Senior Contract Manager

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Environmental Resources Management (ERM) Full time

Senior Contract Manager (Mid - Senior Level) page is loaded Senior Contract Manager (Mid - Senior Level) Apply locations London, United Kingdom time type Full time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago job requisition id R00020820

Job Description and Summary

ERM seeks an experienced Contract Manager for the EMEA region to serve as a key member of ERM’s EMEA Legal Department team. The ERM Legal Department provides legal support for ERM’s management and operations globally (over 140 offices in 39 countries). The General Counsel, located in London, UK, leads the entire global Legal Department, which in addition to the EMEA team has members supporting Latin America, US/Canada, and Asia Pacific.

This Contracts Manager position would ideally be based in London, but other locations in England would be considered. This position will support ERM and the Legal Department in carrying out the mission of reducing risk, improving decision-making, and enhancing client relations by world-class management of contracts and related information. This position will have an important role in optimizing ERM’s performance on major contract delivery. This position will report to the Regional Managing Counsel for EMEA, based on London, with additional supervision and interaction with other commercial counsels in ERM’s EMEA Legal Department. 

Principle Responsibilities/Key Results Areas

  • Managing ERM business contract queries
  • Tracking contract obligations and compliance status
  • Recording and managing key information about contracts
  • Collecting and filing contracts and related documents
  • Advising so reviews and approvals can be carried out in accordance with ERM’s policies and procedures
  • Drafting and reviewing certain contract types
  • Supporting the connection between ERM business people and the Legal Department, to maintain a client focussed approach
  • Negotiating issues with guidance from ERM legal counsels
  • Providing information to ERM business representatives and counsels about contracts.

The types of contracts and documents will include:

  • Client contracts including master service agreements. These consist of modifications to ERM standard terms as well as client forms of agreement.
  • Requests for proposals (RFPs)
  • Subcontracts and other supplier contracts
  • Teaming agreements
  • Confidentiality agreements/non-disclosure agreements (NDAs)
  • Amendments and change orders
  • A variety of other miscellaneous commercial documents.

This role would be ideal for a senior contract manager looking to join a multi-national commercial in-house team in a business facing role, providing end-to-end service with a wide variety of work and responsibilities.

Within a busy team and mutually supportive environment, you will enjoy high value work across the business.

Qualifications

  • Minimum 10 years’ experience as a contract manager/analyst/administrator, handling complex client/customer contracts, supplier contracts including subcontracts and other contracts such as teaming/partnering agreements and NDAs
  • University’s degree, preferably in a business or technical discipline, or other relevant experience
  • Eager to learn and take on responsibility
  • Values the opportunity to promote ERM’s interests
  • Ability to recognize issues and the commitment to follow through to see that they are resolved
  • Well-organized
  • Ability to make thoughtful and disciplined decisions
  • Creative problem-solving skills
  • Excellent English verbal and written communication, including a strong phone and video conference presence (another foreign language would be an advantage)
  • Good imagination and ability to see things from someone else’s perspective
  • Ability to work collaboratively with legal counsels and other Legal Department members, Partners, Project Analysts and staff
  • Professional demeanor and sensitivity to client relationships
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a high paced environment
  • Working understanding of key commercial contract and risk management concepts
  • Basic understanding of business entities and corporate/organizational structure concepts

Core Competencies

  • Experience handling a service provider’s contracts with larger corporate clients
  • Experience helping business teams understand and mitigate certain risks associated with various contract terms
  • Good understanding of environmental consulting business and construction projects
  • Experience with MS office suite programs (word, excel, powerpoint, etc.); experience with contract management applications a plus
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At ERM, sustainability is our business.

We are the world’s largest advisory firm focused solely on sustainability, offering unparalleled expertise across business and finance.

ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, through our unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities.

Our diverse global team of experts works with the world’s leading organizations to help them set clear sustainability targets, measure progress and operationalize strategy through deep implementation and business transformation.

With more than 50 years of experience, our ability to integrate sustainability solutions and our depth and breadth of technical knowledge are why organizations choose to partner with us as their trusted advisor.

Every one of us firmly believes in the potential to create value for our clients through an integrated approach to sustainability (because we have personally seen it and professionally achieved it).

Our team members are passionate about client service. We work closely with our clients to help them operationalize their sustainability goals and meet their environmental, health and safety objectives while advancing ERM’s purpose through delivering tangible progress in what the United Nations coined The Decade of Action.

Organizing our people across globally integrated communities of technical and strategic talent positions ERM to be a “boots to boardroom” leader in bringing that value creation to our clients, partners, and the world.

We recruit exceptional professionals with a personal and professional passion for sustainability and nurture them to even greater success as specialists. We prepare our consultants to bring integrated, innovative and sustainable solutions to our clients and provide opportunities for ongoing development across a variety of subject areas related to technical, business, and personal growth.

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