As our next Commercial Contracts Senior Lead, you'll play a key role in helping us build the UK's go-to home improvement marketplace. You'll own the negotiation, management and continuous improvement of our strategic supplier agreements, leading high-value contract negotiations while shaping the Supplier Hub, our modern, tech-enabled home for how we select, contract with, onboard and manage every supplier we work with.
This isn't a traditional procurement role. It's a genuinely modern one, built for someone who wants to champion the practical use of AI, using and building AI-assisted workflows and agents to change how we analyse contracts, prepare for negotiations and manage supplier governance across the business.
Forget long lists, here’s what you’ll actually spend your time on
Negotiating high value contracts with our critical partners - all types, all parts of the business
Leading from the front with AI in built to your daily process - constantly improving, always innovating
Being relentless in delivering streamlined and best in class solutions for growth and optimising spend in all areas of the business
Working closely with key senior stakeholders for simplicity and success in establishing clear commercial supplier management strategy and processes
It's not about ticking every box. It's about turning up curious, ready to crack on. You'll do well here if you bring:
Significant experience negotiating complex commercial contracts with Tier 1 and strategically important suppliers, comfortable balancing big-picture strategy with hands-on execution.
A track record of managing and improving contract lifecycle systems, building governance frameworks and scalable processes in a fast-paced environment.
Hands-on experience (or genuine eagerness to build) AI-assisted workflows, automations or agents, plus real comfort connecting platforms, data and workflows across different teams and systems.
Strong stakeholder influence, comfortable partnering with and influencing Legal, Finance, Technology and C-suite stakeholders, with a naturally curious, iterative builder mindset.
A naturally curious, commercially minded builder: someone keen to understand how suppliers create value, unafraid to challenge the status quo, and energised by testing, simplifying and improving how things work.
Bonus points if you've got experience in a high-growth digital marketplace or technology business, know your way around SaaS, technology licensing and data privacy (including GDPR), or have integrated contract lifecycle or supplier management platforms with finance, workflow, ticketing or document-management systems.
We believe great work deserves great rewards. Here's just a taste:
Competitive salary + annual bonus
Employee Share Programme
Health, well-being and learning support
Gym membership, Smart Tech Scheme and Cycle Scheme
Birthday/Special day leave
Buy & sell holiday scheme
1 week's paid charity leave and much more!
How we’ll get to know each other:
Screening call with one of our Talent Acquisition Partners
2nd stage: call with our Deputy General Counsel and Head of Data Privacy.
3rd stage: call with finance stakeholders
4th stage: call with our Chief Legal Officer.
Final stage: a case study.
At the moment, this role isn’t open to visa sponsorship applications.
If this sounds like the place where you can do your best work, we’d love to hear from you, even if you don’t tick every box
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About us
We’re Checkatrade – the UK’s leading platform for finding a tradesperson. With more than 50,000 trades listed and over 6 million reviews, we help homeowners get jobs done right and help tradespeople grow their business.
We’re growing fast, with big plans to become the go-to brand for home improvements. If you care about great work, take pride in the details, and want to make an impact, you’ll fit right in.
Skills Required
- Significant experience negotiating complex commercial contracts with Tier 1 and strategically important suppliers
- Experience managing and improving contract lifecycle systems
- Experience building governance frameworks and scalable processes in a fast-paced environment
- Hands-on experience with, or genuine eagerness to build, AI-assisted workflows, automations, or agents
- Comfort connecting platforms, data, and workflows across different teams and systems
- Strong stakeholder influence and experience partnering with Legal, Finance, Technology, and C-suite stakeholders
- Experience in a high-growth digital marketplace or technology business
- Experience with SaaS, technology licensing, and data privacy including GDPR
- Experience integrating contract lifecycle or supplier management platforms with finance, workflow, ticketing, or document-management systems
What We Do
Checkatrade is one of the UK’s top online marketplaces for home improvements and repairs. Our mission is to be the trusted foundation of every home by connecting people with trades and tools to make home improvements easy – because we believe safe and happy homes improve lives, support livelihoods, and build communities. From our humble beginnings in 1998 to becoming a national household name, we’re on an exciting journey. For more than 25 years Checkatrade has stood for reputation and raising standards – whether that is for our trade members, consumers, or our colleagues. We think big and are passionate about changing the face of home improvements and repairs. Today, we are a modern online marketplace and a force for good. We strive every day to support people to improve their homes and we don’t settle for the status quo – we are evolving, innovating, and growing. With generous investment from private equity partners Brookfield, we have an ambitious growth plan and a robust roadmap to get there. Led by our values – Be All In, Always Customer Obsessed, Get It Done, Be Bold, and Do The Right Thing – we are 500 high-performing individuals working across the UK, with high-spec offices in London and Portsmouth. We are here to be the best and inspire others to do the same, and to get there we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people – so if that sounds like you, you couldn’t join at a better time!
