Senior Contract Manager

ABB Inc.; Cary (NC); Hybrid; USD 143,000 - 228,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB Inc. seeks an experienced contract management leader to define and drive strategy across the Americas region, coordinating with sales, project management, supply chain, and legal teams to mitigate risk and maximize opportunities while ensuring policy compliance.

The role requires a 10+ year track record in contract management, a relevant degree, and fluency in English; French or Spanish is a plus. Hybrid work in the US, Canada or Mexico with travel to customer sites.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in contract management.
• Degree in contract management, project management, engineering, quantity surveying or similar.
• Fluent in English; French and/or Spanish is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Lead contract management strategy across the assigned area.
• Ensure adherence to Contract Management Framework and policies.
• Defend ABB's contractual interests with customers and suppliers.
• Collaborate with sales, project management, supply chain, and legal teams.

Skills

Contract management

Cross-functional

English fluency

Education

Degree in contract management or engineering

Job description

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner-and every person here makes that happen. You'll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This position reports to:

Division General Counsel & Head of Contract Management IAPI

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Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to proactively lead and set out the strategy in consultation with the business and other functions for the provision of contract management services within your assigned area of responsibility. You will ensure that all contract management activities are executed in accordance with corporate/division/business policies and procedures, Contract Management Policy, Contract Management Framework, and best contract management and risk management practices, with a focus on risk mitigation and opportunity maximization.

You will take a holistic and solution orientated approach to contract management, with a cross-border, cross-business line, and cross-division perspective, while fostering collaboration and a broader, common interests attitude to reaching objectives.

The work model for the role is: hybrid in US, Canada or Mexico in Eastern/Central US time zone. You should be available for travel to customer meetings and to ABB offices.

This role is contributing to the Process Industries division of the ABB Automation business area in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Main stakeholders are sales, project management, supply chain, functions etc. in the Pulp, Paper & Fiber, Metals & Power Conversion and Materials & Mining business lines. Close collaboration with the legal and integrity function is required.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Ensuring that the portfolio of contract management services within the assigned area of responsibility follows contract and claim management methodologies in accordance with Contract Management Framework, best practices for contract and risk management and relevant policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with ABB's global standards.

• Enforcing and defending ABB's contractual interests against customers and suppliers throughout the project lifecycle, including monitoring and assessment of changes and deviations, as well as defending and enforcing commercial claims.

• Analyzing the contract terms to highlight, flag and actively deal with the areas of potential opportunity and risk, such as ambiguities, omissions, and conflicts, throughout the project lifecycle.

• Developing contract management strategy in line with ABB's policies and procedures, customer requirements, and the overall execution strategy, considering the risk, pricing, scope, and schedule.

Our team dynamics

You will join a dynamic, talented, high performing team, which supports each other, collaborates and never stops learning. We work in a solution orientated way to bring contracting excellence to the division and business lines of process Industries.

Qualifications for the role

• You enjoy working as part of a team integrated into our business and have a keen interest in technology, automation and processes.

• You have a flare for contract and risk management, working in a pragmatic and collaborative way and can act as a bridge between various stakeholders and interested parties.

• You have 10 years of experience and a proven track record in contract management.

• Degree in contract management, project management, engineering, quantity surveying or similar from a reputable university.

• You are at ease communicating in English. French and Spanish is an asset

More about us

The Process Industries Division serves the mining, minerals processing, metals, cement, pulp and paper, battery manufacturing, and food and beverage, as well as their associated service industries. The Division brings deep industry domain expertise coupled with the ability to integrate both automation and electrical systems, increase productivity and reduce overall capital and operating costs for customers. For mining, metals and cement customers, solutions include specialized products and services, as well as total production systems. The Division designs, plans, engineers, supplies, installs and commissions integrated electrical and motion systems, including electric equipment, drives, motors, high power rectifiers and equipment for automation and supervisory control within a variety of areas including mineral handling, mining operations, aluminum smelting, hot and cold steel applications and cement production. The offering for the pulp and paper industries includes control systems, quality control systems, drive systems, on-line sensors, actuators and field instruments. Digitalization solutions, including collaborative operations and augmented reality, help improve plant and enterprise productivity, and reduce maintenance and energy costs.

US candidates*

While base salary is determined by things such as the successful applicant's qualifications and experience, this position is expected to pay between $142,500 and $228,000 annually and is eligible for a annual bonus.

Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.

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