Contracts Manager

In this role you will be responsible for working with business leaders sales personnel project managers and other subject matter experts to negotiate and manage commercial and government contracts for our Motion High Power division in the United States ensuring all government regulations and company requirements are followed for the Motion High Power US portfolio. You will manage end-to-end contract administration for the full lifecycle of the contract from tendering through contract close-out.

The work model for the role is: Hybrid in New Berlin WI.

Your role and responsibilities:

• Work with the Motion High Power team and other ABB business units to evaluate new and existing contracts for customer supplier and related processes.
• Draft mark-up and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements including customer channel and standard representative agreements and contractual modifications and amendments to them.
• Coordinate with ABB lawyers export control insurance & risk management intellectual property tax finance as well as other subject matter experts with respect to key contract provisions.
• Identify mitigate or eliminate potential contractual issues by negotiating changes or implementing other measures to effectively meet ABB risk guidelines and applicable regulations while maintaining good customer relations.
• Participate in proposal preparation by reviewing requests for quotes and providing specific comments and recommended adjustment to terms and conditions including reasoning for a change.
• Provide advice on the potential business implications of terms and conditions of the contractual documents including scopes of work and scopes of supply identify associated risks and liabilities and propose measures to protect the Companys interests for the business line leaders.
• Ensure that applicable internal processes are followed prior to quote or bid submission and coordinate with relevant subject matter experts while working within the bid submission timelines.
• Ensure that government contracting opportunities (federal state and local) can be executed in compliance with applicable government regulations and internal ABB policies that won government-funded jobs are executed compliantly and that required documentation is maintained for audit capacity.
• Prepare and control documents required to properly administer contracts and comply with sound business practices.
• Review update and provide recommendations to improve and streamline processes and procedures related to bid submission government contract review and contract review and administration.

Our Team Dynamics

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Qualifications for the role:

• Bachelors degree in business or related discipline.
• 8 years of contract administration experience.
• Expertise in commercial law with proven track record in complex contract review preparation and negotiation.
• Strong written interpersonal communication and analytical skills are required to make presentations lead negotiations and influence decisions.
• Strong attention to detail. Errors may significantly impact the Companys reputation and customer relations and may result in financial losses enforcement activity criminal or civil liability and/or revocation of our licenses to operate.
• Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant industry experience and digital law (SAAS AI data protection and
• privacy)experience.
• Experience with government-funded contracts.
• Prior in-house corporate legal or contracts department experience.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their- sex (gender identity gender expression sexual orientation) marital status citizenship age race and ethnicity inclusive of traits historically associated with race or ethnicity including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles color religious creed national origin pregnancy physical or mental disability genetic information protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law.

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ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees

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Health Life & Disability

• Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
• Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
• Vision benefit
• Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
• Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
• Voluntary life and AD&D 100% employee paid up to maximums
• Short Term Disability up to 26 weeks Company paid
• Long Term Disability 60% of pay Company paid. Ability to buy-up to 66 2/3% of pay.
• Supplemental benefits 100% employee paid (Accident insurance hospital indemnity critical illness pet insurance
• Parental Leave up to 6 weeks
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health general health navigation and virtual health and infertility/adoption
• Employee discount program

Retirement

• 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)

Time off

ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.