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Commercial Contracts Specialist - EMEA
Location: Crawley, West SussexSalary: £30,000 - £34,000 per Year
Ref: 14073
Type: Permanent
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A global engineering & technology solutions (Fortune500) business is seeking to expand its EMEA legal & contracts division, creating an opportunity for a junior / developing Commercial Contracts Specialist, Commercial Officer or in-house commercial Paralegal with c.2 years+ experience to join the Crawley based team.
The Commercial Contracts Specialist will join a hardware & software technology solutions division of a truly global engineering and technology market leader, to provide expert advice and lead the administration, review, drafting, negotiation of contracts and commercial issues across a diverse array of complex customer (sales) contracts for the this business’ EMEA operations.
An ideal opportunity for a developing / early career (c.2-3+ years) commercial officer, contracts officer, contracts administrator or commercial paralegal with B2B contracts drafting background (ideally inc. customer pre & post sales side) to take their next career step into a fast paced and end to end commercial contracts role…. international contracts and direct corporate business customer interaction (not just ‘back office’ red-line review!)
Taking up post within the wider commercial and legal contracts division, the Contracts Specialist will work under the guidance of a supportive Commercial & Legal Contracts Director and alongside a small team of fellow contracts specialists who offer SME (subject matter expert) support to the business across all contractual / commercial legal matters and administration (customer sales contracts, sub-contracts, teaming, partner agreement, NDA's etc).
Salary - c. £30000 - £34000 + excellent benefits package
Location - Crawley, West Sussex
Type - Permanent
Key experience required for Commercial Contracts Specialist application:
• c.2 years+ experience of commercial / corporate B2B contracts T&C’s review, negotiation, drafting, change, amendment and administration of NDA's, MOU's, Bid, tender and proposal documents .
• Pre-existing professional experience, likely gained in role(s) such as: Commercial Officer, Contracts Officer, Contracts Specialist, Contracts Administrator or in-house commercial Paralegal
• Law / Legal related qualification preferred (i.e. Law LLB, GDL, LPC, CILEx, IACCM etc)
• Other qualification with professional experience in a commercial officer / contracts officer / Contracts Administrator, B2B contract drafting capacity in place of this equally considered
• A good foundation of B2B contracts T&C’s understanding from a legal and commercial business perspective (risk mitigated, mutually agreeable & commercially advantageous)
• Excellent interpersonal & communication skills:- able to develop relationships with local and international internal stakeholder groups (Sales, Project management, Technical, Procurement) and external customer counterparts.
The business provide technical software, hardware and communication technology for a highly regulated industry sector – specific experience of this is not required but experience of leading commercial contracts activity in an IT, Technology or technical engineering field would be beneficial..
Contact: andrew@ag-search.co.uk