7 contract manager jobs found

Location: Burton Upon Trent Business Unit: Rolling Stock Contract Type: 6‑Month Contract (Inside IR35) Rate: Competitive day rate (Inside IR35) Ford & Stanley are seeking an experienced Buyer to support day‑to‑day procurement activities at a Burton based depot during a period of increased operational demand. This role ensures continuity of supply and stable operational performance within a fast‑paced engineering and manufacturing environment. Key Responsibilities Manage daily purchasing of materials, components, and services. Raise, track, and expedite purchase orders to meet production schedules. Maintain stock levels and support planning teams with material availability updates. Act as the main point of contact for allocated suppliers, monitoring performance and resolving issues. Support cost‑saving initiatives and alternative sourcing options. Collaborate with production, planning, engineering, and quality teams to resolve supply constraints. Maintain accurate data in...

A well-known Aerospace organisation are currently seeking an experienced Buyer to join a growing purchasing team in Gloucester. Role: Buyer Duration: 6-month contract Pay: Up to £25 p/hr (Inside IR35) Location: Gloucester (Fully onsite)This role will play a key part in supporting the business by sourcing goods and services under optimum conditions of cost, quality, delivery, and compliance, while ensuring a smooth end-to-end Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) process. Key Responsibilities: Manage purchasing activities within your scope, from sourcing through to contract management Lead supplier tendering, evaluation, and selection processes Negotiate commercial terms and support the drafting of supplier contracts Build and maintain effective supplier relationships Consolidate supplier performance assessments across quality, logistics, and cost Drive supplier improvement and cost-reduction action plans Maintain accurate purchasing data within procurement systems Identify and resolve issues...

Interim Head of Financial Analysis Location: Bath (Hybrid) Daily Rate: Negotiable, Inside IR35 Duration: Ongoing (possible temp to perm) We're looking for an experienced Interim Head of Financial Analysis to lead financial planning, modelling, and insight at a pivotal time. Reporting to the Director of Finance, you'll play a key role in ensuring financial sustainability through high-quality analysis, robust forecasting, and strategic decision support. This is a senior leadership role with real influence - partnering across the organisation to turn data into actionable insight and guide major financial decisions. What you'll be doing Lead forecasting across key income and expenditure streams. Deliver quarterly reforecasts and ensure assumptions are robust, evidence-based, and aligned to strategy Provide clear, high-impact analysis to support monthly performance reporting and decision-making Translate complex financial data into concise, actionable insight for senior...

Interim Finance Lead - Transport Programme Competitive Day Rate, Inside IR35 | 6‑month contract | Hybrid (East Midlands) A major Transport Transition Programme in the East Midlands is seeking an experienced Interim Finance Lead to oversee the next phase of a high‑profile service transfer and modernisation initiative. This is a strategic senior role leading a small finance team (Finance BPs & Finance Officers) while working closely with internal and external partners to streamline processes, strengthen financial controls, and support the delivery of a newly forming transport function. Key Responsibilities Lead financial strategy, governance and reporting for the next phase of the transport transition. Manage and develop a small finance team, ensuring high-quality analysis and insight. Act as the key link between service leads, bringing stakeholders together to co‑create solutions. Oversee income, expenditure and capital accounting for transport services. Drive improvements...

My market leading Client is urgently recruiting for a commercially focused Product Owner, ideally with experience of Artificial Intelligence to drive the success of their products. This role will play a critical part in ensuring their products meet user needs while delivering measurable business and financial value. A tech /Artificial Intelligence background would be a significant advantage, enabling the successful candidate to act as a trusted partner across Product, Digital, Finance, and Delivery teams. Key Responsibilities Act as a voice of the customer and the business. Fundamentally, the Product Owner is a business partner for their specific product(s), ensuring alignment between user needs and commercial objectives. Serve as a gatekeeper of scope, ensuring focus is maintained and that only value-driven work is delivered. Align the product vision and roadmap to support user needs, strategic priorities, and financial outcomes. Monitor product performance, identifying...

My market leading Client is urgently recruiting for a commercially focused Product Owner, ideally with a strong financial bias to drive the success of their products. This role will play a critical part in ensuring their products meet user needs while delivering measurable business and financial value. An accountancy or finance background would be a significant advantage, enabling the successful candidate to act as a trusted partner across Product, Finance, and Delivery teams. Key Responsibilities Act as a voice of the customer and the business. Fundamentally, the Product Owner is a business partner for their specific product(s), ensuring alignment between user needs and commercial objectives. Serve as a gatekeeper of scope, ensuring focus is maintained and that only value-driven work is delivered. Align the product vision and roadmap to support user needs, strategic priorities, and financial outcomes. Monitor product performance, identifying opportunities for improvement and...

Senior Finance Business Partner Contract until March 2027 - Inside IR35 Bristol Based (60% onsite) Certain Advantage are recruiting on behalf of our renowned manufacturing client for a Senior Finance Business Partner to work within a procurement ops team providing Financial direction for the Commercial Strategy. You will lead the financial decision process to support commercial decision making in the tendering of detail parts and the subsequent impact of tendering decisions on the financial health and performance of the detail parts supply chain (£200m+). Key challenges in this role will include continuous stakeholder management across multiple interfaces (accounting and procurement up to “Head ofs”), and negotiating with procurement suppliers on key financial topics and performance improvement plans. There will be recurring and ad-hoc activities in this varied role. Typical responsibilities will include; Lead the financial decision process to support commercial decision making...