Commercial Contract Manager

Commercial Contract Manager - Location: Ireland Dublin

Responsibilities

• Develop and agree the commercial contractual strategy for projects and proactively execute the strategy to meet margin targets.
• Contribute to commercial contract reviews and participate in negotiation of terms and conditions to manage and mitigate commercial/contractual risk in line with company policies.
• liaise with internal stakeholders such as Legal, Tendering and Sales to ensure a compliant, work winning proposal is offered.
• Support the operational delivery team and facilitate knowledge transfer of commercial contractual rights, obligations and processes from pre contract to execution phase to maximize the commercial success of projects.
• Compile, submit and agree documents and notices to facilitate prompt resolution of any contractual entitlement.
• Contribute to risk and opportunity identification, assessment and proactively implement measures to manage contractual risk and opportunities.

Other Tasks

• Providing contractual and commercial advice to different functions within the business.
• Supporting improvement strategies on escalated projects, e.g., margin slippage, cash issues.
• Preparing and proactively managing contractual correspondences, variations and claims.
• Ensuring that all guarantees and bonds are in place and managed.
• Mentoring and training of business colleagues on contractual and commercial topics.

Qualifications

• Qualified to degree level in a relevant discipline (Quantity Surveying, Business, Supply Chain Management, Law, or Construction Economics).
• Experience managing the contractual delivery of contracts in execution and pre contract, including negotiating, drafting and executing agreements, with good knowledge of legal terms and commercial concepts.
• Experience could be from Construction, Energy or Power projects but not essential; preferred to have a project based environment background.
• Well organised with strong problem solving and clear communication skills; enjoys being part of a collegiate multi functional team and has experience dealing with project teams.
• Strong ability to communicate, influence, negotiate and challenge to deliver results.
• Fluency in English (written and verbal).

Benefits

• Competitive salary & bonus scheme
• 28 days annual leave + public holidays
• Private health care
• Pension scheme and life assurance
• Worldwide employee share ownership programme
• Health & wellbeing support options, employee assistance programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• CareerHub (internal mobility opportunities + access to mentors & projects globally)
• Learning portal and more

Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, colour, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.