Contract Manager

Role Purpose

The JL4 Contract Manager is accountable for postexecution contract governance legal compliance and lifecycle management of supplier agreements across assigned regions and categories. The role ensures executed contracts are interpreted applied and governed in line with legal intent regulatory and authority requirements while enabling operational execution protecting contractual value and mitigating risk.

In addition to regional responsibility the role acts as the IMEA functional lead for Contract Governance & Lifecycle Excellence defining legal governance standards playbooks and controls across the region.

Key Responsibilities

1. Contract Communication & Operationalization

• Develop and drive awareness of executed contract terms legal intent execution strategies and compliance requirements across key internal stakeholders.
• Lead structured contract handovers to ensure Operations Finance P2P and relevant teams fully understand contractual obligations SLAs payment terms and key legal and commercial risks.
• Translate complex contractual terms into businessexecutable formats without deviation from approved legal positions including SLA frameworks rate applicability payment logic and master data requirements.
• Ensure timely and accurate maintenance of rate management systems contract repositories and visibility dashboards to support transparency and execution efficiency.
• Establish and standardize legally aligned postexecution contract operationalization playbooks across IMEA.

2. Contract Governance & Lifecycle Management

• Own governance of the contract lifecycle postexecution including contract interpretation amendment control renewals expiries and formal contractual correspondence.
• Define and maintain standards for contract interpretation version control repository accuracy and audit readiness ensuring legally defensible documentation and traceability.
• Ensure contracts are applied consistently and in line with approved terms Legal guidance regulatory requirements and the Global Authority Matrix.
• Act as the centre of expertise on contract obligations risks and compliance issues providing guidance to regional and functional teams.
• Establish structured escalation and resolution mechanisms for contractual issues and disputes arising during contract execution in consultation with In-House Legal and in line with internal dispute governance protocols.

3. Performance Management & Compliance

• Implement action plans for noncompliant contracts in collaboration with Sourcing Managers and relevant stakeholders.
• Oversee governance and execution of Service Level Agreements (SLAs) ensuring contractual performance obligations are clearly tracked and enforced.
• Develop and maintain categorylevel performance and compliance KPIs in partnership with Performance and Process Excellence teams.
• Establish clear roles and responsibilities for postexecution performance management and compliance across stakeholders.
• Ensure contract execution outcomes feed into performance governance forums and corrective action plans with documented compliance and risk considerations.

4. Value Protection Risk & Continuous Improvement

• Provide early visibility of contractual risks and opportunities impacting service cost compliance or supplier performance including potential legal and compliance exposure.
• Partner with Operations Procurement Finance and Market teams to mitigate execution risks and protect contractual value.
• Drive payment performance optimization in collaboration with ProcuretoPay teams by ensuring legally accurate contractual setup correct contractual setup and issue resolution.
• Integrate learnings from contract execution cycles into future sourcing contracting standards SLAs and governance frameworks.
• Identify drive and implement continuous process improvement and digitization initiatives related to contract governance and lifecycle management.

5. ESG Governance & CrossFunctional Collaboration

• Monitor and manage ESGrelated contractual obligations screening requirements and improvement plans in collaboration with Sourcing Ocean Fulfillment and Sustainable Procurement teams ensuring contractual enforceability and compliance.
• Ensure contract governance supports audit regulatory and compliance expectations across the region.
• Foster strong crossfunctional collaboration to drive a consistent and disciplined approach to postexecution contract management.

6. Regional & Functional Leadership

• Maintain full responsibility for managing executed contracts in the individuals assigned region across all three verticals ensuring consistent legal interpretation and application.
• Act as the IMEA functional lead for Contract Governance & Lifecycle Excellence defining legally aligned standards and supporting adoption across IMEA region.
• Collaborate closely with global transformation and process excellence teams to drive a One Procurement Maersk mindset.

MustHaves

• Formal legal qualification (Law degree or equivalent).
• 812 years of experience in contract management legal operations commercial governance or inhouse legal/procurement roles with strong postexecution focus.
• Demonstrated expertise in contract interpretation lifecycle governance compliance and risk management.
• Strong understanding of procurement sourcing P2P and financial controls including rate logic and invoicing mechanisms.
• Proven ability to translate legal language into operationally and systemexecutable requirements.
• Experience operating within structured governance frameworks authority matrices and audit environments.
• Strong stakeholder influence across Operations Finance Legal Procurement and senior leadership.
• High standards of accuracy judgement and ethical decisionmaking.

NicetoHaves

• Prior experience in shipping logistics ports terminals or infrastructureheavy industries.
• Exposure to CLM tools contract repositories rate management systems and regulatory audits.
• Experience supporting regional or global governance transformations.
• Familiarity with ESG contractual frameworks and supplier compliance programs.

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