Commercial Contract Management Specialist

Job Description

At Capgemini Engineering, the world leader in engineering services, we bring together a global team of engineers, scientists, and architects to help the world's most innovative companies unleash their potential. From autonomous cars to life-saving robots, our digital and software technology experts think outside the box as they provide unique R&D and engineering services across all industries. Join us for a career full of opportunities. Where you can make a difference. Where no two days are the same.

Job Description

- To promote and apply commercial best practice throughout the life of a client engagement to drive value from the account,
- You will be responsible for ensuring Capgemini's compliance with the contract, providing advice on commercial and contractual matters to the sales and delivery teams and applying Capgemini's commercial best practice in the day-to-day management and administration of the account,
- Reduce risk, increase best practice across the delivery teams,
- Manage and resolve conflict to avoid disputes escalating,
- Participate in and/or lead senior level negotiations with both internal and external customers with the introduction of scope or other changes, new business lines and the renewals of existing customer contracts,
- Drafting of contractual documents,
- Setting up of contract and commercial management processes for delivery team,
- Advising delivery leadership on how to manage the contractual scope within the boundary conditions and the strategic aspects of risk embedded in the contract,
- Managing contractual documentation,
- Monitoring and managing contract compliance, including proactively working with the client, third party suppliers and internal stakeholders to resolve contractual issues/ disputes,
- Maintaining the contract through an efficient change management process to represent the dynamic execution environment,
- Understand the contractual risks and manage on-going mitigation,
- Supplier performance review and report card,
- Drive contract governance with third party suppliers and client counterparts,
- Support account in preparation of Budget/Forecasting/Actual financial analysis,
- In-account sales, renegotiation / renewal of contract

Required Skills

- 9 to 13 Years of experience in Commercial Contract Management
- Excellent communication skills
- French and English Language skills
- Ability to perform contract mark-up and drafting of contractual language
- Thorough understanding of key legal, financial and delivery principles
- Coordination and program management
- Expertise in managing global contracts
- Extensive experience in managing third party contracts
- Experience in dealing with senior client and supplier representatives (typically CxO).
- Significant contract management experience in post-sales environment. Leadership in all contractual matters with internal stakeholders and customer counterparts for large
- Application Development programs and/or Application Outsourcing contracts.

Capabilities

- Ability to make decision
- Willingness to go to dwell into the details
- Quality management and control
- Reporting to clients and reviewing of supplier reports
- Good familiarity with IT delivery processes

Qualification

- Education: Graduate Degree in any relevant discipline (Business Administration/ Finance/ Law/ Engineering etc
- Certification in Contract Management will be an added advantage
- Proven track record of Post Award Contract Management, interfacing with client and third party suppliers for large and complex outsourcing agreement

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem.