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Senior Contracts & Service Business Development Manager
full-timeVitoria-Gasteiz

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Responsibilities

Role Summary:
The Senior Contracts & Service Business Development Manager – is responsible for driving the commercial success, legal robustness, and long-term value of the supplier’s service and aftersales portfolio. This hybrid role combines contract leadership, service business development, and commercial governance across the entire lifecycle of Battery Energy Storage projects. The position is central to negotiating Long-Term Service Agreements (LTSAs), managing service contracts, ensuring contractual compliance, resolving commercial issues, and supporting commissioning and warranty processes.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Service Business Development & Commercial Growth
- Develop service product offerings such as LTSAs, maintenance packages, extended warranties, and spare part programs.
- Support Sales during tenders and customer meetings with technical-commercial input.
- Build pricing models and profitability analyses for service offerings.
2. LTSA Negotiation & Contract Structuring (Pre-Sales)
- Lead and assist in negotiation and contract development for all LTSA and service proposals – both with customers and service partners
- Review customer RFPs and specifications to identify risks and required deviations.
- Negotiate service scope, SLAs, performance guarantees, warranty terms, and liabilities.
- Align commitments with engineering and operational capabilities.
3. Aftersales Contract Governance & Compliance
- Manage the full portfolio of active service contracts and LTSAs.
- Ensure compliance with obligations including maintenance scope, KPIs, reporting, and warranty terms.
- Lead commercial responses to underperformance, penalties, disputes, and claims.
- Coordinate with Service and Analytics teams to verify performance guarantees such as Availability and CRTE.
4. Commercial Issue Resolution & Claims Management
- Lead resolution of issues related to LDs, performance shortfalls, warranty claims, and deviations.
- Develop mitigation strategies and provide commercial leadership during disputes.
- Coordinate root-cause evidence and supporting documentation with engineering teams.
- Act as senior point of contact for customer commercial matters.
5. Support for Commissioning & Warranty Governance
- Ensure commissioning deliverables meet contractual acceptance requirements.
- Support documentation and variation management during project delivery.
- Address delays, changes, and liability disputes arising during commissioning.
- Oversee warranty procedures and assess validity of customer claims.
6. Contract Templates, Process Development & Governance
- Maintain and evolve standard templates for LTSAs, service contracts, and commissioning agreements.
- Implement approval workflows and contract risk classification.
- Improve cross-functional understanding of obligations and risks.



Requirements

Required Qualifications & Experience:
- 5+ years in contract management, commercial management, or legal background.
- Experience in renewable energy, energy storage, utilities, EPC, or industrial service sectors.
- Strong background in negotiating LTSAs and complex technical service agreements.
- Understanding of performance guarantees, warranty frameworks, and technical disputes.
Skills & Competencies:
- Strong negotiation and contract drafting skills.
- Commercial acumen with understanding of service economics and risk.
- Ability to interpret technical information and apply it contractually.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to manage complex parallel negotiations.
Preferred Skills:
- Understanding of BESS systems, KPIs, warranty limitations, and lifecycle costs.
- Experience working with Data Analytics and Engineering for contract verification.
- Familiarity with predictive maintenance and digital service tools.


We offer you

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Tech stack
Contract Management,Commercial Management,Negotiation,Service Business Development,Performance Guarantees,Warranty Frameworks,Technical Disputes,Communication Skills,Presentation Skills,Risk Management,Pricing Models,Service Economics,Claims Management,Contract Compliance,Aftersales Governance,Data Analytics

About Trina Solar

Founded in 1997, Trinasolar (688599. SH) is the world-leading PV and smart energy total solution provider. The company engages in PV products R&D, manufacture and sales; PV projects development, EPC, O&M; smart micro-grid and multi-energy complementary systems development and sales, as well as energy cloud-platform operation. On 10 June 2020, Trinasolar issues first A-Shares on Shanghai Sci-Tech Innovation Board, becomes the first PV product, PV system and smart energy company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Science and Technology Innovation Board, also known as the STAR MARKET.

In 2019, Trinasolar was rated the World’s Top “Bankable” PV Module Manufacturer by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Trinasolar won the China Industry Awards in 2018, became the first PV company received this honor. Trinasolar highly values and invests in environment, health, and safety. The Company has been ranked as one of the top 3 PV module manufacturing companies in the world. Trinasolar was awarded two successive Gold Level ratings in the Corporate Social Responsibility performance survey conducted by EcoVadis, an independent rating agency in Europe, due to its outstanding record of protecting the environment and employee rights.

Today, Trinasolar is actively accelerating its pace of globalization and the development of its global management team. Building on the global development strategy and international talent team established in the company’s early years, Trinasolar has been able to attract and retain an international team of senior managers and researchers from more than 30 countries and regions. Trinasolar’s business footprint extends to more than 100 countries and regions, including regional headquarters in Zurich, San Jose, Tokyo, Singapore, sales offices in Madrid, Mexico, Milan, Sydney, Chile, Dubai, and manufacturing facilities in Thailand and Vietnam.

Team size: 10,001+ employees
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Industry: Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing

What you'll do

  • The Senior Contracts & Service Business Development Manager is responsible for driving the commercial success and legal robustness of the supplier’s service and aftersales portfolio. Key responsibilities include negotiating Long-Term Service Agreements, managing service contracts, and ensuring compliance with contractual obligations.

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Trina Solar is a leading Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing company.

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