Senior contractmanager (domein IT)
Job description
As a contract manager you are responsible for realizing and safeguarding contract value throughout the full term of Univé's contracts, directing contract and supplier management for assigned contracts and suppliers.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Hybrid · Netherlands
- Languages
- Dutch – fluent
- Apply before
- November 30, 2026
What you'll do
- Direct contract and supplier management for assigned contracts and suppliers, steering on compliance with agreements, costs, quality, risks, performance, compliance and sustainability.
- Ensure Univé keeps grip on purchased services and that agreements are actually met in practice.
- Be a strong sparring partner for both the business and suppliers.
- Organize and lead supplier meetings, make performance and risks transparent and ensure actions are followed up.
- Direct complex, high-risk and/or strategic contracts.
- Steer on contract compliance, costs, quality, performance, risks, compliance and sustainability.
- Monitor SLAs, KPIs, agreements and improvement measures.
- Guide changes, indexations, evaluations, extensions and terminations.
- Identify and control contractual, supplier and continuity risks.
- Initiate and guide improvement plans, disputes and escalations.
- Support contract owners and management in decision-making about contracts and suppliers.
- Prepare analyses and management reports on contract status, performance, risks, actions and decision points.
- Identify in good time when re-contracting or a new market approach is needed.
- Contribute to the further professionalization of contract and supplier management within Univé.
What we're looking for
- HBO/HBO+ working and thinking level, for example in business administration, law, economics or a comparable field.
- At least 5 years of relevant experience within contract management, preferably in the IT domain.
- Demonstrable experience with complex, high-risk and/or strategic contracts and suppliers, within the IT domain.
- Knowledge of contract lifecycle management, supplier relationship management, performance steering and contract governance.
- Experience with supplier meetings, performance reviews, contract evaluations and escalation management.
- Knowledge of risk management, compliance requirements and internal control.
- Knowledge of relevant laws and regulations and outsourcing frameworks.
- Initiative, direction-taking, risk awareness and results orientation.
- Strong communication, quality-oriented and analytical, able to collaborate well, with persuasiveness and negotiation skills at tactical-strategic level.
Nice to have
- Preferably an additional qualification in the field of contract management, such as CATS, NEVI 2 or comparable.
Your team
Inkoop & Contractmanagement
Team within the Inkoop & Facilitaire Zaken department that directs purchasing, contract and supplier management within Univé, aiming for grip on spending and risks, professional and efficient processes and optimal support of the business.
Benefits
A salary matching your knowledge, education and experience based on a 38-hour working week, including holiday allowance and a thirteenth month.
Hybrid working: working from home is very normal and you have the freedom to determine your ideal workplace with your team.
- A collective performance bonus.
- A flexible benefits system: time for money or money for time.
- 26 vacation days for a 38-hour working week.
- A study costs scheme and ample room to develop yourself professionally.
- A good pension provision.
- A travel allowance for commuting and a home-working allowance on days you work from home.
- A laptop and phone.
- Discount on damage and health insurance.
How to get hired
- 1A screening is part of the application procedure.
- 2An assessment may be part of the procedure.
- 3During the vacancy period, candidates who match the profile well may already be invited for a first interview.
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About Univé
The beauty of Univé? That is the people, the results, the history, the culture, its origins and the involvement.
Coöperatie Univé consists of seven different Regional Univé organizations, so that we are always close to our members at both national and local level.
Mission
We focus on preventing risks, limiting consequences and we only insure when it is really necessary.
Key facts
- A cooperative without profit motive, close to its members.
- Building an organization that is reliable, future-proof and agile.
- Consists of seven different Regional Univé organizations.
What they value
- Working together.
- Being close to our members.
- Building together an organization that is reliable, future-proof and agile.