Contract & Claims Manager
ABB
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Contract & Claims Manager
Your role and responsibilities
At ABB Energy Industries, we are at the forefront of enabling safe, smart, and sustainable projects across various sectors. As a Contract Manager, you will play a crucial role in driving integrated solutions that automate, digitalize, and electrify industries, contributing to operational efficiency, risk reduction, and sustainability.
We are now looking for a new Contract and Claims Manager to join our team in Energy Industries, at our offices in Vaasa or Helsinki. In this role, you work both with our sales- and execution projects within our Energy business unit in Finland.
For sales, you will have an active role being responsible for preparing, leading, and executing negotiations, with existing and new customers, as well as negotiating extensions and renewals of framework-/service agreements. In close cooperation with Legal, bid managers and teams, you will be:
Leading contract management in daily activities with active involvement
Advising on contractual matters during the sales phase, assessing bids and commitments
Early involvement in pre-sales activities and participation in development of new types of contracts
Assisting in negotiations with customers, suppliers, and partners
Supporting changes and adjustments to contracts and frame agreements
In execution the work is distinctly operational, working with project teams in close collaboration with the project managers, as well as with the legal department. The role holds the responsibility to manage and lead commercial activities throughout the execution of our projects identifying the contract baseline (including terms and conditions, specifications, drawings, estimate, proposal, schedule, and other documents incorporated in the contract) and highlighting the areas of potential risk.
You will be mainly accountable for:
Managing and leading commercial activities throughout project execution
Assisting project management in execution, claims handling, risk mitigation and requirement management
Leading negotiations with customers, sub-suppliers and other relevant stakeholders
Ensuring the timely execution of commercial aspects of ongoing contracts, including monitoring and assessment of changes and deviations, as well as defending and enforcing claims.
Our team dynamics
You will join a global team working with international projects focused on Energy Transition and be able to enjoy a flexible, positive work environment where every day brings new challenges and opportunities for personal and career growth. You'll thrive here if what you are looking for is an atmosphere of collaboration, with close, informal relationships between colleagues at all levels.
Qualifications for the role
Master of Laws degree or higher education in Business, Finance, Engineering, or Project Management.
Relevant experience in strategic procurement, sales, or project management
Strong English and Finnish, both written and spoken. Swedish skills are considered an advantage.
Experience with project contract management, procurement, and logistics
Understanding of and interest in contract models, financing, and legal aspects
Team-oriented personality with an entrepreneurial spirit to operate independently
Leadership skills and the ability to lead and develop high-performing teams
Strong communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills with a commercial mindset
What's in it for you?
Interesting tasks in international projects within the Energy Transition Business
Dynamic work environment with new challenges and varying tasks
Personal development and career opportunities
Competitive conditions, salary according to qualifications
Flexible working hours
Comfortable and good working relationships with informal and close contact between employees and managers at all levels
Positive and exciting work environment
More about us
The Energy Industries Division serves a wide range of industrial sectors, including hydrocarbons, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, power generation and water. With its integrated solutions that automate, digitalize and electrify operations, the Division is committed to supporting traditional industries in their efforts to decarbonize. The Division also supports the development, integration and scaling up of new and renewable energy models. The Division’s goal is to help customers adapt and succeed in the rapidly changing global energy transition. Harnessing data, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), the Division brings over 50 years of domain expertise delivering solutions designed to improve energy, process and production efficiency, as well as reduce risk, operational cost and capital cost, while minimizing waste for customers, from project start-up and throughout the entire plant lifecycle.
Our culture and benefits reflect our values: courage, care, curiosity and collaboration. The most appreciated benefits according to our personnel are at the moment e.g. an annual performance bonus, employee share acquisition program, continuous learning opportunities and other wellbeing and family benefits. We have a hybrid working model.
As a part of the recruitment we will conduct a security clearance check with the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo) to the selected candidate as a prerequisite for employment.
For more information, please contact Operations Manager, Finland, Johanna Storkamp tel +358503343549 or Hub Northern Europe Contract Manager, Henrik Raa tel +47 95819551 or henrik.raa@no.abb.com. Please apply for the position by Feb 6, 2026. Documents submitted in English are appreciated. We look forward to receiving your application.
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Publication ID: JOB_POSTING-3-48641