Contract Management Excellence

January 2016

Contract Management Excellence

Who we are

The Challenge

Aims and Objectives

Planning and Execution

Innovation and Creativity

Best Practice

Organisational Benefit

Who we are

£2.45bn UK 2014 spend

THE CHALLENGE

“National Grid is at the heart of one of the greatest challenges

facing society – creating new sustainable energy solutions

for the future – and developing an energy system that supports

economic prosperity in the 21st century.”

A COMPLEX SUPPLY CHAIN

A CHANGING ENERY LANDSCAPE

3,321 Number of UK suppliers

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

Develop highly capable team of contract management

professionals

Deliver a single way of working

Implement technology and MI solutions to improve decision

making

Promote excellence in contract management as a key

leadership skill

Empower people, using performance development plans

Movement in contract management maturity from basic to

Intermediate

PLANNING AND EXECUTION

Exec Sponsors

Ray Schlaff & Ian Galloway

Senior Sponsor Andy Hibbitt

Project Manager

Donna Hicks

Contract Repository

Contract Administration

Tool

Process Training

Curriculum

Community of Practice

PMO

CME Steering Group

CME Working Group

INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY

717 The number of attendees on Contract

Management Courses to Dec 2016

“People across the business see contract management as their responsibility and priority, to the extent that the CME team no longer needs to be the driving force behind the change”

BEST PRACTICE

• Invest in our people to

grow skills and capability

• Outperform our regulatory

and commercial contracts

• Invest in our people to

grow skills and capability

• Outperform our regulatory

and commercial contracts

ORGANISATIONAL BENEFIT

717 The number of attendees on Contract Management Courses to Dec 2015

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