Senior Project Contract Manager

ALSTOM Gruppe; Savigliano; In loco; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

ALSTOM Gruppe is looking for a Senior Project Contract Manager in Savigliano, Italy. This role involves leading contract and claims management for significant projects, ensuring compliance with governance and contract obligations.

The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 10 years of experience in contract management. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential, with the capacity to travel 20% to 30% of the time.

Join us in developing innovative solutions for global mobility challenges.

Competenze

• Minimum of 10 years of contract management experience or equivalent.
• Ability to travel 20% to 30% of the time.
• Strong analytical skills.

Mansioni

• Develop and implement contract management strategies.
• Monitor project schedule and contract obligations.
• Provide guidance on claims and contract amendments.
• Report on contract management activities to relevant teams.

Conoscenze

Contract Management Experience

Risk Mitigation Strategies

Contractual Analysis

Communication Skills

Descrizione del lavoro

Senior Project Contract Manager

Company: Alstom

We create smart innovations to meet the mobility challenges oftoday and tomorrow. We design and manufacture a complete range of transportation systems, from high-speed trains to electric busesand driverless trains, as well asinfrastructure, signalling and digital mobility solutions. Joining us meansjoininga truly global community ofmore than36 300 people dedicated to solving real-world mobility challenges and achieving international projects with sustainable local impact.

Purpose of the job

The Senior Project Contract Manager (PrCM) is a key member of the project team, working in close collaboration with the Project Manager and core project team. He/she provides guidance and leadership to develop, implement, and drive contract/claim management and risk mitigation strategies in accordance with Alstom’s business objectives; including extensions of time (EoTs), variations orders, contract amendments. He/she ensures proper record keeping and file preparation in support of robust claim files.

Key accountabilities

• Ensures application of Contract, Claims and Insurance Management Manual (CCIM) and Alstom governance.
• Prepares Contract Summary and ensure it is widely communicated and regularly updated.
• Carefully analyzes the contract to build and drive implementation of Contract/Claim Management Strategy Plan.
• Ensures elaboration of the Contract Data Requirement List (CDRL) by the Project Team members is launched in time, is accurately communicated, and updated.
• Monitors Works toward contract obligations, including monitoring of project schedule toward achieving contractual milestones.
• Ensures timely issuance of contractual notices to customers/partners.
• Establishes and implements project specific commercial procedures, particularly regarding correspondences, notifications, insurance, variation requests/orders and claims preparation files.
• Ensures a reliable filing and easy access of correspondence from and to customers/partners.
• Monitors/manages correspondence by analyzing (for and with Project Manager) incoming and outgoing correspondence to customers/partners.
• Develops and produces any project specific processes and ways of working for contract/claim management.
• Develops a pragmatic commercial approach based on contractual analysis of the project, to protect, on a daily basis, Alstom interests toward customers and partners.
• Carefully monitors, records, and notifies customer/partners regarding claims/counterclaims and prepares and manages all elements and supporting documentation for claims/counterclaims negotiations.
• Monitors customer/partner requests for variations / change orders / extensions of time. Provides follow-up, as necessary, to drive to transactional closure, including updates to the VO/VR/Delay registers, preparation of commercial offer, and prepares associated contractual letters for CD/PM approval.
• Provides creative advice on specific issues, risks, and contractual/claims activities, taking into account the contract and business objectives.
• Reports on contract management and claims activities to the project, and Legal, and Contract Management teams.
• Provides training on contract/claim management to key stakeholders, including project management, finance, engineering, and sourcing communities.
• Anticipates events and risks associated with the contract management activities; proposes various counter-strategies and commercial solutions to keep the situation under control.
• Works closely with the Project Directors, Project Managers, Project Controllers, Project Engineering Managers, Sourcing Contract Managers, and Project Planning Managers, to identify and mitigate risks; and to identify, maximize, and leverage claim opportunities.
• Provides at any time, on management demand, a reliable and understandable contractual and commercial analysis of the project.
• Must be able to travel up to 20% to 30% of the time.

Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years of Contract Management Experience is required (or equivalent)

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