Northern Europe Commercial Operations and Risk Leader

Description

• Provide guidance and ad hoc support to Services Project Managers about contractual issues on Services orders.
• Maintain risk management processes to identify technical and commercial risks, promote mitigation strategies, and assure informed leadership decisions, both in pre-contract and post-contract phases of the project
• Capture return of experience and best practices on commercial issues.
• Assure a smooth ITO/OTR transition by properly leading the final phase of the risk process.
• Support and promote Compliance function through participation in Compliance reviews and trainings for the region.
• Maintain the Risk Passport and Delegation of Authority
• Provide Business Leadership with detailed information to identify external transaction risks and develop mitigation strategies. Facilitate informed decision making by business leadership teams
• Provide financial, commercial & technical expertise in the development of an overall risk management strategy.
• Ensure that Deal Strategy Reviews (DSR) occur at the appropriate time, and facilitate the DSR meetings.
• Report on Compliance KPIs
• Prepare, manage and negotiate claims to / from partners, insurers, and contractors.
• Where necessary work in partnership with Legal teams to ensure business, project and site teams receive the best contractual and legal advice and guidance particularly in respect of (but not limited to) matters subject to dispute resolution proceedings.
• Share lessons learnt across the contract management community and maintain a feedback loop to ITO in order to improve quality / profitability of GE deliverables in the future.
• Represent Risk Team at HQ risk reviews, when required, and accurately present proposal details to the leadership team to facilitate rapid decision making
• Support Industry Project Management in Contracts management capacity.
• Minimize exposure to risk and claims whilst maximizing opportunities and financial/operational performance and preserving GE contractual entitlements.
• Coordinate with Project team (and particularly planning, financial controlling and engineering) to achieve and further improve margin.
• Drive in coordination with Project Manager all contractual and commercial issues such as the issuance of notifications to customers, subcontractors, vendors and insurers, in line with contractual requirements.
• Ensure overall compliance with risk processes. Perform periodic process audits as required.
• Report business exposure / opportunities and status of the claims you are managing.
• Manage the commercial and contractual aspects of complex projects in execution to achieve the projects goals and objectives.
• Ensure the data accuracy and completeness of information provided by the Commercial Manager and Proposal Engineering teams through the risk passport (SFDC or other)
• Work to identify key opportunities for the application of risk assessment tools, and conduct analyses to monitor the overall deal risk profile for the business.

Requirements

• Solid experience in Risk Management, Compliance, Audit, Data Engineering, or Technology Process Management
• Experience with developing and maintaining commercial relationships with clients, partners and main subcontractors/vendors to ensure smooth operation of projects and smooth dispute resolution.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university
• Experience of Industry Standard Contracting terms such as FIDIC and NEC
• Ability to obtain base line security clearance
• Background of UK Government and Military Contracting
• Experience with managing a diverse team across multiple locations and different skillsets.

Benefits

• Hybrid working and a flexible approach to work-life balance.
• Private medical insurance, life assurance, and income protection.
• The opportunity to work on high-impact, nationally significant programmes.
• Competitive salary and performance-based compensation.
• Generous employer pension contribution.
• Flexible benefits platform so you can tailor your package.
• 26 days of annual leave + UK bank holidays.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance