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Senior Commercial Contract Manager

APM Terminals

APM Terminals

The Hague, Netherlands
Posted on Apr 26, 2025
APM Terminals

About the company

Are you ready to embark on an exciting career journey in the dynamic world of terminal operations? APM Terminals is a global leader in port and terminal management. As part of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, we're dedicated to delivering excellence in container handling, logistics solutions, and maritime services across the globe.

At APM Terminals, we pride ourselves on fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and operational excellence. With a presence in over 70 countries and a commitment to sustainability, we offer unparalleled opportunities for growth and development in a diverse and inclusive environment.

Join us as we continue to shape the future of global trade and make a meaningful impact on communities worldwide. Discover your potential with APM Terminals and become part of a team that's redefining the industry standards. Apply now and let's build a brighter future together!

The role:

How would you like to embark on an exciting role, that would expand and develop your stakeholder engagement, communication, influencing and negotiation skills? If you are looking for a role that is not only challenging in terms of scope and scale, but impactful to the business top line and customer experience. Come join the team, and see it for yourself.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the go-to expert on contract management processes and supporting systems

  • Support the contract negotiation, contract drafting, standard contract designing and contract performance monitoring

  • Lead the development of global opportunity to agreement strategies and projects to improve internal processes and deal making efficiencies across all terminals

  • Design and execute a roadmap for commercial contract management, aligning with company goals

  • Provide project leadership and works directly on projects and/or contract administration, interpretation and compliance as group or terminal requirement.

  • Create and maintain commercial contracting playbooks and other shared resources; and

  • Facilitate updates and change management to opportunity to agreement tools, templates, software and governance

  • Perform analyses of contracts operational and financials, translating insights into concrete actions to drive business performance

  • Manage and optimize opportunity to agreement processes ensuring efficient and effective contract lifecycle management

Requirements

  • 5-10 years of experience in commercial and/or pricing & contract excellence functions within large organizations or as a management consultant

  • Proven experience in developing and managing commercial contract processes and tools, along with leading training, communication, and coaching initiatives

  • Experience using a Customer Relationship Management (“CRM”) system and Contract Lifecycle Management (“CLM”) system

  • Bachelor’s degree

  • Strong understanding of B2B commercial contracting best practice, and commercial contract terms and conditions

  • Excited with data insights via data analyses and communicating this into tangible solutions

  • Ability to negotiate, influence and communicate across levels

  • A highly collaborative approach, able to pull information from others with minimal impact / oversight and comfortable owning discrete deliverables

  • Curiosity for continuous improvement

  • Fluent in English – written and verbal

We offer
By joining APM Terminals, you will join the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group and can expect:

  • A truly international working environment with a wide range of international career opportunities.

  • A company that has a commitment to creating a more diverse and inclusive environment.

  • A strong focus in our operations on reducing emissions and being net zero in 2040.

  • An open and engaging working environment.

  • Opportunities for personal and professional growth in a dynamic environment.

  • Competitive compensation packages

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Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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