Manager Commercial and Assets

Transdev Australia & New Zealand; Wellington; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Transdev Australia & New Zealand in Wellington seeks an experienced General Manager to lead our newly merged multimodal business (bus and rail) for a fixed-term of six months. You will shape asset strategies, manage major contracts, and drive procurement, client relationships and fleet performance.

Reporting to the senior leadership and Managing Director, you will oversee engineering, maintenance and safety compliance while delivering strategic initiatives and strong operating results across

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in assets and commercial contracts.
• Bachelor's degree in business or related discipline (desirable).
• Experience leading fleet, asset management or engineering functions.
• Excellent negotiating and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong financial and commercial management capability.
• Proven experience delivering major projects and strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the commercial and contractual relationship with our client, ensuring strong performance against contractual obligations
• Develop and implement commercial strategies that manage risk and support long-term business objectives
• Provide oversight of rail fleet engineering with our engineering partner to ensure safety, compliance, reliability and asset performance
• Lead the bus fleet management function
• Build collaborative relationships with our client, suppliers, and industry partners

Skills

Executive leadership

Asset management

Contract management

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Financial management

Education

Bachelor's degree in business

Job description

Transdev Australia & New Zealand - Wellington, North Island

About The Role

We are seeking an experienced leader for our newly merged multimodal business, bringing together bus and rail operations to create a more connected and efficient network. This new role plays a critical part in shaping how we manage our fleet assets, commercial partnerships and strategic initiatives across the business. This is a fixed term full-time role for 6 months.

Working closely with the Senior leadership team and Managing Director, the General Manager develops long-term asset strategies, leads major contract negotiations, manages client relationships, oversees procurement activities and ensures engineering, maintenance and fleet management functions support safe and efficient operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the commercial and contractual relationship with our client, ensuring strong performance against contractual obligations
• Develop and implement commercial strategies that manage risk and support long-term business objectives
• Provide oversight of rail fleet engineering with our engineering partner (Hyundai Rotem) to ensure safety, compliance, reliability and asset performance
• Lead the bus fleet management function
• Build collaborative relationships with our client, suppliers, and industry partners

What You Bring

We are looking for an experienced executive leader who can combine commercial acumen with asset management expertise. You will be comfortable leading complex stakeholder relationships while driving operational performance across multiple functions.

• Significant senior leadership experience in assets and commercial contract management, ideally gained in the transport industry
• Bachelor's degree in business or other related discipline (desirable)
• Demonstrated experience leading fleet, asset management or engineering functions
• Excellent negotiation, stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Strong financial and commercial management capability
• Proven experience delivering major projects and strategic initiatives

Why Join Transdev?

• Work on a major, high-profile transport network
• Be part of a global mobility leader
• Collaborative partnership with industry and government
• Strategic role with real operational impact
• Commitment to safety, sustainability and continuous improvement

This is a rare opportunity to help shape the future of an integrated multimodal transport business during a period of transformation and growth.

At Transdev, we believe public transport plays an important part in how a city comes to life. Our day-to-day work influences our families, friends and future generations where they live, work and play. Whatever your role is at Transdev, you contribute to improving the mobility of our customers, and the positive impact this can have on their lives, their community and our environment; and that's why we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible workforce which reflects the community and the customers we serve.

Join our team of Journey Makers -and be part of something bigger.

Applications close on Sunday 4 October.