Senior Contract Manager H/F

Our client is a leading international company specialised in the rail infrastructure sector. They provide rail fastening systems and aluminothermic welding in more than 100 countries, supporting urban transport across the globe.


We are currently looking for a :

Senior Contract Manager based in Barcelona (Spain)



The Senior Contracts & Legal Manager will be a key business partner to the Commercial and Procurement teams, providing guidance and counsel on all major commercial contracts and tenders the business enters.

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

- Develop and then maintain a regional contracts and legal management process within the EMEA Fastenings Business Unit, mainly focusing on Spain and the UK, but with opportunity to progress to include France as the role develops. This process should drive the business to adopt best practices and minimise financial / contractual risk, as well as feed into the Group’s existing contract approval processes, ensuring key business risks are highlighted, discussed and reduced where possible.

- Support the relevant regional teams in managing day to day business contract reviews, negotiation and modification etc, liaising with various internal and external stakeholders as required.

- Review and “redlining” of contracts such as long-term framework agreements, tender submissions, non-disclosure agreements, this includes the negotiation and resolution of challenges / queries from counterparties where possible and the escalation were not.

- Providing “peer reviews” of contract reviews that colleagues provide (e. G. from the Procurement Team), and requesting such peer reviews to support a robust, quality-driven process.

- Reviewing documentation that forms part of various strategic business partnerships. Specifically managing the due diligence requirements for strategic sales partnerships (e. G. sales agents), ensuring where possible all business risks are mitigated / minimised / removed.

- Participate in RFQ / bid tenders, supporting review / analysis of contractual requirements or commitments, attending kick-off meetings, contract / pricing reviews, tender submissions etc. Providing advice and counsel where required.

- Support the training, development and mentoring of the wider EMEA team members on contract best practice, highlighting Company minimum requirements / procedures and tools / approaches to reduce risk. This should extend to proactively providing input / updates to departmental operating Guidelines and Policies and Procedures.

- Ensuring contracts are reviewed and approved inline with the Group’s delegation of authority, highlighting areas of concern / recommendations for improvement to the appropriate Directors as part of the sign off process.

- Engaging in direct dialog on occasion with clients, partners, and vendors via calls and written correspondence.


Role-specific skills, knowledge and experience:

- Extensive exposure to complex contracts, particularly in sales and procurement environments, including experience reviewing and revising contracts on both internal and client templates, and drafting contracts from scratch.

- Extensive experience in an industrial working environment, ideally the rail industry.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including fluency in English, Spanish and French.

- Excellent ability to analyse contracts, commercial proposals and transactions, and identify business issues.

- Certified degree in either commercial or legal sector (preferably both).

- Exposure to working across multiple countries, and ability to work individually or as part of a regionally distributed team.

- A quick and efficient learner with attention to detail.

- Demonstrate the ability to work to deadlines and under pressure.

- An ability to think innovatively and creatively.

- Can-do attitude; flexible and positive. Values honesty in work.

- Has to travel in the different countries from EMEA to meet customers and business partners, mainly in France or UK

Salary and benefits:

70-80k euros fixed annual salary
10% bonus

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