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Job Overview:

The Contracts Negotiator is responsible for drafting and negotiating standard and non-standard contracts. This role acts as a liaison between Sales and Legal to resolve complex Legal, commercial and contractual issues. This role reports to Manager, Contracts Management Team while taking guidance and direction from Legal Counsel and job assignments from Contracts Management -Team Lead.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare, negotiate and evaluate contracts for new and add-on business
• Perform general contract support and cross-functional coordination of business matters on behalf of the Legal department.
• Provide advice on commercial and legal terms and some business terms.
• Conduct contract research.
• Handle adhoc requests received from business unit with respect to a given deal, issue or scenario.
• Validate signed contracts have been executed following company policy and procedures
• Manage completion of creation, regeneration and validation to service level agreement.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of procedures with the Legal department.
• Other duties and special projects as assigned.

Technical requirements:

• Efficiently navigate through contracting systems

• Salesforce
• Apptus
• Big Machines
• Act as a SME on the contracting process within each application

• Research and analyze technical issues
• Provide insight on technical resolutions
• Work with internal application teams to develop enhancements and procedures
• Maintain knowledge of internal pricing, discount and approval models
• Possess solid knowledge of MS Office products and general systems acumen

Organizational Agility:

• Builds relationships with key business partners:

• Central operations - Legal, Billing, IT and Marketing
• Business Units - Sales, Client Development & Business Development
• Provides superior customer support in every interaction

Qualifications:

Education, Experience & Training required:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Working knowledge of contracting concepts and wide range of experience with contract types.
• Understanding of the Salesforce Portal, workflow, custom reporting, modifying contract status, views and dashboards

We are SAP

SAP innovations help more than 400,000 customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with 200 million users and more than 100,000 employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, we build breakthroughs, together.

Our inclusion promise

SAP's culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone - regardless of background - feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.

SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Americas: or , APJ: , EMEA: .