Commercial Contract Manager

The Legal Counsel is responsible for legal strategies and policies, contracts, and related forms to support and ensure compliance with applicable laws. Day-to-day legal activities and negotiations.

 

Your responsibilities

• Providing legal and contractual support for ECE business under L&C supervision. End-to-end legal and contract support with ECE Customers, Partners, and Vendors, including drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts
• Support all requests and work on various projects relating to contractual activities with the Procurement team. Leverage contract performance, expiry pipelines, and market intelligence to identify consolidation, value optimization, and sourcing opportunities.
• Ensure contracts and supplier engagements adhere to data protection and privacy requirements, including GDPR, confidentiality obligations, and cross-border data transfer controls. Demonstrate the ability to deep dive into various supplier contracts to understand project requirements.
• Identifying and mitigating contractual risks, ensuring alignment with Nokia’s policies and business objectives.
• Close collaboration with Nokia’s other business stakeholders to ensure alignment with strategic goals, minimizing risks, and maximizing value retention
• Commercial Contract Manager support legal approval of all ECE lead opportunities
• Managing ECE the signing process for ECE business contracts in line with the Nokia Signing Policy, excluding Partner agreements
• Managing contract lifecycle processes and systems for ECE related contracts
• Supporting new ECE business models, solutions and commercial readiness from contractual and legal perspective

Your skills and experience

• Bs in Law and Masters will be a plus.
• Knowledge of contract law, commercial agreements, and risk management principles
• Practical work experience (for example, drafting and negotiating legal documents) from Technology and/or Telecommunication company.
• Ability to understand Nokia’s solutions and services from a business and contractual perspective to provide effective support
• Excellent interpersonal, team-work and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work across teams in a global environment, previous experience working on customer interface is a plus.
• Experience with contract management tools such as Salesforce, familiarity with AI-driven contract analytics, automation tools (Power Bi), or legal tech solutions is a plus
• Very good English language skills, both verbal and in writing

More information

• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements to support work–life balance
• A minimum of 90 days of Maternity and Paternity Leave based on eligibility
• Edenred benefit voucher - 400€ per year
• Annual bonus - based on individual and company performance
• Health and well-being support - occupational health services, well-being programs, employee resource groups, reimbursement for spectacle lenses, life insurance and gyms at every site
• Personal Support Service 24/7 – a confidential support channel open to all Nokia employees and their families in challenging situations
• Share in Success – voluntary employee share purchase plan
• Employee Referral program – reward yourself and support Nokia by referring a friend to apply to Nokia
• Career growth & learning - technical career path, job rotation, coaching and digital learning platforms
• Car benefit – the eligibility for a company car is based on employee’s job grade

About Us

Nokia is a global leader in connectivity for the AI era. With expertise across fixed, mobile and transport networks, powered by the innovation of Nokia Bell Labs, we’re advancing connectivity to secure a brighter world. 

Our recruitment process

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If you’re interested in this role but don’t meet every listed requirement, we still encourage you to apply. Unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences enrich our teams, and you may be just the right candidate for this or another opportunity.

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