Contract & Claims Specialist

ABB; Sesto San Giovanni; In loco; EUR 40.000 - 60.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading global technology company is seeking a Contract & Claims Specialist based in Sesto San Giovanni, Italy. Responsibilities include managing contract services, ensuring compliance with contract obligations, and supporting legal negotiations. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in Law and 3 to 5 years of experience in a legal environment. Fluency in English and strong communication skills are essential.

Competenze

• 3 to 5 years of experience in legal firms.
• Sound knowledge of contract management and understanding of contract law.
• Fluent in English.

Mansioni

• Lead provision of contract management services.
• Review and comment on tender terms and conditions.
• Ensure timely execution of commercial aspects in contracts.
• Support drafting Purchase Orders and Contracts.
• Develop negotiation strategies with Legal.

Conoscenze

Contract management

Negotiation skills

Communication skills

Office software proficiency (Excel, PPT)

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Law

Descrizione del lavoro

Contract & Claims Specialist

Take your next career step at ABB with a global team that is energizing the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. At ABB, we have the clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions : gender, LGBTQ+, abilities, ethnicity and generations. Together, we are embarking on a journey where each and every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences.

Lead the provision of contract management services to the Local Business Unit / Product Group or Country, ensuring all contract management activities are executed in accordance with Group / Division / Business Unit directives and instructions including Company procedures and the Contract Management Framework.

• This position reports to

Finance Manager

• Your responsibilities
• Ensure the portfolio of contracts in the business follows contract and claim management methodologies in accordance with internal standard procedures.
• Review and comment on commercial and technical tender terms and conditions. Develop contract strategy based on ABB’s policies, customer requirements, and the overall execution strategy taking into account risk, pricing, scope, and schedule.
• Identify the contract baseline (including terms and conditions, specifications, drawings, estimate, proposal, schedule and other documents incorporated in the contract) and highlights areas of potential risk. Ensure timely and accurate execution of commercial aspects in portfolio of contracts (i.e., payments, claims, variation orders, warranties, provisions, guarantees, etc.).
• Verify that both parties to the contract have fulfilled their contractual obligations and there are no responsibilities outstanding. Establish and enforce standard change methodologies in portfolio of contracts to identify changes and quantify the additional time and compensation due to ABB per the contract, define approval requirements and communicates changes to the customer.
• Enforce and defend ABB's contractual interests against customer and suppliers during the whole of a project life cycle, including monitoring and assessment of changes and deviations, as well as defending and enforcing claims. In concert with Legal, develop the negotiation strategy and supports negotiations. Support Legal handling formal dispute resolution, litigation, and arbitration. Notify with Legal to report major claims and keeps Legal updated of any critical development during project execution.
• Support drafting of Purchase Orders, Contracts and Subcontracts and ensures that relevant (sub) contracts contain appropriate contract terms to protect ABB’s interest, including flow-down of main contract terms.
• Analyze prime contract terms to highlight areas of potential opportunity and risk, such as ambiguities, omissions and conflicts, as work proceeds. Seek advice from Legal to draft, negotiate and finalize agreements during the Sales and Project Execution phases. Develops and implements risk mitigation and opportunity plan in concert with Project Manager and / or Sales Manager or FES Manager.
• Ensure contract insurance provisions are adhered to and coordinates with Insurance Risk Management regarding occurrences that may be covered by customer or ABB provided insurance.
• Your background
• Bachelor´s degree in Law.
• 3 to 5 years of experience, preferably in legal firms.
• Sound knowledge of contract management and good understanding of contract law and project planning.
• Knowledge of Import / export controls.
• Team player with strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Excellent in office software including Excel, PPT etc.
• Fluent in English.
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