Senior Contract Manager/Paralegal

at  Fluke

ABOUT US

We are hiring a Senior Contract Specialist for the Fortive EMEA Legal and Compliance team, who will have specific contract management responsibilities for the Fluke Reliability Solutions (FRS) business. The new team member will report to the Fortive EMEA General Counsel and will join our diverse team of four lawyers, two paralegals and two contract and compliance specialists supporting the Fluke Reliability business segment across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Australia and New Zealand.
Fluke Reliability is a leader in connected reliability, offering a developing framework of products and services to improve asset uptime and support the move to Industry 4.0. This is an opportunity to join a growing and innovative part of the Fluke business, with a focus on SaaS (Software as a Service) solutions bundled with high-end hardware and professional services.
We are seeking a candidate who will enjoy working closely with cross-functional teams on both day-to-day and strategic matters and processes. In particular, this role will have oversight for representing Legal on the Fluke Reliability Deal Desk and PPL priorities tracker, ensuring a close alignment between the EMEA Legal and Commercial teams on closing deals as efficiently as possible.

EXPERIENCE

• Demonstrable track record (ideally, 5+ years) of relevant contracting experience including drafting and negotiating key contract terms, contract amendments and contracting processes. P roficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint). Experience with a CLM tool preferred. Comfortable working in English; in addition, the ability to work in German is strongly preferred. Experience with using Salesforce, MSD or implementing and using a CLM tool (e.g. DocuSign, Conga, Ironclad, Icertis, Agiloft) preferred.

PERSONAL SKILLS

• Flexible team player seeking a role that will involve working closely with commercial teams on a range of operational, administrative and legal tasks.
• Positive, solutions-driven approach to work, embracing challenge and thriving on being part of a growing team and business.
• Exceptional attention to detail without losing sight of the business priorities and strategies.
• Fast learner who thrives in a high-demand environment; works well under pressure.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and follow-up skills.
• Unquestioned integrity and excellent judgment.
• Process-driven and results-oriented; interest in building sustainable and innovative standard work and systems.
• Flexible team player seeking a role that will involve working closely with commercial teams on a range of operational, administrative and legal tasks.

ABOUT US

Fluke Corporation is the world leader in the manufacture, distribution and service of electronic test tools and software. We are a dynamic market leader with sound financial health. Fluke has achieved the number one or number two position in every market in which it competes. The Fluke brand has a reputation for portability, ruggedness, safety, ease of use and rigid standards of quality. A wholly owned subsidiary of Fortive Corporation (www.fortive.com), Fluke is a multi-national corporation headquartered in the greater Seattle area. We offer an entrepreneurial environment that is team-centered, customer-driven, quality-focused, and growth-oriented. It is driven by the phenomenally successful Fortive Business System. Working at Fluke gives you access to a robust career development process and challenging, “stretch” opportunities.

• RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT – Engage and build meaningful relationships with stakeholders and business partners in the EMEA region. Communicate daily with cross functional teams including Sales, Legal, Operations and Product Management.
• SALES CONTRACTS – Draft, review and negotiate a variety of sales contracts with customers such as SaaS contracts, master sales agreements for bundled solutions of hardware, software and professional services, enterprise-level sales including white labelled products, public tenders and RFIs/RFPs. Drafting and updating contract templates. Managing the contract approval process to obtain approvals for non-standard terms.
• CHANNEL PARTNER CONTRACTS – Oversight of the channel partner contracting process that includes maintaining contract templates and process documentation. Managing onboarding and termination of channel partners including the contract negotiation, gathering approvals, tracking status and communicating between key stakeholders.
• OTHER CONTRACTS AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS – Reviewing and negotiating various other contract types and documents, such as non-disclosure agreements or procurement agreements.
• TRAINING AND PROCESS DEVELOPMENT – Preparing training material on contracting processes. Training commercial teams and customers on legal, compliance and contract management topics. Proactively identify and implement improvements to contracting and partner onboarding procedures and templates.
• TEAMWORK – Working with the remainder of the Fortive EMEA Legal and Compliance team on wider legal and contractual matters impacting the Fluke and Fluke Reliability business.