Commercial Contract Manager / Graduate and Early Career Starter (hybrid)

About Franke

We, the Franke company with its three divisions, are a world's leading supplier of products and services for domestic kitchens, the professional foodservice systems and the convenience store sector as well as for professional coffee making. With around 60 companies, we are at home on five continents. Over 8,000 employees constantly take on new perspectives to identify opportunities and turn them into inspiring, innovative solutions for tomorrow’s demands.

The Franke Coffee Systems division is a leading global provider of state-of-the-art solutions for professional coffee making. Together with our trade partners, we are committed to delivering premium best-in-class in-cup-quality, consistency and beverage variety, as well as ensuring an outstanding customer experience through constant innovation.

About the job

We are looking for a highly motivated colleague with a strong commercial and analytical mindset to join our Sales Excellence Team in the Coffee Systems Division in Aarburg, Switzerland, reporting to the Head of Sales Excellence.

As Commercial Contract Manager, you will establish and manage standardized, legally sound contract and compliance frameworks across the global Coffee Systems organization. You will be responsible for drafting, coordinating, and overseeing commercial contracts, reducing legal and financial risks, and enabling reliable, profitable customer and supplier relationships.

Acting as a central interface between Sales & Service, Commercial Excellence, and Group Legal, you will define clear processes, enhance cross‑functional collaboration, and support efficient contract lifecycle management to enable the strategic development of the Coffee Systems Division.

You will be part of our Graduate and Early Career (GEC) Program of 18 months, which enables you to:

• Deliver meaningful projects with impact on our local and global business – from the very beginning 
• Own responsibilities and challenging projects for you to accelerate your professional development and personal growth 
• Enjoy the opportunity to influence stakeholders, bringing strategic thinking and creativity into play to challenge the status quo, with exposure to senior leadership 
• Take on more responsibility after successful completion of the program, either in your current team, or in a different function/division/location based on your performance and available opportunities

Your tasks

Contract Lifecycle Management

• Drive the implementation of the new Franke Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system, including piloting, training, user support and ongoing development
• Develop and implement contract standards in line with corporate and group requirements
• Independently prepare and review commercial documents and contracts
• Manage contract filing and archiving for Switzerland and export regions (APAC & EMEA), including deadline tracking and audit-proof documentation

Commercial Business Partnering

• Serve as the first point of contact for Sales & Service on all contract-related matters, coordinating with Group Legal
• Challenge and support Sales & Service commercially in customer discussions and negotiations
• Ensure compliance with corporate guidelines during contract finalization, and continuously improve these guidelines

Requirements

• Completed Master's degree in Business Administration (ideally with a legal focus) or Business Law, and first relevant work experience
• Fluency in English and German (written and spoken) is a prerequisite, other languages are an asset
• Strong understanding of - or willingness to learn - commercial, contractual and digital compliance topics
• Ability to translate legal requirements into practical, scalable business processes
• Ability to drive change and support teams in an international context
• High attention to detail paired with a pragmatic, business-oriented mindset
• Genuine interest in our business and eager to discover different functions and roles within Franke

What we offer you

• A set of challenging projects to lead with continuous exposure to senior leaders
• Access to the FRANKE ACADEMY with a broad range of trainings to improve technical as well as soft skills and general knowledge of the company and products
• Individual coaching from our coaching partner
• Individual mentoring from a senior leader
• Shadowing a senior leader
• Support from a growing international GEC community

Contact details

Nadja Günthard, Global Head of Recruiting and Talent

Helen Probst, Global Learning and Development Project Manager

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