Commercial Contract Manager

ABOUT CBRE DATA CENTRE SOLUTIONS

CBRE Data Center Solutions (DCS) is a part of the CBRE Group with over 115.000 employees worldwide and delivers fully integrated real estate facilities and technology solutions for Data Centre owners occupiers and investors across the globe. As a dedicated business line within CBRE DCS is dedicated to solving complex challenges within every stage of the data centre lifecycle.

We provide our employees the best conditions to develop professionally and personally and to realise their full potential in the course of their career.

Join us now in Amstedam (Netherlands) or alternatively in Paris (France) or the UK and bring your unique talent and skills to our Team. Jobs can be hybrid / remote as long as you live close to one of the above mentioned cities.

Tasks

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

1) Negotiate and Agree Contracts

To agree both customer and supplychain contracts on a timely basis to the mutual satisfaction of both parties:

• Involved with the sales tender or retender process
• Adopting and agreeing the best negotiation strategy with internal stakeholders
• Leading the negotiation involving key business and legal stakeholders
• Achieving a signed contract document
• Influencing internal and external stakeholders
• Complying with the CBRE contracting standards and policies

Success criteria:

• CBRE wins new contracts
• Signed contract achieved on best possible terms and compliant with CBRE governance
• Timely negotiation of supplier contracts
• Customer and supplier contracts have clearly defined scope and obligations
• Good customer and supplier relationships

2) Commercial Policy/Procedure Compliance

To promote compliance with policy and procedures:

• Attending business unit account contract or project reviews to promote best practice

• Providing and maintaining standard documentation

• Checking and challenging processes for compliance

• Support timely and contractually robust order placement

  Success criteria:

• Risks mitigated and offset

• Profits maximised

• Positive behaviours promoted

• Disputes and issues reduced

3) Educate and advise on commercial best practice

To develop internal stakeholders commercial awarenes:

• Advising on contractual obligations
• Running commercial training courses
• Providing commercial and contractual guidance at tender stage and through the contract life cycle
• Presenting at company divisional and business unit management meetings
• Staying abreast of changes in law and commercial practice

Success criteria:

• Practical and useful contract summaries/abstracts/deliverables (terms pricing and scope)
• Contractual compliance
• Commercially astute colleagues
• Good account/contract/project management
• Minimise claims/disputes/issues

4) Providing commercial solutions

To provide commercial solutions to minimise risk and maximise opportunities:

• Analysing the circumstances
• Articulating the options and potential outcomes
• Influence and motivate stakeholders to take the best commercial solution
• Building key customer contacts to strengthen CBREs position in the development of long term customer relationships
• Considering innovative solutions
• Taking the lead on issues which could lead to high risk or litigation/disputes

Success criteria:

• Achieving the most commercially advantageous outcome
• Avoid margin erosion
• Achieve customer acceptance
• Avoid formal disputes/litigation
• Maintain relationships

5) Promote Best Practice Supplier Engagement

To promote best practice in the appointment of suppliers:

• Transferring risk by back to back obligations
• Negotiation of Supplier Terms

Success criteria:

• Timely and contractually robust order placement
• Dispute avoidance
• Meets CBRE contract requirements
• Protects and promotes CBREs services

Requirements

YOUR PROFILE

• Degree qualified or equivalent
• At least five years relevant experience in a commercial role
• Sales focused contract negotiation skills
• Experience in supplier negotiations
• Selfmotivated individual experienced and comfortable with complex problem solving and providing solutions based advice and guidance to multiple stakeholders
• Customer focused approach
• Proven track record of working with educating and influencing a broad range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written with fluency in English
• Collaborative approach with ability to maximise short term requirements and output whilst building longterm productive relationships
• Thrive on fastpace working in a regional and global business
• Able to understand and anticipate business needs. Flexible approach diligent discrete compliant with company policies and responsive to key business objectives
• Strong commercial acumen and understanding of business impact and risk mitigation in relation to contract drafting and operations
• Proficient analytical skills and a measured approach to decision making
• Experienced and comfortable with industry standard forms of contract such as FIDIC JCT NEC etc
• Experience of Data Centre sector desirable
• Experience working with blue chip IT finance media and/or telecoms companies desirable
• Qualification / training in contract law desirable
• Additional language skills desirable

Benefits

OUR BENEFITS What youll get in return

• Futureproof job opportunity with a true development guarantee in one of the fastest growing Data Centre markets worldwide
• A demanding job with an interesting variety of responsibilities and high level of real management autonomy
• Working in an exceptionally motivated team
• TOP trainings with internationally recognized stateoftheart certifications as well as through our own GWS Academy
• Attractive salaries with good fixed pension schemes optional collective health and home insurance and holiday pay
• International working environment with inspiring crossborder career opportunities
• A friendly and collegial working atmosphere combined with a dynamic and creative working culture
• DIVERSITY OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY and WORKLIFE BALANCE are practiced values!

Do you need more good reasons for joining CBRE Check our recent Awards:

• Best Company for Career Growth 2024 (Wallstreet Journal)
• Best Places to Work 2024 (Globe Sts)
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing (Top 100 on Indeed)
• TOP Company 2024 (among the top 5% on KUNUNU)
• Commitment to Diversity and Talent Development Award 2024 (Datacloud Global Awards)
• Outstanding Contribution to Skills and Training Award 2024 (DCS Awards)

HAVE WE AROUSED YOUR INTEREST

If yes please submit your application documents (CV selected certificates no cover letter necessary) incl. your availability and salary expectations to us. Please refer to the following reference number Ref. No.: DC/198233 in your application.

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