Commercial Operations Manager

Contract negotiation and compliance with contract commitments and commercial risk assessment & management of risk processes in the commercial (ITO - Inquiry-to-Order) phase. Overall engagement with the proposal generation process and commercial negotiations to ensure commercial intensity & compliance to the Grid Solutions Deal Risk Management process (Policy 5.0). This role to drive commercial operations and risk management initiatives at ITO stage improved rigor in deal making/closure & for a better operation excellence to ensure proper risk management throughout the deal lifecycle while closely aligned to customer CTQs. Also to provide systematic & efficient analysis of contracts for the maximizing financial and operational performance & minimizing risk with proper mitigations.

What will you do:

• Review and redline customer terms and conditions (T&Cs) and other commercial & contractual documents.
• Ensuring an acceptable risk profile for GE given the specific scope of supply and deal dynamics
• Lead and finalize the contractual schemes Industrial models while engage with all respective stake holders (Tax Legal commercial Finance Controllers Operations EHS).
• Proper identification & registration of identified risks in Risk Assessment Matrix tool and Salesforce Tool Build & operate Risk Review sessions to drive early engagement strategy development & respective approvals ensuring leadership alignment.
• Own the ComOps and respective risk process including the use of tools and governance instances ensuring development of consistent operations in ITO adherent to our policies processes & metrics and ensuring application of the agreed actions.
• Drafting Discuss & negotiate NDA Consortium Agreements declaration forms etc. with potential Partners.
• Develop commercial expertise across regional Commercial & Sales teams to ensure implementation of Grid risk policies & implementation of standardized best practices.
• Support of ITO teams by applying KPIs and challenging risk/opportunity assessment & propose mitigation strategies (e.g. based on trend analysis proposal post-mortems & customer feedback)
• Partner with the Region Sales teams in strategy development to create winning proposals and meeting or exceeding the regions plan for orders and financial KPIs.
• Support and drive change management process to improve commercial processes to reduce cycle times & costs improve service quality.
• Support projects Terms and Conditions review from inquiry to bid award.

What will you Bring:

• Bachelors degree in business Finance Legal Engineering or related area from an accredited university or college.
• Minimum of 5 yearsof experience in Commercial Operations Contract Management Sales Risk Mitigation Tendering Bid management and/or project management role.
• Strong contractual & negotiation skills
• Fluent in English French and Arabic.

What will make you stand out:

• Strong oral and written communication & presentation skills
• Knowledge of electrical transmission or power projects
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills with Lean Adaptability
• Self-sufficiency & Ability to influence and lead cross functional teams.
• Experience in developing complex proposals or structuring complex deals.
• In-depth knowledge of contractual terms and conditions risk management; experience in structuring and negotiating contracts to minimize business risk.
• Ability to think strategically and be operationally rigorous.
• Familiarity with the use and function of CRMs (Customer Relationship Management) Salesforce
• Independence in achieving commercial objectives within operating budgets and operating guidelines.

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