Contracts Manager

BP p.l.c.; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Contracts Manager to enhance its maintenance model and strategy. This pivotal role encompasses overseeing maintenance service delivery, managing contractor relationships, and ensuring financial accountability. The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical background and hands-on experience in contracts management, with a focus on health and safety, performance metrics, and financial oversight. This hybrid position offers a dynamic work environment where your contributions will significantly impact operational excellence and safety standards. Join a forward-thinking company that values diversity and offers tremendous opportunities for career growth.

Benefits

Life and Health Insurance

Medical Care Package

Learning and Development Opportunities

Inclusive Culture

Work-Life Balance

Qualifications

• Technical or commercial degree or equivalent experience required.
• Hands-on experience in contracts management is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage inspection, testing, and maintenance contracts effectively.
• Define KPIs and ensure health and safety performance.

Skills

Contracts Management

Health and Safety Performance

Financial Management

Preventative Maintenance

Partner Management

Analytical Thinking

Communication Skills

Digital Enabling Tools

Education

Technical or Commercial Degree

Job description

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• Travel required Up to 25% travel should be expected with this role
• Job category Retail Group
• Relocation available This role is not eligible for relocation

We are looking for a Contracts Manager to play a key role in implementing our maintenance model and strategy. With key accountability for the overall maintenance service provider delivery, relationship, cost management and performance management.

In this role, you will be accountable for the appointment of inspection, testing and maintenance contracts, contract delivery and performance.Our contract Managers are also responsible for contract scope of supply and should be competent to define, performance manage and deliver service level agreements for in-service equipment within scope, health and safety performance, financial re-numeration, budget control and performance management.

Key Responsibilities:

Perform inspection, testing and maintenance in line with inspection and maintenance strategy.

Define key performance indicators (KPIs) and business requirements.

Health and safety performance of contracts under management.

Creation of reports and monitoring of maintenance performance

Define maintenance contract requirements, including SLA's and recommend inspection and maintenance contract placement.

Management of contract relationship.

Perform self-verification activity undertaken on inspection, testing and maintenance contracts and work.

Accountable for budgets and accountable for financial delivery of contracts.

Evaluate inspection programme results and maintenance regimes and modify to take account of the risk of equipment, system failures and industry best practice

Recommend training requirements for retail filling station site staff, Operations and Assurance roles.

Key Skills:

Technical or commercial degree or equivalent experience

Experienced working hands on in contracts management

Track record in programme, maintenance management, preventative maintenance and digital enabling tools

Strong commercial acumen

Excellent partner management

Experience of financially leading projects

Experience in petrol forecourt construction and maintenance would be beneficial

This role is a hybrid role based 2/3 days per week in our Milton Keynes office.

At bp, we provide an excellent working environment and employee benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others.

We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

Apply now!

Travel Requirement

Up to 25% travel should be expected with this role

Job summary

Entity:

Customers & Products

Job Family Group:

Retail Group

Job Description:

We are looking for a Contracts Manager to play a key role in implementing our maintenance model and strategy. With key accountability for the overall maintenance service provider delivery, relationship, cost management and performance management.

In this role, you will be accountable for the appointment of inspection, testing and maintenance contracts, contract delivery and performance.Our contract Managers are also responsible for contract scope of supply and should be competent to define, performance manage and deliver service level agreements for in-service equipment within scope, health and safety performance, financial re-numeration, budget control and performance management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform inspection, testing and maintenance in line with inspection and maintenance strategy.

• Define key performance indicators (KPIs) and business requirements.

• Health and safety performance of contracts under management.

• Creation of reports and monitoring of maintenance performance

• Define maintenance contract requirements, including SLA's and recommend inspection and maintenance contract placement.

• Management of contract relationship.

• Perform self-verification activity undertaken on inspection, testing and maintenance contracts and work.

• Accountable for budgets and accountable for financial delivery of contracts.

• Evaluate inspection programme results and maintenance regimes and modify to take account of the risk of equipment, system failures and industry best practice

• Recommend training requirements for retail filling station site staff, Operations and Assurance roles.

Key Skills:

• Technical or commercial degree or equivalent experience

• Experienced working hands on in contracts management

• Track record in programme, maintenance management, preventative maintenance and digital enabling tools

• Strong commercial acumen

• Excellent communication skills

• Excellent partner management

• Experience of financially leading projects

• Experience in petrol forecourt construction and maintenance would be beneficial

This role is a hybrid role based 2/3 days per week in our Milton Keynes office.

At bp, we provide an excellent working environment and employee benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others.

We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

Apply now!

Travel Requirement

Up to 25% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Acquisitions and divestments, Acquisitions and divestments, Agility core practices, Agreements and negotiations, Analytical Thinking, Business process improvement, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Creativity and Innovation, Customer centric thinking, Data Analysis, Data visualization and interpretation, Decision Making, Digital Collaboration, Digital fluency, Industry knowledge and advocacy, Leading transformation, Negotiation planning and preparation, Offer and product knowledge, Partner relationship management, Retail standards and procedures, Retail territory development, Retail training skills, Sector, market, customer and competitor understanding, Site maintenance management {+ 4 more}

Legal Disclaimer:

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