Contract Manager

at  GieseckeDevrient

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum Bachelor degree in Business Law only (strong academic credentials LLL and/or LLB)
• LLM preferred but not mandatory
• Member of a European and/or North American Bar association preferred but not mandatory
• Must have minimum 4+ years of experience
• Strong and lengthy experience in drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts
• Strong negotiation skills and knowledge of legal concepts
• Profound commercial understanding with focus on exceptional client service
• Good project management experience and skills (planning, reporting , processes)
• Leadership skills
• Strong communication skills and customer-oriented behavior
• Good knowledge of and interest in products/services and sales activities
• Excellent team player with good soft skills for use in cross functional and international teams
• Expertise in negotiation techniques, contract law, contract drafting, licensing
• Strong multi-tasking skills and detail oriented
• Ability to work with challenging individuals/organizations
• English & French fluent mandatory (and any other language welcome)

SCOPE AND PURPOSE:

• To support and guide sales activities in all contractual matters
• Define contracting strategy in alignment with Bid Team (deal shaping), agree with Management if applicable
• Drive contracting process up to contract signature
• perform contract Statement of Compliance (SoC) in tender/offer phase, contract drafting/preparation/updating and negotiating taking into consideration all internal guidelines
• Support the execution team during implementation phase in high level escalations of disputes or contract changes
• Manage risk exposure and mitigation list during contract negotiations and ensure contract handover to execution team
• Resolution of contractual matters and contract development during the whole contract lifecycle

KEY TASKS:

• Actively Support sales in developing new Business Models
• Drive tender management and create offerings
• Drive the Contract aspects within the Bid team to ensure that what is offered/sold is defined precisely in the customer contracts including annexes according to defined contracting strategy
• Ensure that the G+D standard contract templates and guidelines are utilized to the extent possible to assure optimal contractual and commercial KPI’s
• Information exchange to allow suitable e2e contract alignment with purchasing
• Participate in negotiations with the customer in order to challenge disadvantageous contractual terms.
• Align with global functions (Legal and Compliance) and subsidiaries in contractual matters
• give input for contractual risk assessment and maintain mitigation list during negotiation phase with inputs from Bid team
• Ensure contract handover to execution team, incl. all contract related documents incl. contract implications, negotiation notes, etc.