Role-Based Programme
RB1361

AI for Contract & Commercial Management

Smarter Contract Review, Commercial Analysis & Risk Control

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Duration
8 Hours
Level
Basic
Delivery
Instructor-Led
Format
Workshop

Programme Objectives

  • Understand how AI can support Contract and Commercial Management across contract review, obligation tracking, commercial analysis, and supplier coordination.
  • Apply AI to analyse clauses, pricing terms, service obligations, milestones, risks, and contractual dependencies.
  • Use AI to improve contract summaries, commercial comparisons, negotiation preparation, action tracking, and management reporting.
  • Develop practical skills for obligation monitoring, contract-risk identification, renewal planning, and commercial decision support.
  • Understand responsible AI use, confidentiality, legal sensitivity, commercial data protection, accuracy, and human oversight in contract-related activities.

Tools covered

Generative AI AssistantsContract SummarisationClause Analysis SupportCommercial Terms AnalysisObligation TrackingContract Risk IdentificationSupplier Communication SupportRenewal & Expiry MonitoringCommercial ReportingNegotiation Preparation

Who should attend

  • Contract Managers
  • Commercial Managers
  • Procurement Managers
  • Contract Administrators
  • Commercial Executives
  • Procurement Executives
  • Vendor Managers
  • Supplier Relationship Managers
  • Category Managers
  • Strategic Sourcing Professionals
  • Commercial Analysts
  • Contract Operations Professionals
  • Procurement Analysts
  • Procurement & Vendor Management Team Leads

Prerequisites & Participant Readiness

  • Basic understanding of procurement, contracts, or commercial processes
  • Familiarity with supplier agreements, pricing terms, SLAs, purchase contracts, or renewals is helpful
  • Basic analytical, communication, and digital-tool skills
  • No programming or technical AI knowledge required
  • Prior AI-tool experience is helpful but not mandatory

TOC Modules

Concepts
  • Understanding Generative AI and its relevance to contract and commercial workflows
  • Exploring AI support across contract review, summarisation, obligation tracking, and commercial analysis
  • Distinguishing AI assistance from contract-lifecycle, procurement, ERP, and document-management systems
  • Understanding AI limitations, hallucinations, interpretation risks, and commercial sensitivity
Practical activities
  • Identifying recurring Contract & Commercial Management activities suitable for AI assistance
  • Comparing traditional and AI-assisted contract workflows
  • Mapping AI opportunities across the contract lifecycle

Scenarios

Supplier Contract to Commercial Review

Contract Document → Key-Term Extraction → Commercial Terms → Obligations & SLA → Risk Identification → Clarification Points → Negotiation Priorities → Management Summary

Participants use AI to review a sample supplier agreement, extract key commercial and operational provisions, identify areas requiring attention, and prepare a structured commercial review for authorised stakeholders.

Expiring Contract to Renewal Decision Support

Contract Portfolio → Expiry & Notice Dates → Supplier Performance → Commercial Outcomes → Risk Review → Renewal / Renegotiation Options → Action Plan → Leadership Summary

Participants use AI to analyse a sample expiring contract, combine contractual and supplier-performance information, and prepare an evidence-based renewal or renegotiation brief while retaining final decisions with authorised business and legal stakeholders.

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