Contract Manager (CTM)

As a Senior Contract Manager, you form the Project Management team in our important large-scale projects in the three-digit million range - together with the Project Manager. You manage the project from a commercial perspective and in this role you are the main contact and representative of the project internally and towards external partners on commercial and contractual issues.

This essentially includes:

• Monitoring the project from a contractual and commercial perspective, in cooperation with all involved international SMS companies;
• Implementation of end-to-end contract management, financial management, project cost controlling, risk and claims management, completion dates and renewal dates of contracts, warranties, insurances, bonds etc;
• Management and coordination of contractually compliant communication with the customer and all contractual partners;
• Ensure the application and compliance with relevant contractual stipulations in change order management and claims administration;
• Develop Extension-of-Time strategies in accordance with contractual conditions;
• Support in settlement of the claims in relation with relevant company departments by proposing strategies and actions;
• Participate in the commercial / contractual negotiations during entire project life cycle;
• Ensuring the proper processing and implementation of the commercial contract contents;
• Maintaining project overview & ensuring commercial project success;
• Operate and up-date the Project Risk Management System as per applicable project guidelines
• Consolidate, analysis and prepare monthly reporting of all contracts;
• Carrying out monthly project reporting to the steering committee and management;
• Preparation and coordination of consortium contracts and commercial management of consortiums including payment release, change management, claims management.

You have completed a degree in economics or a comparable qualification.

What is also important to us is:

• Several years of professional experience and success with a track record in a comparable work and industry environment, ideally combined with construction site experience;
• Very good knowledge of commercial project management and international contract law;
• Interest in commercial/contractual topics and affinity for numbers;
• High social skills and ability to work in a team / leadership experience in an international commercial team;
• Negotiation skills;
• Fluent written and spoken English skills (knowledge of another foreign language is advantageous);
• Analytical thinking skills as well as a structured and independent way of working;
• Good knowledge of common MS Office applications, as well as experience in dealing with SAP;
• Resilience & Flexibility;
• Willingness to travel worldwide.

Location: Tarcento (IT)