Your mission<br>                <div><p>As Contract Manager, you will oversee our contracts from review and negotiation through renewal or termination. You will work closely with Procurement, Sales, Legal, Finance, and project teams to keep risks, deadlines, and obligations transparent.</p></div><div><ul><li>You draft, review, and negotiate contracts with customers, suppliers, and partners, including supply, framework, service, NDA, and license agreements.</li><li>You manage contract processes from approval and filing through deadline monitoring to renewal or termination. You also maintain our Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system and keep contract status and key metrics up to date.</li><li>You identify and assess contractual, financial, and legal risks and define appropriate measures. You ensure compliance with internal policies and legal requirements such as GDPR and export controls.</li><li>You check whether agreed services, SLAs, prices, and warranties are being met, and you handle deviations, contract amendments, and claims.</li><li>You develop and maintain contract templates, clause libraries, and negotiation guidelines.</li><li>You advise internal departments on contract questions and run training sessions on our contract processes.</li><li>You coordinate closely with Legal, external law firms, and the teams involved on complex matters.</li></ul></div>            Your profile<br>                <ul><li>You hold a degree in law, business law, business administration, or industrial engineering. Alternatively, you have a commercial apprenticeship plus relevant further training.</li><li>You have at least three years of professional experience in contract management, procurement, sales, or a legal department.</li><li>You have solid knowledge of German contract and commercial law, particularly the BGB (German Civil Code) and HGB (German Commercial Code).</li><li>You are fluent in German and English, both written and spoken, and can explain complex matters clearly to different audiences.</li><li>You are confident with MS Office and have experience with SAP S/4HANA and CLM systems. Knowledge of international contracts, Incoterms, and the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) is ideal.</li><li>Experience in an industrial or technical environment, or a contract management certification, is a plus.</li><li>You approach problems analytically, have a good sense for risk, and work in a structured, careful, and independent way.</li><li>You negotiate confidently and communicate clearly and persuasively.</li><li>You enjoy cross-functional work, bring different perspectives together constructively, and find pragmatic solutions.</li></ul>            Why us?<br>                <ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li><strong>You take ownership from day one</strong> – after an intensive onboarding, you'll build something unique with us and shape outcomes with real impact on results.</li><li><strong>You work on something that truly matters</strong> – with your contribution, you strengthen Europe's battery supply chains and make circular economy a reality on an industrial scale.</li><li><strong>You're part of a mission-driven team</strong> – in a fast-paced scale-up environment, we live collaboration, because we can only move things forward together.</li><li><strong>You work to the highest standards</strong> – we combine the professionalism of leading industry with the innovative power of a top-tier, research-driven technology team.</li><li><strong>You grow with us</strong> – at cylib, you will do what is likely to be the most impactful work of your career and develop personally as we scale together.</li></ul>            

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<div id="ember55" class="ember-view organization-about-module__content-consistant-cards-description"><span class="lt-line-clamp__raw-line">cylib GmbH is a research-based company for holistic battery recycling enabling the green energy transition by ensuring the supply of sustainable raw materials for the battery industry. cylib's proprietary end-to-end recycling process is characterized by an efficient, resource- and climate-friendly recovery of all raw materials in a battery, including lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt and manganese from battery packs, production scraps, or micromobility batteries. Founded in 2022 in Aachen, Germany, the company builds on nearly a decade of research by the founding team. cylib was founded by Lilian Schwich (CEO), Paul Sabarny (CTO), and Dr.-Ing. Gideon Schwich (COO), with the mission to create a true circular economy.</span></div>
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Contract Manager (m/f/d)

Your mission<br />                <div><p>As Contract Manager, you will oversee our contracts from review and negotiation through renewal or termination. You will work closely with Procurement, Sales, Legal, Finance, and project teams to keep risks, deadlines, and obligations transparent.</p></div><div><ul><li>You draft, review, and negotiate contracts with customers, suppliers, and partners, including supply, framework, service, NDA, and license agreements.</li><li>You manage contract processes from approval and filing through deadline monitoring to renewal or termination. You also maintain our Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system and keep contract status and key metrics up to date.</li><li>You identify and assess contractual, financial, and legal risks and define appropriate measures. You ensure compliance with internal policies and legal requirements such as GDPR and export controls.</li><li>You check whether agreed services, SLAs, prices, and warranties are being met, and you handle deviations, contract amendments, and claims.</li><li>You develop and maintain contract templates, clause libraries, and negotiation guidelines.</li><li>You advise internal departments on contract questions and run training sessions on our contract processes.</li><li>You coordinate closely with Legal, external law firms, and the teams involved on complex matters.</li></ul></div>            Your profile<br />                <ul><li>You hold a degree in law, business law, business administration, or industrial engineering. Alternatively, you have a commercial apprenticeship plus relevant further training.</li><li>You have at least three years of professional experience in contract management, procurement, sales, or a legal department.</li><li>You have solid knowledge of German contract and commercial law, particularly the BGB (German Civil Code) and HGB (German Commercial Code).</li><li>You are fluent in German and English, both written and spoken, and can explain complex matters clearly to different audiences.</li><li>You are confident with MS Office and have experience with SAP S/4HANA and CLM systems. Knowledge of international contracts, Incoterms, and the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) is ideal.</li><li>Experience in an industrial or technical environment, or a contract management certification, is a plus.</li><li>You approach problems analytically, have a good sense for risk, and work in a structured, careful, and independent way.</li><li>You negotiate confidently and communicate clearly and persuasively.</li><li>You enjoy cross-functional work, bring different perspectives together constructively, and find pragmatic solutions.</li></ul>            Why us?<br />                <ul><li><strong>You take ownership from day one</strong> – after an intensive onboarding, you'll build something unique with us and shape outcomes with real impact on results.</li><li><strong>You work on something that truly matters</strong> – with your contribution, you strengthen Europe's battery supply chains and make circular economy a reality on an industrial scale.</li><li><strong>You're part of a mission-driven team</strong> – in a fast-paced scale-up environment, we live collaboration, because we can only move things forward together.</li><li><strong>You work to the highest standards</strong> – we combine the professionalism of leading industry with the innovative power of a top-tier, research-driven technology team.</li><li><strong>You grow with us</strong> – at cylib, you will do what is likely to be the most impactful work of your career and develop personally as we scale together.</li></ul>            

Contract Manager (m/f/d)

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