The Senior Contracts Manager will be responsible to manage SP&S deals from a contracting and commercial perspective throughout the deal lifecycle, ensuring compliance with contract commitments and commercial risk assessment during all phases. In this role they negotiate contract terms and conditions, provide commercial and contractual leadership and direction throughout the entire deal life‑cycle and develop practical and innovative ways to identify & mitigate contract risk.
Responsibilities
- Developing & negotiating detailed contractual agreements with customers and leading cross‑functional teams in the contract negotiation, contributing to define the overall deal strategy.
- Supporting the bid teams in proposal development, risk management (including deal risk and governance adherence – deal reviews, etc.), scope definition, pricing and incentives, customer communications and issue resolution.
- Managing all commercial and contractual related aspects of a project during the execution phase, including commercial arrangements, variation orders, contract negotiation, amendments and adherence to contract requirements.
- Ensuring compliance with the project specific contractual administration requirements (establish and maintain the project variation control system, manage the invoicing process).
- Providing advice, assistance and guidance to management, project managers, engineering, sourcing and other functions on project specific contractual matters.
- Ensuring commercial risks are identified and managed across the project scopes of work by controlling the overall project risk and opportunity review and reporting process.
- Managing negotiations in line with contract requirements, including supporting the formulation and negotiation of project contractual claims and counter‑claims.
Qualifications
- Have a Bachelor's Degree in Law/Business or related experience.
- Have detailed knowledge of energy contracts, terms and conditions and negotiation techniques.
- Strong commercial leadership skills with proven capability of working in a matrix environment and of leading by influence.
- Understanding of key contractual and commercial risks and areas for opportunity and ability to lead project risk review process and assessments.
- Negotiating skills: To secure favorable outcomes, having the flexibility to understand and negotiate alternative contractual and commercial positions with customers (subject to approval).
- Strong commercial acumen and business understanding.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Effective team player.
- Be willing to travel.
- Have a permanent work permit in the UK.
Baker Hughes Company 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.
