Commercial Contracts Manager

New opportunity not to be missed! Weir Minerals have an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Contracts Manager to join our team based in Todmorden. We are offer a competitive salary of up to £45,000 per annum.

Weir Minerals Europe is part of the Weir Group PLC, the business has been established for over 100 years and is a world leader in the design and manufacture of pumps, valves, cyclones, vibrating screen machines, crushers and other associated equipment for the mining and minerals processing industries. The company has seen significant sustained revenue growth with output rising from £31million to circa £130million within the last 6 years. Based in the North West of England we are a well-established company that is growing year on year. Our organisation currently has 800 employees throughout Europe with over 400 based in Todmorden, which sits on the edge of both Lancashire and West Yorkshire.

The Commercial Contracts Manager Role

We are currently looking for a dynamic Commercial Manager to join the Commercial team.  You will be responsible for the effective control of contractual terms across all territories protecting Weir Minerals Europe from unacceptable risk.

Key Responsibilities as our Commercial Contracts Manager:

- Weir Standard terms and Conditions are employed wherever possible

- Negotiation of customer’s terms and conditions to manage the commercial risk and comply with the commercial policies of the group

- Performance guarantees are acceptable and have an effective termination date

- Warranties are accepted by Engineering and have an effective termination date

- All bank guarantees bonds are acceptable and have an effective termination date

- Letters of credit are acceptable and can be executed in the time available

- Provide Commercial and Legal guidance to other functions within the business

- Draft and review a range of commercial agreements to support new business development activities

- Ensure that the company is protected from any unnecessary commercial risks

- To coordinate the bid review process by liaising with other functions within the business to ensure there is a clear understanding of the scope of supply, accurate estimation of costs, achievable lead times, review of the terms and conditions and technical specifications and an assessment of the overall commercial risk

- Provide support to the customer negotiations throughout Europe and North Africa

- Provide support to the project management team as part of the Contract Acceptance process to ensure that the negotiated contracts are acceptable and are in accordance with the position cleared during bid review

- To manage and enhance the contract review procedure liaising with sales, contracts, engineering and manufacturing departments

- Monitor the profitability of significant contracts from bid approval through to delivery.

- Ownership of the letter of credit process from acceptance of terms through to presentation of accurate and timely documentation

Our ideal Commercial Contracts Manager:

- Should have strong understanding of business contract law

- Effective communication skills applicable for operating in the international arena

- Strong motivational skills

- Clear understanding of the selling process for technically based capital goods

- Have good leadership aptitude with well developed interpersonal skills

- Ability to work under pressure and achieve tight deadlines

- Awareness and knowledge of SAP

- You should have minimum of 3 years relevant experience

- Good understanding of contract law, reviewing and negotiating T&C’s for a range of agreements

- Previously operated in the Engineering/Manufacturing industrial sector supporting or managing a sales team would be advantageous

- Experience of coordinating and preparing major tender proposals and presenting this at board level

- Experience of negotiating contract terms and conditions with customer’s in an international environment

- Qualified to Degree level, Legal Degree would be desirable

In return we offer the following salary and benefits:

- Up to 45k per annum depending on experience

- 25 days holiday plus 8 days bank holiday

- Employee Reward Scheme

- Flexible working hours

- Free parking

- Pension Scheme

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity, click ‘Apply’ now to become our Commercial Contracts Manager.