Sustainability Contract Management at Schneider Electric USA, Inc in Louisville, Kentucky

Job Description:

Schneider Electric is aggressively tackling the issue of climate change by making bold commitments to make its operations carbon neutral by 2025 and net zero carbon emissions by 2030. Not only are we making bold commitments ourselves, but our Sustainability Business (SB) is leading the charge in advising global companies in developing their own bold commitments to curb climate change and maintain less than 1.5 deg C temperature rise. This position will be at the core of this global, all-hands effort for our planet and generations to come.

We are currently recruiting for a Contract Manager within our Sustainability Business based in our Louisville or Boston office, with a particular focus in supporting the contracting needs of our Supply and Sustainability, Renewable Energy & Carbon Advisory (RECA) teams and the recent EcoAct acquisition. The successful candidate will be leading the contracting efforts for our North American (NAM) RECA business that is vital to the future success of the organisation, and will play a key role in ensuring the ongoing growth and success of SB. You will play a key part our Global contracting function.

The Contract Manager (Sustainability) will be expected to liaise closely with senior management within our Sales, Client Management and Operations divisions to continual develop and refine our contracting solutions to meet the appropriate legal standards required by a leading global energy organisation, and to enhance our contracting activities for our stakeholders and customers that promote fast and effective solutions that support the growth of our business whilst managing our risk and exposure in a pragmatic way in line with our corporate governance model.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide market leading contractual support to SB's NAM business to facilitate business growth, manage risk exposure and allow smooth delivery of SB services to our customers.


• Work with key SB stakeholders to manage our strategic and tactical interactions to maximise the success of our business and ensure effective relationships and collaboration to grow and evolve our business, as well as to refine, innovate and develop our contracting solutions, process and control environment to support such objectives.


• Work extremely closely with the SB Sales and Client Management teams to deliver an exceptional and timely level of service to them and to our Clients.


• Be able to create, review, amend and risk assess various forms of contractual documentation to meet our commercial, finance and legal requirements and maximise the opportunity for SB embodied with such.


• Present commercial risk assessments, mitigations and insightful solutions to senior SB leaders to facilitate informed and effective decision making.


• Discuss, explain and champion contractual requirements with internal and external stakeholders.


• Negotiate contracts in a collaborative fashion with our Clients to ensure mutually successful outcomes.


• Act as lead point of contact for contractual escalations and queries and provide effective resolutions.


• Training of colleagues, client facing leads and new recruits in our contracting and commercial rules and processes, simplify the complex to get our key messages across to various audiences.


• Digital innovator and owner of performance metrics of effectiveness and efficiency of contractual support.


• Contribute to a continuous learning and improvement environment, help initiate and deliver change.

• Bachelors degree and experienced operator (~5 years) in sales contract preparation, review and negotiation. Legal or contractual qualifications are not a prerequisite for the role but may be an advantage.


• Fluent in written and spoken English knowledge of additional languages such as Spanish is not a prerequisite but may be an advantage.


• Contracting or legal experience in the sale and provision of Environmental Commodities, RECA services or Sustainability consulting would be a distinct advantage.


• A dynamic individual & values role model that inspires & influences our stakeholders in equal measure.


• Effective communicator capable of interaction with Senior Management, Executive Sponsors and Client Legal and Purchasers as well as coach, teach and support the development of their colleagues.


• Strategic management and thought leadership skills \\ experience to manage and evolve the business relationship with RECA \\ EcoAct leads and to guide them in the desired contractual solutions and process.


• Excellent standards of quality, accuracy, reliability and accountability in all that they do.


• Have an entrepreneurial business ownership mindset, a "Can-do" and positive attitude to challenges and opportunities and an autonomous approach to managing workloads with minimal oversight.


• Ability to prioritise and execute multiple tasks efficiently under pressure.


• Experience in working in a multinational and multicultural environment is an advantage


• Experience or knowledge of the energy industry is an advantage but not necessary

We seek out and reward people for putting the customer first, being disruptive to the status quo, embracing different perspectives, continuously learning, and acting like owners. We're recognized around the world for welcoming people as they are. We create an inclusive culture where all forms of diversityare seen asa real value for the company. See what our people have to say about working for Schneider Electric.

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Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values - Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork - starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

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€36 billion global revenue
+13% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries
#1 on the Global 100 World's most sustainable corporations

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and 'inclusion' is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do. This extends to our Candidates and is embedded in our Hiring Practices.

You can find out more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here and our DEI Policy here

At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. You can find out more about our Trust Charter here

Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.Schneider Electric is aggressively tackling the issue of climate change by making bold commitments to make its operations carbon neutral by 2025 and net zero carbon emissions by 2030. Not only are we making bold commitments ourselves, but our Sustainability Business (SB) is leading the charge in advising global companies in developing their own bold commitments to curb climate change and maintain less than 1.5 deg C temperature rise. This position will be at the core of this global, all-hands effort for our planet and generations to come.

We are currently recruiting for a Contract Manager within our Sustainability Business based in our Louisville or Boston office, with a particular focus in supporting the contracting needs of our Supply and Sustainability, Renewable Energy & Carbon Advisory (RECA) teams and the recent EcoAct acquisition. The successful candidate will be leading the contracting efforts for our North American (NAM) RECA business that is vital to the future success of the organisation, and will play a key role in ensuring the ongoing growth and success of SB. You will play a key part our Global contracting function.

The Contract Manager (Sustainability) will be expected to liaise closely with senior management within our Sales, Client Management and Operations divisions to continual develop and refine our contracting solutions to meet the appropriate legal standards required by a leading global energy organisation, and to enhance our contracting activities for our stakeholders and customers that promote fast and effective solutions that support the growth of our business whilst managing our risk and exposure in a pragmatic way in line with our corporate governance model.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide market leading contractual support to SB's NAM business to facilitate business growth, manage risk exposure and allow smooth delivery of SB services to our customers.


• Work with key SB stakeholders to manage our strategic and tactical interactions to maximise the success of our business and ensure effective relationships and collaboration to grow and evolve our business, as well as to refine, innovate and develop our contracting solutions, process and control environment to support such objectives.


• Work extremely closely with the SB Sales and Client Management teams to deliver an exceptional and timely level of service to them and to our Clients.


• Be able to create, review, amend and risk assess various forms of contractual documentation to meet our commercial, finance and legal requirements and maximise the opportunity for SB embodied with such.


• Present commercial risk assessments, mitigations and insightful solutions to senior SB leaders to facilitate informed and effective decision making.


• Discuss, explain and champion contractual requirements with internal and external stakeholders.


• Negotiate contracts in a collaborative fashion with our Clients to ensure mutually successful outcomes.


• Act as lead point of contact for contractual escalations and queries and provide effective resolutions.


• Training of colleagues, client facing leads and new recruits in our contracting and commercial rules and processes, simplify the complex to get our key messages across to various audiences.


• Digital innovator and owner of performance metrics of effectiveness and efficiency of contractual support.


• Contribute to a continuous learning and improvement environment, help initiate and deliver change.