Overview
Northern Europe Commercial Operations and Risk Leader role at GE Vernova. The role leads the strategic direction and commercial success of the NEU region, provides direct leadership to the commercial team, ensures compliance with GE risk processes, and supports contract negotiations to maximize revenue, market share, and profitability while adhering to regulatory requirements and company policies.
Responsibilities
* Ensure overall compliance with risk processes. Perform periodic process audits as required.
* Maintain the Risk Passport and Delegation of Authority.
* Maintain risk management processes to identify technical and commercial risks, promote mitigation strategies, and assure informed leadership decisions, both in pre-contract and post-contract phases of the project.
* Ensure data accuracy and completeness of information provided by the Commercial Manager and Proposal Engineering teams through the risk passport (SFDC or other).
* Represent Risk Team at HQ risk reviews, when required, and accurately present proposal details to the leadership team to facilitate rapid decision making.
* Provide Business Leadership with detailed information to identify external transaction risks and develop mitigation strategies. Facilitate informed decision making by business leadership teams.
* Assure a smooth ITO/OTR transition by properly leading the final phase of the risk process.
* Ensure that Deal Strategy Reviews (DSR) occur at the appropriate time, and facilitate the DSR meetings.
* Provide financial, commercial and technical expertise in the development of an overall risk management strategy.
* Identify opportunities for applying risk assessment tools and conduct analyses to monitor the overall deal risk profile for the business.
* Support Industry Project Management in Contracts management capacity.
* Manage the commercial and contractual aspects of complex projects in execution to achieve project goals and objectives.
* Coordinate with the Project team (planning, financial controlling and engineering) to achieve margin improvements.
* Drive, in coordination with the Project Manager, all contractual and commercial issues such as the issuance of notices to customers, subcontractors, vendors and insurers, in line with contractual requirements.
* Prepare, manage and negotiate claims to/from partners, insurers, and contractors.
* Minimize exposure to risk and claims while maximizing opportunities and preserving GE contractual entitlements.
* Work in partnership with Legal teams to ensure teams receive appropriate contractual and legal guidance, particularly in matters subject to dispute resolution proceedings.
* Provide guidance and ad hoc support to Services Project Managers about contractual issues on Services orders.
* Report business exposure/opportunities and status of the claims you are managing.
* Capture return of experience and best practices on commercial issues and share lessons across the contract management community to improve GE deliverables.
* Support and promote Compliance function through participation in Compliance reviews and trainings for the region; report on Compliance KPIs.
Required Qualifications/Experience
* Bachelors degree from an accredited college/university
* Experience with managing a diverse team across multiple locations and different skillsets
* Solid experience in Risk Management, Compliance, Audit, Data Engineering, or Technology Process Management
* Experience with Industry Standard Contracting terms such as FIDIC and NEC
* Experience with developing and maintaining commercial relationships with clients, partners and main subcontractors/vendors to ensure smooth operation of projects and smooth dispute resolution
* Background of UK Government and Military Contracting
* Ability to obtain baseline security clearance
What We Offer
* The opportunity to work on high-impact, nationally significant programmes
* Hybrid working and a flexible approach to work-life balance
* Competitive salary and performance-based compensation
* 26 days of annual leave + UK bank holidays
* Generous employer pension contribution
* Private medical insurance, life assurance, and income protection
* Flexible benefits platform so you can tailor your package
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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