Contracts Negotiator Professional

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Bengaluru is seeking a Contracts Negotiator to support the sales organization with drafting and negotiating contractual terms. The role is hybrid, requiring office presence about two days per week to collaborate with the Legal, Operations and Sales teams.

You will assess risks, prepare alternatives, and help bring deals to closure while adhering to company policies and compliance requirements. Suitable for candidates with 2–5 years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• First level university degree required.
• Typically 2–5 years of customer-facing contracts, negotiation, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Handles routine contract requests using standard templates with review by a senior team member or manager.
• Follows planning process for prioritizing deal support in working with sales and business leaders.
• Performs work in alignment with overall priorities of the company’s legal function.
• Builds effective relationships with legal colleagues, business owners, sales personnel, support functions, and customers to facilitate escalations and deal closures.
• Acts as key resource to assigned business teams.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Customer facing

Risk analysis

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Contracts Negotiator

This role has been designed as Hybrid with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office. Within HPE, our Operations, Legal and Admin teams work across the business, providing visible accountability and measurable outcomes. With a variety of roles and responsibilities these teams really connect the dots, giving us the essential insights, support and capability to accelerate our transformation to be the world s edge to cloud company. Join us redefine what s next for you

Job Family Definition:

Manages the contracting process for sales transactions by working with customers to draft and negotiate appropriate contractual language to reflect the business interests and policies of the company for non-standard RFPs and contractual requests. Interfaces with customers and members of the Legal, financial/revenue recognition, business unit, sales, and other stakeholder teams to bring deals to closure. Analyzes business, financial, and legal risks and develops and communicates creative solutions and mitigation strategies for key negotiation points. Participates in the approval process to assist business owners in making informed decisions. Complies with audit, financial (e.g., Sarbanes-Oxley), and system requirements and assists in resolving post-execution non- standard contract modification requests and disputes.

Management Level Definition:

Applies intermediate level of subject matter knowledge to solve a variety of common business issues. Works on problems of moderately complex scope. Acts as an informed team member providing analysis of information and limited project direction input. Exercises independent judgment within defined practices and procedures to determine appropriate action. Follows established guidelines and interprets policies. Evaluates unique circumstances and makes recommendations.

What you ll do:

Responsibilities:

• Handles routine contracts requests by using standard company templates and drafting alternative responses with review by a senior team member or manager.
• Follows planning process for prioritizing deal support in working with sales and business leaders.
• Performs work in alignment with overall priorities of the companys legal function.
• Builds effective relationships with the companys legal colleagues, business owners, sales personnel, support functions, as well as with customers to facilitate effective escalations and efficient deal closures.
• Acts as key resource to assigned business teams.

What you need to bring:

Education and Experience Required:

• First level university degree required.
• Typically 2-5 years of customer facing contracts, negotiation, or equivalent experience.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Intermediate knowledge of key laws, policies, processes, and practices applicable to closing non- standard contracts.
• Intermediate understanding of technology products, service offerings, and capabilities.
• Knowledge of key business and contractual risks.
• Demonstrated negotiation skills.
• Capable of presenting or escalating issues effectively to local legal/contracts management.

Impact/Scope:

• Leads standard, low risk customer-facing contract drafts and presentations for one or more sales or business groups within a country.
• Impacts internal and external clients based in the country.

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Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here . Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

What We Can Offer You:

Health Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have - whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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Job:

Legal

Job Level:

Intermediate

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