Contract Manager

Role - Contract Administrator/Manager
Based - Billingham, Stockton on Tees
Permanent Position
BackgroundTÜV Rheinland is a leading provider of technical services worldwide. We provide a broad range of testing, inspection and certification services to ensure the safety, reliability and regulatory compliance of engineering assets throughout their lifecycle. If you contribute your experience to us in the future, you will experience a surprisingly broad spectrum of national and international challenges, all of which are associated with safety, efficiency, and sustainability.
As part of the TUV family Risktec Resourcing have been tasked to assist our sister company TUV Rheinland Industrial Services (TRIS) formerly ABB’s UK technical engineering consultancy to source a Contract Manager on a permanent basis in their Billingham, UK Office.
Role
Manage portfolio of local Solution Group contracts for TUV Rheinland Industrial Services Limited to deliver both financial and business targets, ensuring all contract management activities are executed in accordance with relevant directives and local working instructions.
Responsibilities
* Identify contract performance in terms of cost, time and quality, promptly highlighting areas of potential risk to the appropriate manager.
* Administer standard change methodologies for a portfolio of contracts to identify changes and quantify the additional time and compensation due to TUV per the contract and negotiate changes with the customer.
* Liaise with the Local Task Leader for communications to the customer, ensuring that the contract schedule and internal business forecasts are updated accordingly.
* Undertake timely and accurate execution of commercial aspects of the contracts (i.e. payments, claims, variation orders, warranties, provisions, guarantees, etc.).
* Verify that all parties to the contract have fulfilled their contractual obligations and that there are no responsibilities outstanding.
* Resolve any disputes and debt queries with the Local Task Leader and customer in a timely manner.
* Participate in compliance audits, reviews and contract surgeries, preparing accurate documentation in accordance with group function – audit and local procedures.
* Assess success of the contract and determine if there are any lessons learned for future contract generation and delivery. Documenting and communicating to all appropriate parties any deficiencies found as part of the closeout process.
* Maintain regular and transparent communication with the Sales & Tendering, Contract Management, SAP and Admin Services teams in order to deliver overall business objectives in an efficient manner.
Requirements
Essential:
- Qualified in a business, finance or management related topic.
- Ability to work within a high-performance, cross-functional organization to tight timelines.
- Influencing skills; able to generate creative options to overcome objections during in-contract negotiations.
- Proficiency with MS Office products (Outlook, Word, Excel and related tools) and SAP
- Professionalism and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Desirable
- Degree qualified in a business, finance or management related topic
- Experience of commercial negotiation, variation order and claim preparation.
- Experience of handling financial data / understanding of full cost models.
- Awareness of internal SAP processes, manhours and expense transactions and BCS