The position of Contracts Manager (Southern and Central Europe) will provide advice, support and direction to the Southern and Central European sales organisations in two key areas:
- Commercial Contract Management
- Strategic Pricing Support
You will be required to champion best practice ensuring procedures are of a high standard, as well as developing and maintaining positive relationships with internal and external contacts.
Dedication to performance against KPI’s is critical for success in this role.
Key responsibilities
- End to end Contract Management:
- Coordinate with multiple stakeholders to ensure mitigation of risk whilst maximizing opportunities, in compliance with internal escalation guidelines;
- Negotiate with clients on a range of commercial contracts, including services agreements, NDAs, Data Processing Agreements, Master Services Agreements;
- Take ownership of complex non-standard agreements or client agreements;
- Contractual support for tender responses, working closely with the Bid Management team to deliver competitive and compliant bids;
- Management of regional templates, localise and translate standard contract templates where applicable, and maintain these templates;
- Ensure the use of Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) tool, including acting as local escalation point for CLM sales support;
- Provide support and advice in the acquisition of new business and renewals by reviewing product mix opportunities, pricing and gross margin assumptions, utilisation rates and client-specific requirements and then, in partnership with various functions, deliver standard or develop non-standard offers to meet client’s needs, whilst conforming to group guidelines;
- Support the Sales community in acquiring approved pricing as per product matrix, including the capture of deviation;
- Support complex pricing models for tender responses.
About you
Required Skills and Knowledge
- Capable of drafting contract terms and conditions in English and Italian
- Attention to detail, reviewing contracts for conformity to policies and identifying and assessing risks.
- Strong working knowledge of Italian regulatory landscape, including compliance requirements, industry standards, and relevant legal frameworks.
- Previous experience using Contract Lifecycle Management tools is desirable.
- Delivering results & meeting customer expectations
- Adapting & responding to change
Required Work Experience
- Solid experience independently drafting and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts;
- Experience with data privacy;
- Pricing, sales, or finance experience is preferred but not a requirement (openness to learn is critical);
- Demonstrable commercial experience working directly with sales teams and business managers.
Required Languages
- Fluent verbal and written Italian and English