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Overview
Contract negotiation and compliance with contract commitments and commercial risk assessment & management of risk processes in the commercial (ITO - Inquiry-to-Order and OTR - Order To Remittance) phase. Overall engagement with the proposal generation process and commercial negotiations, to ensure commercial intensity & compliance to the Grid Solutions Deal Risk Management process (Policy 5.0). This role drives commercial operations and risk management initiatives at ITO and OTR stage, improves rigor in deal making / closure, supports operation excellence to ensure proper risk management throughout the deal lifecycle, and closely aligns to customer CTQs. Also, to provide systematic & efficient analysis of contracts for maximizing financial and operational performance & minimising risk with proper mitigations.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Review and redline customer terms and conditions (T&Cs) and other commercial & contractual documents.
- Ensure an acceptable risk profile for GE given the specific scope of supply and deal dynamics.
- Lead and finalize the contractual schemes, Industrial models while engaging with all respective stakeholders (Tax, Legal, commercial Finance, Controllers, Operations, EHS).
- Identify & register identified risks in Risk Assessment Matrix tool and Salesforce; build & operate Risk Review sessions to drive early engagement, strategy development & respective approvals ensuring leadership alignment.
- Own the ComOps and respective risk process, including the use of tools and governance instances, ensuring development of consistent operations in ITO, adherent to policies, processes & metrics and ensuring application of agreed actions.
- Draft, discuss & negotiate NDA, Consortium Agreements, declaration forms etc. with potential Partners.
- Develop commercial expertise across regional Commercial & Sales teams to ensure implementation of Grid risk policies & standardized best practices.
- Support ITO teams by applying KPIs and challenging risk / opportunity assessment & propose mitigation strategies (e.g., trend analysis, proposal post-mortems & customer feedback).
- Partner with Region Sales teams in strategy development to create winning proposals and meet or exceed the region’s orders and financial KPIs.
- Support and drive change management to improve commercial processes, reduce cycle times & costs, and improve service quality.
- Support large and complex projects from inquiry to close-out; support projects from execution start-up with contract analyses and flow-down requirements for project subcontractors.
- Establish and implement project-specific contractual procedures, particularly regarding claims, insurance, variation orders, correspondence and notifications.
- Support project risk and opportunity identification and analysis.
- Provide support and guidance to project teams on general contractual issues and claims; clarify contractual / legal enquiries and refer to Legal when necessary.
- Provide support in the event of a potential dispute.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Legal, Engineering, or related area from an accredited university or college.Minimum of 10 - 15 years of experience in Commercial Operations, Contract Management, Sales, Risk Mitigation, Tendering, Bid management and / or project management role.Fluent in English; French & Arabic languages are an advantage.Working remotely from the same region can be considered.Desired Characteristics
Strong contractual & negotiation skillsStrong oral and written communication & presentation skillsKnowledge of electrical transmission or power projectsStrong interpersonal and leadership skills with Lean adaptabilitySelf-sufficiency & Ability to influence and lead cross-functional teamsExperience in developing complex proposals or structuring complex dealsIn-depth knowledge of contractual terms and conditions, risk management; experience in structuring and negotiating contracts to minimize business riskAbility to think strategically and be operationally rigorousFamiliarity with the use and function of CRMs (Salesforce)Independence in achieving commercial objectives within operating budgets and guidelinesAdditional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided : NoSeniority level
Mid-Senior levelEmployment type
Full-timeJob function
Management and ManufacturingIndustries
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