Join our team as a Deputy Manager, specializing in Contract Administration and Governance. This role is pivotal in ensuring the smooth operation of our contract lifecycle processes, from creation to execution and storage.

You'll be instrumental in standardizing contract drafting, centralizing legacy agreements, and maintaining robust governance of our contract repository. Your expertise will ensure accurate metadata tagging, version control, and audit traceability, contributing to efficient and compliant contract management.

This contract position offers a unique opportunity to work within a dynamic enterprise technology environment, driving functional excellence and enabling innovation.

Key responsibilities include ensuring new contracts are created, executed, and stored in designated CLM platforms.

You will support standardized drafting using approved templates and drive the centralization of legacy contracts. Managing contract repository governance, including metadata tagging, version control, and audit traceability, is crucial.

Your role will involve monitoring key contract terms, tracking spend versus actual spend, and providing visibility into contract expiries, obligations, and risks. You'll also act as a central point for contract-related queries and escalations.

Furthermore, you will identify and structure contractual obligations, milestones, and SLAs/KPIs, supporting validation of deliverables and supplier performance reviews. Tracking penalties and rebates according to contract conditions is also part of this role.

Ensuring contracts adhere to internal policies and regulatory requirements, supporting compliance checks, and maintaining audit-ready documentation are vital. You will identify and escalate risk areas, track contract expiry timelines, and manage amendments and version control. Coordination of cross-functional approvals for amendments is also expected.

Leveraging CLM systems to streamline processes, developing contract health dashboards, and generating insights through trend analysis are key objectives. Building a centralized governance framework, enhancing visibility, compliance, and control, and driving risk-aware contract practices will be central to your contributions.

We are seeking a Deputy Manager with 6 to 8 years of relevant experience in Procurement, Contract Management, or S2P operations.

A strong understanding of contract lifecycle processes, governance, and compliance is essential. Experience working with contract repositories, approvals, and audit documentation is required.

Proven stakeholder management and coordination skills are necessary, as is experience working with global stakeholders, multiple business units, and cross-functional teams like Legal, Finance, and Procurement. Experience in GCC or Procurement CoE environments supporting business units is beneficial.

A solid understanding of contract governance, approval workflows, and compliance frameworks is expected. Exposure to global pharmaceutical, MedTech, or consumer goods (FMCG/CPG) organizations and multi-BU/global operating models is advantageous.

Proficiency with CLM/ERP systems such as Icertis, SAP, Ariba, or Coupa is required. Familiarity with analytics tools like Excel, Power BI, and Tableau is necessary. Basic familiarity with automation/AI-enabled contract analysis tools and exposure to workflow automation tools and digital reporting are also preferred.