Aberdeen
Contract Lead – Strategic Account & Contract Delivery Location: Aberdeen or Chesterfield (Hybrid, UK travel required) Salary: Competitive + car / car allowance + bonus + benefits Are you a delivery-led Strategic Account Manager who enjoys owning complex contracts, managing performance, and turning data into action? We are recruiting on behalf of a market-leading supply chain and distribution business to appoint a Contract Lead responsible for the governance, performance, and development of a national, high-profile customer contract. This is not a new-business sales role. It is a contract ownership and delivery role, focused on operational excellence, KPI performance, and continuous improvement across a multi-site UK contract. The role As Contract Lead, you will act as the single point of accountability for a strategic customer relationship, ensuring contractual commitments are delivered consistently across the UK. You will: • Own end-to-end contract governance, including KPIs, service levels, and compliance, • Lead delivery of product supply chain solutions such as catalogue management, vendor alignment, and service optimisation, • Analyse performance data (OTIF, service metrics, savings, compliance) and produce Excel-driven reports and PowerPoint packs for senior stakeholders, • Chair and contribute to monthly and quarterly business reviews, translating data into clear actions, • Identify and implement service improvement and cost-efficiency initiatives, • Work cross-functionally with Operations, Procurement, Commercial, IT, and Legal to ensure seamless contract delivery, • Travel nationally to customer and internal sites as required What we’re looking for: You will come from a strategic account, contract management, or contract lead background, ideally within a supply chain, distribution, MRO, utilities, or industrial environment. Key requirements: • Proven experience owning and governing live B2B contracts (post-award), • Demonstrable accountability for KPIs, service performance, and reporting, • Strong understanding of product supply environments (distribution, inventory, catalogue, logistics), • Advanced Excel capability (pivot tables, dashboards, performance analysis), • Strong PowerPoint skills, with experience presenting operational performance to senior stakeholders, • Commercially aware, structured, and detail-driven What’s on offer • Competitive salary and performance-related bonus, • Company car or car allowance, • 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, • Pension, private healthcare, and life assurance, • Enhanced family leave and flexible/hybrid working, • Clear progression, with the role aligned to future leadership succession If you are a Contract Lead or delivery-focused Strategic Account Manager who enjoys owning complex customer contracts and driving performance through data and structure, we’d love to hear from you.