Job Title: Contracts and Rebates Specialist
Location: Johannesburg
Reports To: Commercial Finance Director
Job Summary
The Contracts and Rebates Specialist will be responsible for managing the end-to-end process of contracts and rebates within the organisation. This includes drafting, negotiating, and finalizing contracts with customers and managing rebate agreements to ensure compliance with company policies and maximize financial performance.
Key Responsibilities
Contract Management:
- Draft, review, negotiate, and finalize customer contracts.
- Ensure all contracts comply with company policies and legal requirements.
- Maintain an organized system for contract documentation and retrieval.
- Develop, implement, and manage rebate programs.
- Calculate rebate amounts based on sales data and contractual terms.
- Ensure timely processing of rebate payments to customers.
- Ensure all contracts and rebate agreements comply with relevant regulations.
- Identify potential risks in contract terms and propose mitigation strategies.
- Conduct regular audits of contract compliance.
- Analyze sales data to track performance against rebate targets.
- Prepare regular reports on contract status, rebate performance, and financial impact.
- Provide insights to senior management on trends and opportunities for improvement.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for customers regarding contract and rebate inquiries.
- Resolve any issues related to contracts or rebates promptly.
- Build strong relationships with key customers to foster long-term partnerships.
- Identify opportunities to streamline contract management processes.
- Implement best practices to enhance efficiency and accuracy in managing contracts and rebates.
- Work closely with Sales, Finance, Legal, and other departments to ensure alignment on contract terms and rebate programs.
- Coordinate with IT teams to maintain systems used for tracking contracts and rebates.
- Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Finance, Law or a related field.
- Proven experience in a similar role involving contract negotiation/management or rebate administration.
- Strong understanding of commercial law principles related to contracting.
- Excellent analytical skills with proficiency in data analysis tools (e.g., Excel).
- Attention to detail with strong organisational skills.
- Experience working within the FMCG industry or a multinational corporation is advantageous.
- Familiarity with ERP systems (e.g., SAP) for managing contracts/rebates.
- Strong communication skills both written & verbal for effective stakeholder engagement.
Flexibility is key to our success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations, our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that youre supported from day one.
Rewards & Benefits Statement
We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package
Diversity Statement
Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.
We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that youll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. Youll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.
Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.
Worker Type
Regular
Primary Location:
Waterfall
Additional Locations :
Job Posting Start Date
2025-03-04
