Role-Based Programme
RB1363

AI for Contract & Commercial Management

Advanced Contract Intelligence, Commercial Risk & Value Optimisation

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Duration
32 Hours
Level
Advanced
Delivery
Instructor-Led
Format
Capability Development

Programme Objectives

  • Develop advanced capability to apply AI across contract review, commercial analysis, obligation management, performance monitoring, renewals, and supplier governance.
  • Use AI-assisted analysis to identify contractual obligations, commercial risks, pricing issues, SLA deviations, value leakage, and renewal opportunities.
  • Apply AI to contract summarisation, clause comparison, obligation tracking, change management, commercial modelling, supplier reviews, and negotiation preparation.
  • Use AI-assisted analytics to improve contract visibility, commercial control, supplier accountability, risk management, and value realisation.
  • Build responsible AI-enabled Contract and Commercial Management workflows with strong confidentiality, validation, traceability, governance, and human oversight.

Tools covered

Generative AI AssistantsAI Search & ResearchContract IntelligenceClause AnalysisObligation TrackingCommercial AnalyticsTotal Cost AnalysisContract Risk AnalysisSLA & KPI MonitoringChange & Variation AnalysisRenewal IntelligenceSupplier Performance AnalyticsWorkflow AutomationAI AgentsDecision-Support Tools

Who should attend

  • Contract Managers
  • Commercial Managers
  • Procurement Managers
  • Vendor Managers
  • Supplier Relationship Managers
  • Contract Administrators
  • Commercial Analysts
  • Procurement Analysts
  • Category Managers
  • Strategic Sourcing Professionals
  • Contract Operations Professionals
  • Supplier Governance Professionals
  • Procurement Excellence Professionals
  • Commercial Operations Professionals
  • Leaders Responsible for Contract & Commercial Performance

Prerequisites & Participant Readiness

  • Experience in procurement, contract management, commercial management, sourcing, vendor management, or supplier governance
  • Familiarity with contracts, commercial terms, SLAs, pricing structures, obligations, amendments, and supplier reviews
  • Basic awareness of Generative AI and common business applications
  • Comfort working with contractual, supplier, commercial, and operational information
  • No programming knowledge required

TOC Modules

Concepts
  • Understanding Generative AI, reasoning models, document intelligence, automation, and AI agents
  • Exploring AI applications across contract review, commercial analysis, obligations, and supplier governance
  • Distinguishing AI-assisted contract analysis from legal interpretation and authorised commercial decisions
  • Understanding hallucinations, confidentiality, privilege, evidence quality, and human accountability
Practical activities
  • Mapping AI opportunities across the contract lifecycle
  • Identifying activities suitable for augmentation, automation, or continued human ownership
  • Creating an AI opportunity map for Contract and Commercial Management teams

Scenarios

Underperforming Supplier Contract to Commercial Recovery Plan

Contract Terms → Obligations → SLA Performance → Commercial Leakage → Root Causes → Corrective Actions → Negotiation → Governance Review

Participants use AI to analyse an underperforming supplier contract, identify missed obligations, service-level failures, commercial leakage, and recovery opportunities, and create a structured supplier and contract improvement plan.

Major Contract Renewal to AI-Enabled Renewal Strategy

Contract History → Supplier Performance → Pricing → Risk Exposure → Market Alternatives → Renewal Options → Negotiation Strategy → Executive Decision

Participants use AI to assess an upcoming high-value contract renewal, evaluate commercial performance and risk, compare renewal and market options, and build an evidence-based negotiation and renewal strategy.

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