
Contract interpretation, lifecycle governance, compliance, risk management, stakeholder influence, SLA enforcement, process improvement, audit readiness, rate logic, payment performance optimization.
Preferred skills
Law degree, experience in shipping/logistics/ports/terminals, CLM tools expertise, regulatory audit support, ESG contractual frameworks.
Technologies
CLM tools, contract repositories, rate management systems, visibility dashboards.
Responsibilities
Develop and drive awareness of executed contract terms across internal stakeholders; Lead structured contract handovers to Operations, Finance, and P2P teams; Translate complex contractual terms into business-executable formats; Own governance of the contract lifecycle post-execution including interpretation, amendments, and renewals; Implement action plans for non-compliant contracts; Monitor and manage ESG-related contractual obligations; Act as the IMEA functional lead for defining legal governance standards and playbooks.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with regional leadership responsibilities.
