CCM

This is a newly created role and opportunity for an experienced Senior Commercial Contracts Manager to take up position within a wider legal & commercial team for a truly innovative, highly profitable and continually expanding business group.

As part of the centralised and group-wide commercial contracts team, the Senior Commercial Contracts Manager will work alongside other Snr CCM’s, HOC’s and have support from the In-House General Counsel.

The Senior Commercial Contracts Manager will engage operationally and work in a close support/advisory position to directors, senior management, technical and sales departments across a variety of commercial and contractual issues across group businesses with a particular role ownership/alignment to the business's major, high-value energy infrastructure projects division (technology networks design, build, installation and management).

The CCM's core focus will be to advise, review, negotiate, draft and execute contractual agreements (pre & post award, sales and supply side) ensuring legal compliance, risk mitigation and where possible commercial advantage is achieved.

Core workload engagement & focus:
• B2B contractual arrangements - contract T&C's review, negotiation, drafting and amendment at bid/tender/proposal, execution and renewal stages (sales and supplier sides)
• Engagement with internal legal counsel and all other commercial & technical departments
• Advising Sales, Business Development, Procurement, Exec leadership and wider teams on all commercial and contractual issues/solutions
• Management, control and escalation of all commercial/contractual related issues
• Assist in the refinement and development of commercial & contractual templates, tools and process

* The role’s ownership scope/seniority can be tailored somewhat dependent on an individual’s experience, hence the broad salary range offering.

Key qualifications & experience required for Senior Commercial Contracts Manager application:

• Proven experience in leading all aspects of commercial & contractual review, drafting and negotiation across pre & post-awards sales, supplier/vendor and partnering agreements

• Specific experience of NEC4 contracts suite.
• Likely 10+ years experience in a dedicated CCM role capacity within an engineering services/technology/SaaS environment (Energy/BEAMA sector related would be a strong advantage)
• Solid legal contracts understanding with broader commercial business acumen and engagement.
• Good breadth of contractual form engagement, ideally spanning: Engineering/technical services (design, build, installation, maintenance), technology hardware, SaaS and data +++
• Able to demonstrate wider ‘commercial business’ awareness and the correct positioning of contractual advice/operation/negotiation/drafting to mitigate business risk and ensure compliance is balanced with commercial advantage on a mutually agreeable basis

• Agile approach - able to balance competing demands in a high volume, fast-paced and growing business environment
• Analytical and inquisitive - willing to fully engage in the business’s technical sector, product/service specifics and stakeholder groups
• Stakeholder focused – able to build rapport with sales and technical stakeholder groups alike (up to c-suite)

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