Contracts Manager

Celloraa Energy; Surat; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Celloraa Energy is seeking a Contracts & Legal Specialist to draft, review, and finalize commercial agreements from inception. You will lead negotiations with customers, suppliers, and partners, while ensuring regulatory compliance and risk control across the contract lifecycle.

The role requires strong document management, cross-functional coordination, and the ability to provide guidance to internal teams during project execution.

Qualifications

• Experience drafting and finalizing commercial contracts.
• Ability to negotiate and draft amendments and variation orders.
• Experience in contract administration and documentation control.
• Familiarity with regulatory and company policy compliance.
• Strong coordination with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Draft, prepare, and finalize a wide range of commercial contracts and legal agreements from inception.
• Develop customized contract templates, standard clauses, and contract formats for various business requirements.
• Draft contract amendments, addendums, extensions, and variation orders as required.
• Lead contractual negotiations with customers, vendors, consultants, contractors, and business partners.
• Draft alternative contractual language during negotiations to resolve commercial and legal concerns.
• Recommend commercially practical solutions while minimizing contractual risks.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to finalize contractual terms within agreed timelines.
• Maintain complete documentation of executed contracts.
• Ensure timely execution and renewal of agreements.
• Monitor contractual obligations, deliverables, and key milestones.
• Maintain proper version control and document management.
• Ensure contracts comply with applicable laws, regulations, and company policies.
• Incorporate statutory requirements into contractual documents wherever applicable.
• Support internal teams by providing contractual guidance during project execution.
• Coordinate with external legal counsel whenever specialized legal opinions are required.
• Identify contractual risks during the drafting stage and incorporate appropriate safeguards.
• Draft suitable indemnity, limitation of liability, warranty, insurance, confidentiality, and dispute resolution clauses.
• Protect the company's commercial and legal interests through robust contractual provisions.
• Work closely with Procurement, Projects, Finance, HR, Commercial, and Engineering teams to understand business requirements before drafting agreements.
• Coordinate with external consultants, vendors, contractors, clients, and legal advisors for contract finalization.
• Support project teams in interpreting contractual provisions whenever required.
• Maintain a centralized repository of all executed contracts.
• Prepare periodic reports on contract execution, renewals, pending agreements, and amendments.
• Ensure proper archival and confidentiality of contractual records.

Skills

Contract drafting

Contract negotiation

Legal compliance

Risk management

Document management

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Contract Drafting & Documentation (Primary Responsibility)

• Draft, prepare, and finalize a wide range of commercial contracts and legal agreements from inception.
• Develop customized contract templates, standard clauses, and contract formats for various business requirements.
• Draft contract amendments, addendums, extensions, and variation orders as required

Contract Negotiation

• Lead contractual negotiations with customers, vendors, consultants, contractors, and business partners.
• Draft alternative contractual language during negotiations to resolve commercial and legal concerns.
• Recommend commercially practical solutions while minimizing contractual risks.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to finalize contractual terms within agreed timelines.

Contract Administration

• Maintain complete documentation of executed contracts.
• Ensure timely execution and renewal of agreements.
• Monitor contractual obligations, deliverables, and key milestones.
• Maintain proper version control and document management.

Commercial & Legal Compliance

• Ensure contracts comply with applicable laws, regulations, and company policies.
• Incorporate statutory requirements into contractual documents wherever applicable.
• Support internal teams by providing contractual guidance during project execution.
• Coordinate with external legal counsel whenever specialized legal opinions are required.

Risk Management

• Identify contractual risks during the drafting stage and incorporate appropriate safeguards.
• Draft suitable indemnity, limitation of liability, warranty, insurance, confidentiality, and dispute resolution clauses.
• Protect the company's commercial and legal interests through robust contractual provisions.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Work closely with Procurement, Projects, Finance, HR, Commercial, and Engineering teams to understand business requirements before drafting agreements.
• Coordinate with external consultants, vendors, contractors, clients, and legal advisors for contract finalization.
• Support project teams in interpreting contractual provisions whenever required

Documentation & Record Management

• Maintain a centralized repository of all executed contracts.
• Prepare periodic reports on contract execution, renewals, pending agreements, and amendments.
• Ensure proper archival and confidentiality of contractual records.