Baker Hughes
Contracts Manager
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Job Description Contracts Manager
The 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.
Partner the Best
The Contracts Manager will be responsible for:
- Negotiating contractual agreements with customers, and supporting cross-functional teams in the contract negotiation, ensuring alignment with defined deal strategies.
- 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 commercial and contractual related aspects of non-complex projects during the execution phase, including but not limited to commercial arrangements, Variation Orders, contract negotiation, amendments, adherence to contract requirements, etc..
- Ensuring compliance with the project specific contractual administration requirements (establish and maintain the project variation control system, managing the invoicing process, etc.).
- Providing advice and assistance to cross-functional teams on 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.
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Fuel Your Passion
To be successful in this role, you should have:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Law/Business or related experience.
- Be fluent in English.
- 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).
- Commercial acumen and business understanding.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Effective Team player.
- Be willing to travel.
Work in a Way that Works for You
We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. We work in hybrid model: 4 days from office and 1 day from home (remote).
Working with Us
Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.
Working for You
Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:
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- Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities.
- Comprehensive private medical care options.
- Safety net of life insurance and disability programs.
- Tailored financial programs.
- Additional elected or voluntary benefits.
The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Sales Senior Specialist - Proposals
At Baker Hughes, we are transforming the future of energy. With operations in over 120 countries, we are developing and deploying industry-leading technologies and services to take energy forward. For more than a century, our inventions have revolutionized energy. Today, we are bringing our expertise to make oil and gas safer, cleaner, and more efficient. Our people are the trusted experts, relied on to solve customer challenges big and small. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent, and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other. We believe in creating an environment of diversity and inclusion, without bias. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged, and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We're makers, inventors, and leaders who aren't afraid of the tough challenges. We believe pushing boundaries will help to lead the way for a new energy future.
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