
Elison John
Contract Manager
Contracts that protect value and keep delivery on track
Contract manager with eleven years managing commercial contracts for a construction and services group in Nairobi. Owns contracts across their life — drafting and negotiating terms, managing performance and variations, controlling risk and claims, and making sure both parties deliver what they agreed. Renegotiated and tightened a major supplier contract that recovered value and reduced disputes. Manages tenders and contract awards, reviews terms and risk, handles variations, claims and disputes, and works between legal, commercial and delivery teams. Strong on both the contractual detail and the commercial judgement the role demands. Firm in negotiation and clear about what the contract actually requires. Looking for a contract-manager or commercial role with an organisation that values its contracts being managed properly.
East Africa Construction Group - Nairobi, Kenya
Contract Manager April 2015 to Present 11 years & 3 months
Renegotiated and tightened a major supplier contract that recovered real value and reduced the disputes.
Manage all the tenders, the contract awards and the terms and risk on each agreement.
Handle all the variations, the claims and the disputes to protect the organisation's commercial position.
Manage all the contractor and the supplier performance against every one of their contractual commitments.
Work between the legal, the commercial and delivery teams to keep all the contracts on track.
Nairobi Commercial Services - Nairobi, Kenya
Contracts Officer / Administrator August 2010 to March 2015 4 years & 8 months
Supported the negotiations, the variations and the contract reporting across the business.
Learned the commercial terms, risk and claims management on the job.
Gained the contract-management certification and then moved into a contract-manager role.
Nairobi Commercial Services - Nairobi, Kenya
Procurement Officer June 2007 to July 2010 3 years & 2 months
Learned how the contracts, the terms and suppliers fit together commercially.
Built up the commercial grounding that good contract management is built on.
Then earned the move into a full contracts-officer role from there.
University of Nairobi
LLB (Hons) Law (September 2006 to June 2010)
IACCM / World Commerce & Contracting
Certificate in Commercial & Contract Management (January 2013 to August 2013)
Recovered contract value
Clear on what's required
Advanced Contract Law & NEC/FIDIC
World Commerce & Contracting (January 2018 to June 2018)
Commercial Risk & Procurement Strategy
CIPS (March 2021 to Present)
Commercial & Contract Management
World Commerce & Contracting (August 2013 to Present)
Negotiation & Dispute Resolution
IACCM (April 2019 to Present)
- Contract Management
- Negotiation
- Contract Drafting
- Risk Management
- Variations & Claims
- Tendering & Awards
- Dispute Resolution
- Supplier Performance
- Commercial Law
- Stakeholder Management