Commercial Contract Manager at Nokia

Job description

General Purpose

Ensures that Nokia Network’s strategies and business decisions are carried out with adequate knowledge and understanding of the involved commercial and contractual issues. .

Main Responsibility Area

Provides support for work teams or task forces in broad functional/process areas to solve complex and diverse contractual and commercial issues. Applies broad business management knowledge to resolve multi discipline or multi-functional/process problems.

Job Description

While not an exhaustive list, major activities include

• Driving contract drafting and managing trade-off list. Ensure favourable T&C’s for NSN, including facilitating contractual risk management and ensuring contract alignment with existing supplier contracts.
• Act as an escalation point within a Business Group for contractual matters.
• Resolution of referred commercial contractual matters during the contract lifecycle, including escalations of disputed contractual changes
• Drive the contract management process for purposes of complying with internal compliance procedures including the facilitation of a contract management plan and risk log.
• Drive the Contractual aspects of sales offers within the sales team so as to ensure that contract documentation reflects the agreed contracting strategy and business case.
• Interaction with several internal departments so as to ensure suitable contractual alignment achieved with sub-contractors/suppliers;
• Taking part in actual contract negotiations and contract closure, using internal support functions for additional support where required;
• Assist in commercial claim disputes and resolutions throughout the project lifecycle;
• Support Contract changes, renegotiations and extensions with customer where required.
• Assist with major contract correspondence with customer.
• Support Project Contract manager for clarification of contractual differences and scope clarifications

Successful candidate would ideally have 5+ years PQE with a legal education or 8+ years working in a Commercial Management Role with direct contractual drafting responsibility