Contract Manager, Vejle Municipality

We are looking for an experienced Contract Manager to ensure value-creating contracts and strong collaborations

Do you have a handle on contract management and supplier collaborations? And would you like to be part of a professionally strong team where collaboration, sparring and individual responsibility go hand in hand? Then you may be our new Contract Manager.

About the job

As Contract Manager you will be an important part of the work to ensure that Vejle Municipality gets as much as possible out of its contracts financially, legally and strategically.

You will be part of a dedicated team that works with contract management across the municipality, and you will play a central role in supporting both business areas and managers in creating value through good agreements.

Your tasks will include

• Be responsible for your own contract portfolio
• Ensure correct and efficient contract management in selected contract areas, including external compliance checks as well as internal
• Implement agreements internally in Vejle Municipality
• Advise and support relevant stakeholders in connection with contract formation and follow-up
• Contribute to Vejle Municipality's success with the green transition
• Participate in negotiations and dialogues with suppliers
• Operate and support Vejle Municipality's purchasing system
• Collaborate closely with the procurement and e-commerce managers

We expect that you

• Have a relevant administrative education
• Have experience with contract management, procurement or similar
• Work in a structured, analytical way and with focus on both risks and opportunities
• Have good IT skills - especially Excel - but also a general understanding of IT systems
• Can communicate clearly and build good relationships with colleagues and partners
• Take initiative, share knowledge and thrive on finding solutions together
• Have humor and the desire to contribute to a positive and collegial community

It is an advantage if you have experience from a public organization, but not a requirement.

About us

You will become part of a dedicated team of 13 employees in Procurement & Contract Management.

The team includes procurement, legal and contract management competencies and consists of seven employees in procurement, four employees in contract management and advisory in the e-commerce area, one employee in GDPR and a student assistant.

The Procurement & Contract Management team is located in the Finance & Labour Market Administration, but we work across all municipal administrations.

Vejle Municipality is the fifth largest municipality in Denmark and has a very robust economy, which makes it possible to invest in the future and thereby work further with our ambitious visions and strategies including sustainable procurement.

We offer you

In the Procurement & Contract Management team we focus on high professionalism and good sparring with each other, as well as a focus on strong collaboration and solidarity with particular emphasis on well-being and security. In addition there is an informal tone, where humor and professionalism go hand in hand. We emphasize the social community in the department and appreciate that you are willing to participate in and contribute to the professional and social arrangements we regularly hold.

Terms of employment

You will have the opportunity to continuously arrange your work with flex time and one day of home working per week. This is a permanent position for 37 hours per week. Salary and terms of employment according to collective agreement and local pay agreement.

The position is to be filled from 1 January 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Application deadline

We must have your application no later than 9 November 2026.

Interviews expected to be held

Interviews will be held 20 November 2026.

Would you like to know more?

If you want to know more, you are welcome to contact: Department head for Procurement & Contract Management Mathias Egekov at tel. 20 33 46 64 or email: [email protected].

Submit your application

We prefer that you apply for the position online by using the button “Submit application”. Remember to attach your application and CV as well as other relevant documents.

When you have sent the application, you will receive an email as a receipt.

Please note that the email may be located in your Junk Mail folder.

Vejle Municipality encourages everyone to apply for the position regardless of gender, age, ethnic background, disability etc.

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