Want to influence the bigger picture? At Saab, you can realise amazing innovations that keep people and societies safe. Together, we can truly make an impact – and your part matters.
Your role
As a Contract Manager you will be coordinating the commercial tasks in foremost Execute Business Process (ongoing projects), but also involved in Win Business (sales). Your will work towards the goal of project success, driving sales and securing contract profitability.
In your role you will work close with project managers and PMO in strategy, compliance, scope, contract changes, customer interface and negotiations. You will play an active part in steering groups and decisions, being an advisor to project owners and “co-pilot” to project management. An important aspect is to make sure that lessons learned are inherited for future contracts.
Your main responsibilities as a Contract Manager will also contain:
- Interaction with internal/external expertise in order to cover commercial aspects of the work.
- Proactive communication with the project owners concerning insights and control of adherence to commercial T&Cs throughout the contract length.
- Engagement with and understanding of the customer in support of the project and of business strategies.
Commercial and Contract Management is a high-energy team that strives to ensure that all parts of our customer offerings are commercially optimized in order to maximize our chances to win and deliver profitable business. We operate cross Surveillance’s Business Area Surveillance as a centralized function covering a broad range of responsibilities such as customer acquisition requirements, business/contract set-up, strategy, contract terms & conditions, negotiations, calculation and pricing.
Our work is performed in close cooperation and coordination with business unit sales, compliance, operations, corporate legal, treasury, finance, industrial cooperation and other necessary functions.
Contract Management is the unit within Commercial and Contract Management that specializes in Execute Business.
The job involves national as well as international travels.
Your profile
Contract management requires a good understanding of a broad range of topics. We believe that you already have good experience in projects/contracts, hands on experience from project management, contract terms & conditions, negotiations, sales, quality, legal issues, price calculations etc. are all major assets.
You have an eye for details and an analytical mind. You are comfortable working independently within your area of competence as well as with other team members or expertise in order to secure quality, compliance and to meet deadlines. The work is often of an event driven nature where both initiative and the ability to evaluate situations, options and solutions are vital. The main objective is to contribute to profitable and sustainable business.
As the arena is international and customer communication is inherent, language skills are crucial. Your English is excellent and your understanding and insights of cultural aspects is very good.
This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around/of security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply.
What you will be part of
Behind our innovations stand the people who make them possible. Brave pioneers and curious minds. Everyday heroes and inventive troubleshooters. Those who share deep knowledge and those who explore sky-high. And everyone in between.
Joining us means making an impact together, contributing in our own unique ways. From crafting complex code and building impressive defence and security solutions to simply sharing a coffee with a colleague, every action counts. We encourage you to take on challenges, to create smart inventions and grow in our friendly and tech-savvy workspace. We have a solid mission to keep people and society safe.
Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring mission, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 22,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.
Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations. Read more about us here.
Kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement.