Skills:

Risk Management

Job type:

Full-time

• Review tender documents, quotations, purchase orders, contracts, and related documents for the NI, EI, and MOD businesses.
• Identify and highlight key contractual, commercial, financial, and operational risks.
• Review key terms, including payment, liability, indemnity, warranty, liquidated damages, termination, insurance, bank guarantees, governing law, and dispute resolution.
• Prepare contract comments, risk summaries, and recommendations for relevant stakeholders.
• Communicate key contractual obligations and risks before contract execution or handover.
• Contract Deviation and Approval Management.
• Coordinate deviations from standard commercial terms and company guidelines.
• Prepare supporting information and obtain the required management approvals.
• Follow up with relevant stakeholders to resolve outstanding contractual matters.
• Maintain complete documentation and a clear audit trail of reviews, approvals, and final agreed positions.
• Contract Negotiation and Handover Support.
• Support Sales and business teams during commercial and contractual negotiations.
• Coordinate alternative contractual wording with Legal, Finance, Insurance, Operations, and other relevant functions.
• Escalate material or high-risk matters to the Commercial Manager and relevant approval authorities.
• Support contract handover and summarize key contractual obligations, risks, payment terms, securities, insurance requirements, and deliverables.
• Bank Guarantee Management.
• Coordinate bank guarantee requirements arising from tenders and contracts.
• Liaise with Sales, Finance, Treasury, banks, and other stakeholders on issuance, amendment, renewal, reduction, and closure.
• Review guarantee wording against contractual requirements and company guidelines.
• Maintain an accurate tracker and follow up on validity, expiry, renewal, and return of bank guarantees.
• Insurance and Legal Coordination.
• Review contractual insurance requirements and coordinate with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Support insurance and legal clarifications related to tenders, contracts, claims, or disputes.
• Maintain relevant documentation and escalate complex matters to the Commercial Manager or relevant specialists.
• Key Skills & Competencies.
• Bachelor's degree in law, Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or related fields.
• Experience in contract management, commercial operations, tender management, risk management, legal coordination, procurement, or related functions is preferred.
• Strong contract review, commercial analysis, and risk identification skills.
• Good understanding of key contractual provisions and commercial terms.
• Ability to summarize risks and provide practical recommendations.
• Good negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong attention to detail, documentation, and follow-up discipline.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities within tight timelines.
• Basic knowledge of bank guarantees and contractual insurance requirements.
• Good command of written and spoken English.