Description
Contracts / Commercial Manager
Telecoms (London) 6 Months
The role:
Senior Contracts / Commercial Manager required for a Communications Company based in London on a 6 Month Contract
Responsibilities:
- Manage in-life customer contracts to maximise profitability and mitigate risk. Verify and approve milestone capex/opex funding for drawdown by Delivery and Service against approved contract business case and delivery plan. Apply commercial governance to future capex/opex requests, work with Sales & Service Mgmt to manage Contract Change Process; ensure that pricing structures, resourcing and other commercial terms are assessed and adjusted as needed to achieve targeted contract profitability.
- Develop deal negotiations strategy to mitigate commercial risk, and lead/manage execution via direct negotiation with customer, and/or indirectly across internal cross functional teams, to assure profitable outcome against business targets
- Ensure commercial governance and internal approvals followed for all contracts
- Help sales identify/evaluate profitable new business opportunities within the customer base.
- Engage directly with customers and suppliers to proactively manage commercial risk throughout contract development and in life management.
Experience:
- Must have a background in Telecoms Commercial or Contract Management
- Must be available to start at short notice