Assistant Manager - Contracts & Commercial

• Assist the team in formulating strategies for contracting when procuring goods or services from various vendors after award of the project


• Sending enquiries to get quotations for materials, services, sub-contract works, specific to project awarded.


• Engage in negotiations with the vendor within the allocated budgetand project timeline. 


• Preparation of the contract document and finalizing the same in alignment with the company policies post discussion with technical, legal and project team.


• Preparation of purchase/service orders in the Oracle 


• Work closely with Engineering and Execution teamon project development activities

• Highlight early warning signs of potential delays and communicate any variances, along with their implication, as necessary.


• Track actualcost to complete vis-à-vis actual approved cost (at the time of business case approval), evaluate the variance and apply the learnings while bidding/evaluating future projects.


• Provide assistance to the project team in managing contractual agreements, which includes document control, approval processes, scope change, if any, and more.

• Creating and maintaining the comprehensive costdata base for major supply items 


• Collect information from different stakeholders in the sector about recent market happenings andpresent to team,the impact of these developments on business.


• Keep a track of past trendand future outlookof the commodity prices of the commodity that impact business.

• Ensure creation and maintenance of project documentation on a periodic basis


• Ensure audit preparedness by adhering to standardized business processes and supporting availability of all required documents


• Support in Internal reporting at India/ Group level- MD update / Quarterly PIO update and other Reporting documents.


• Contribute to various other cross-functional initiatives at India and Group-level to improve internal processes and enhance system agility

• Responsibility of the following dimensions

Close the Contract for all the new/existing projects within the approved business case

Average cycle to close contracts for new project ~3months

• Minimum Qualification: B.E/B.Tech (Electrical/ Mechanical/Civil)

• Good understanding of the Indian PowerIndustry with a knowledge of the powervalue chain


• In depth understanding of technical &commercial aspects of transmission and renewable business


• Understanding of the contracting frameworks in T&D space


• Understanding of Bid Processes for T&D projects


• Experience in handling Substation and Transmission line projects


• Sound negotiation skills


• Analytical thinking


• Communication and Influencing Skills


• Presentation skills


• People agilityand interpersonal skills


• Teamwork


• Execution excellence

• Overall experience: 5+ years in Business development/Contracts/Project coordination/ Supply chain Management for Powersector/ infrastructure projects


• Specific experience: Min 3 yearsof experience in Contracting of Transmission/Renewable projects in India