Vertragsmanager TIGER (m/w/d)

Airbus; Donauwörth; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension schemes

Bike leasing / mobility offers

Corporate discounts with partner firms

30 days annual leave

Job summary

Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH in Donauwörth is seeking a Contract Manager TIGER (d/f/m) to lead complex international S&S contracts, manage customer relations, and monitor progress in a multicultural team.

You will update contracts with OCCAr, ensure on-time, on-cost deliverables, and collaborate across disciplines to sustain and grow business.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or master in Aeronautical Engineering or Business Administration.
• Experience in project management and financial/economic controlling.
• Knowledge of ILS and in-service support with defence helicopters is a plus.
• Experience with international customer support processes.
• Positive energy, autonomy, creativity, and change management skills.
• Business fluent English.

Responsibilities

• Manage and follow-up of complex international S&S contracts, including customer relations and progress monitoring.
• Lead contract updates and amendments in the international context with OCCAr.
• Manage contracts’ commitments and budgets while ensuring customer satisfaction.
• Develop a partnership with the customer to sustain & enhance business.
• Coordinate contract execution, deliverables and services on time, cost, and quality.
• Coordinate with Tech.Data, Engineering and ILS Management.
• Lead offers strategy & validate the S&S part for complex offers.
• Focal point for S&S topics towards customers and internal teams.

Skills

Project management

Finance / controlling

Risk assessment

ILS & in-service support

International customer support

English (business fluent)

Change management

Education

Bachelor or Master in Aeronautical Engineering or Business Administration

Job description

Job Description

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Vertragsmanager TIGER (d/f/m) We are looking for a Support & Services (S&S) Contract Manager, to be part of a multicultural and transnational team! Your location: At our Donauwörth site, located on the banks of the river Danube, we develop helicopters from the initial idea to the airworthy product. Watch them take off and touch down on our own on-site test airfield.

Our Benefits for You

• Fair Compensation & Extras: Attractive remuneration and individual additional benefits, such as company pension schemes, mobility offers (e.g., bike leasing), or corporate discounts with partner companies in accordance with our current guidelines.
• Time for You (and Your Loved Ones): 30 days of annual leave based on our collective agreement (35-hour week); work-life balance through flexible working hours (flextime), mobile working, part‑time options, job sharing, and sabbatical opportunities.
• Growth Made Easy: Excellent professional development opportunities and international, group‑wide career perspectives.
• Feel Good at Work: On‑site company doctor; comprehensive health programs (sports courses, preventive care, etc.), canteen and cafeteria, and local childcare facilities at selected locations.
• Diversity Connects: Work in a diverse environment with more than 140 nationalities, where exchange, mutual support, and inclusion are part of our DNA.

What can you expect?

Your main missions will be:

• Management and follow‑up of complex and international S&S Contracts under your responsibility including customer relationship and monitoring of progress
• Lead and perform contract updates and amendments in the international context with OCCAr
• Manage and lead contracts’ commitments and budget constraints while ensuring customer satisfaction
• Develop a partnership with the customer to sustain & enhance business

Your tasks and responsibilities:

• Contract management, execution and coordination of complex and international contracts
• Ensure profitability by actively managing budgets and reducing financial claims caused by non-performance (on-quality, on-time)
• Ensure the support and contract fulfilment by on‑time, on-cost and on-quality delivery of deliverables and services, responsible for profit and loss as support contract manager
• Animate and build relationships between disciplines (Tech.Data, Engineering and ILS Management)
• Lead offers strategy & validate the S&S part for complex offers
• Act as focal point related to S&S contractual topics towards the customers. Be also the focal point for internal customers. Representative within S&S as well as customer conferences and meetings for area of responsibility
• Animation and management of in-service support activities with related business functions to ensure customer satisfaction, this incl. continuous improvement of in-service processes
• Monitoring of KPIs and manage if required root cause analysis to launch improvements initiatives
• Project, risk and opportunity management within S&S Contracts execution

Desired skills and qualifications

• You are educated to a bachelor or master’s degree level in Aeronautical Engineering or Business Administration (with technical basic knowledge on H/C)
• You are experienced in project management, financial/economic controlling and risk assessment
• You have good knowledge of ILS and in-service support and customer services, with a particular focus on defence helicopters is a real plus
• You are very experienced with customer support processes in an international context
• You are characterized by your positive energy, autonomy and creativity to solve problems, as well as change management skills to influence and push change
• English language skills: business fluent

Company: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GmbH

Employment Type: Permanent

Experience Level: Professional

Job Family: Customer Account and Service Management

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