Manager - Contract Management

Job Description

Mission: Perform the commercial operations required to drive the national and international business growth. Perform the project planning tasks. Execute the risk management plan. Prepare and perform the project planning tasks for all associated projects. Implement the technical-financial solutions associated with the projects during the different phases. Job Responsibility: Reviewing and commenting on commercial and technical tender terms and conditions. Analyzes prime contract terms to highlight areas of potential opportunity and risk, such as ambiguities, omissions and conflicts, as work proceeds. Cooperate with legal to draft, negotiate and finalize agreements during the Sales and Project Execution phases. Identifying the contract baseline (including terms and conditions, specifications, drawings, estimate proposal, schedule and other documents incorporated in the contract) and highlights areas of potential risk. Ensures timely and accurate execution of commercial aspects in portfolio of contracts (ie payments, claims, variation orders, warranties, provisions, guarantees, etc). Verifies that both parties to the contract have fulfilled their contractual obligations and there are no responsibilities outstanding. Assesses success of the contract and 0determines if there are any lessons learned for future contracting. Documents and communicates to all appropriate parties any deficiencies found as part of the closeout process. Providing guidance and leadership on contract management-related matters to cross-department business team members, participate in claim negotiations and provide professional support where required regarding purchasing activities ensuring flow down of customer terms and conditions to the vendors Reviewing, analyzing and drafting RfQs and contracts, including terms & conditions and appendices, for services, supply and construction contracts, partnerships, sub-contract. Coordinating contractual risk analysis and implement arisk & opportunities monitoring and control process during execution Property inspection and identify areas of ambiguity and issues based in existing infrastructure clearances, continuously review and resolve the issues as per best practice Negotiation with land owners, execution of agreement for the sale / lease, etc for execution of power projects Scrutiny of revenue records, legal due diligence for risk free acquisition of private land Conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural purpose / for development of the project Liaisoning with various Govt. authorities for procurement of various approvals, NOC, recommendation etc for acquisition Forest, Revenue & private lands for establishment of wind mills, Power Substation and other ancillary objects Over all responsibility of site for smooth functioning / execution of project activities Liaise and coordinate with various Govt, PSU s, Panchayat, Nodal agencies etc, Obtain NOC/Permission / Recommendation etc, considering the feasibility of execution of the target land procurement (applicable laws, construction activity of power Sub-stations, Storage yard, Dumping yard, Land required for entire power project etc Liaise and build good rapport with authorities who are vital in business leads and secure sufficient time for early procurement decisions Regular and continuous follow up with all the litigation pending before court and various tribunals in Karnataka Coordination and interaction with Panel Advocates for speedy disposal of the matters pending before various Courts Drafting of replies, pliant, counters and other legal documents related to litigation Drafting and vetting of various agreements, deeds, plaint and written statement and various applications Due diligence of land purchase, and supervising proper custody of original documents Prepare legal back up papers Dynamic planning, scheduling and execution of deliverables within approved Budget Identification of new sites, preliminary due diligence of potential sites and establishment of wind mast and WRA studies Finalization and Management of Contracts including Land acquisition, Project development and execution activities Execution of Project Development activities including Survey & Site selection, Land identification, document collection and Legal due-diligence, Land acquisition and Land conversion. Establishment of new Projects sites, preparing Site-specific Budget for the Projects and obtaining the Management s Approval Required Skills and Competencies Degrees-Certificates/Training: LLB/LLM Further training: Handling same profile in Renewable Industry. Profile: Solid communication skills, commercial profile. International experience and contacts is a plus. Language/Level: English/High Years/Areas of experience: 7 to 10 years of experience in the duties included in the job description.