The benefit of a contract between a customer and a contractor will rarely be realised when entering into the contract. This has consequences for the eventual achievement of the parties in relation to both product and cost. You are aware of the interest of a proper cost and contract control. The Contracts Manager is the right person for that task. He has technical skills, sufficient legal background and commercial experience and knowledge. Eventually he will anticipate on variations, negotiate in balance the outcome and manage and control the results.
Why do you need an outsider as Contracts Manager?
A professional’s skills and efforts are focused on recognising and positioning the consequences of variations to the contract. He maintains a distance from the progress and control of the daily business. By doing so; he has the advantage of manoeuvering and positioning the interests of his principle without influencing the relation between the project teams of both customer and supplier.