Senior Contracting Officer

Il y a 12 heures

Brussels, Belgique WLG Temps plein
Most contracts are won or lost before anybody signs anything.

A large international defence buyer needs a senior contracting professional who can run an acquisition from market research through tender and negotiation to award - and who then stays with it, measuring whether the supplier actually delivers. The work is mostly off site, with regular days in Brussels.

What You Would Be Doing

Running tender, evaluation and acquisition processes on complex, high-value requirements

Researching suppliers and markets, and turning that into sourcing strategy rather than a folder of notes

Advising on sourcing models, and on the policy and procedure behind tendering and supplier selection

Negotiating with suppliers and partners, including the acceptance criteria that decide later arguments

Overseeing delivery against the contract, using performance measures to challenge what is not good enough and to fix under-performance with the terms you have

Keeping the procurement record straight in the systems used for it, and compliant with the rules that apply

What you would bring

A degree in a related discipline with post-related experience, or a long and progressive contracting career in place of one

Pre-award and post-award contracting on high-value, systems-level acquisitions, ideally acquired in a large international institution or a large international company

Command of competitive and sole-source practice, cost and price analysis, contract law and contract administration

The independence to work directly with a project manager on a large acquisition with little supervision

Clear speaking and writing, including briefing senior management, and practical use of e-procurement and procure-to-pay tooling

Welcome extras: exposure to ICT, artificial intelligence, cloud, secure data environments or next-generation digital services

Why this one is worth a look It is senior commercial work with real scope, mostly delivered from wherever you are based, and it runs from a standing framework rather than a one-off project.