Contract Manager

Role Overview

• Provide the support to the sales and commercial teams during the ITO phase of a transaction for (i) proposal and contract document preparation, mark-up and management
• T&Cs risk checklist interpretation and evaluations
• commercial risk process questions
• customer negotiations
• reviewing and finalizing contract and purchase order documents
• Provide guidance and recommendations to the transaction’s deal team members and regional leadership regarding contractual and commercial implications of proposed and final commercial T&Cs strategies and decisions
• Coordinate, manage, and maintain a library of master and framework agreement records in Salesforce.com (NEX) and a repository of relevant and linked documents (including amendments, risk checklists, and summaries) in Box’s cloud content management and file sharing service
• Disseminate relevant contract documents and templates within the organization as needed
• Work closely with regional Legal team members to support deal strategy development, T&Cs negotiations with customers, legal document templates development, and T&Cs training and rollout
• Actively identify and participate in process improvement and simplification efforts related to both the Contract Manager role and the overall ITO and Policy 5.0 process
• Engage, solicit, and effectively incorporate inputs from required functional subject matter experts into proposal, contract, and purchase order documents
• Work as a key member of the region ITO team to negotiate and execute compliant and complete contracts that support the region’s orders, sales, cash, operating profit, and margin targets
• Coach. Mentor, and train both new and experienced commercial and sales manager on T&Cs and other relevant contracting related business topics, processes, and tools

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, business, law, technical (or equivalent) from an accredited college
• Minimum 5 years of contract analysis, Sales/Commercial Operations terms and conditions experience, and/or contract execution experience
• Comprehensive understanding of both simple and complex commercial contracts
• The ability to formulate persuasive and effective arguments, both verbally and in writing, that advance GE’s interests and needs during negotiations with customers
• Ability to communicate effectively to multiple levels of both Buyer and GE’s organization
• Ability to analyze problems and make recommendations and decisions responsive to both changing business priorities and transactional deadlines
• Ability to occasionally travel to customer sites within the Americas region when needed to support negotiations
• Experience in power generation or related industrial or manufacturing industry.
• Strong writing and reading comprehension skills
• Contracting experience with United States FARS, DFARS, CFRs, and Export/Import law
• Commercial contracting experience in Canada and/or Latin America
• Legal or paralegal training
• Multi language (English/others)
• Power generation equipment technical expertise and familiarity with the type of parts, repairs, and site services provided by Steam Power to its customers.

Tech Stack

• Cloud
• SFDC

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource
• access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services
• GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions
• company retirement contributions
• access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants
• tuition assistance
• adoption assistance
• paid parental leave
• disability benefits
• life insurance
• 12 paid holidays
• permissive time off