Job Description

Commercial Contracts Manager

  • Salary: £250 - £595.96 per hour
  • REF Number: v-186887
  • Consultant: Key Accounts Team
  • Contact: 01438 870011
  • Date Published: 14.05.2026
  • Industry: Pharmaceutical
  • Location: Burgess Hill, West Sussex, England
  • Functional Expertise: Supply Chain/Procurement

Talentmark are recruiting for a Commercial Contracts Manager to join a company in the diagnostics industry on a contract basis for 12 months.

Salary:

£250-450 per day PAYE or £331.10-£595.96 per day UMB/LTD (outside IR35)

Commercial Contracts Manager role:

  • Pre-tender engagement.
  • Reviewing & managing large tender opportunities.
  • Working closely with the tender team on bids - advising and drafting.
  • Reviewing, drafting, negotiating, and executing commercial contracts with customers.
  • Ad hoc advice and guidance on public procurement legislation and contract queries.
Your Background:

  • Either Qualified commercial contracts lawyer / World Commerce and Contracting Association (IACCM) qualification or CIPS qualification.
  • Significant experience of commercial contract law, relating to goods and services (typically contracts £5M+).
  • Understanding of public procurement contract regs (PCR2015/PA23).
  • Acute business acumen and commercially minded.
  • Experience of complex business operations - working in cross-functional environments.
Company:

Our client is one of the world's premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies, discovering, developing and providing over 160 different medicines, vaccines and consumer healthcare products to help improve the lives of millions of people in the UK and around the world every year.

Location:

This role allows hybrid working with 2 days per week based at our client's site in Burgess Hill.

Apply:

For more information, or to apply for this Commercial Contracts Manager please contact the Key Accounts Team on 01438 870011 or email pharmacontracts@talentmark.co.uk. Please quote reference 186887.

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK.

Please note:

This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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