Head of Contract Management (m/f/d)

Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany — thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH

Type of contract: Full-time, Permanent

Experience level: Management

Remote work: Possible

Job field: Project Management

Status: Ongoing recruitment, entry date flexible

Responsibilities

• Taking over the professional management as well as the global development of the department Contract Management and Subcontracting of the Business Unit Uhde of the thyssenkrupp Decarbon Technologies segment.
• Directly reporting to the Head of Commercial Operations, ensuring global functional alignment with organizational goals and standards and monitoring the project from a contractual point of view.
• Insuring performance for contract management and subcontracting: responsibility for the creation, development, coordination, follow-up and improvement of all relevant processes and related QM-guidelines.
• Taking responsibility for the successful documentation and substantiation when negotiating incoming/outgoing claims from/to third parties.
• Providing contract and claim management support for the Project Manager and Commercial Project Manager during the Bid Management Phase.
• Defining the project specific claim strategy together with the Project Manager and Commercial Project Manager.
• Participation and collaboration within the framework of project-specific contractual conditions with suppliers and (sub-)contractors (back-to-back, flow-down).
• Preparation of contract analysis and execution of contract workshops.
• Participation in project team meetings as well as in meetings with clients and third parties if required.
• Analyzing if potentially internal non-conformities may be addressed to external parties (e.g. clients, subcontractors).

Your Profile

• 10+ years of professional experience as a Senior Contract Manager and/or Senior Claim Manager, preferably within international EPC turnkey projects (chemical, energy and / or mining industry) with volumes up to hundreds-of-million.
• Bachelor’s - or ideally Master’s Degree in a commercial or a legal discipline.
• Expertise in establishing complex project scenarios and respective profound knowledge in contract management as well as subcontracting tools.
• Experience in working with executive management, contractors and internal & external stakeholders.
• Proven records of leading international teams respective intercultural awareness as well as ability to leverage cultural differences and motivating the team to foster high-performance outcomes.
• Modern leadership style with a collaborative mindset, working on equal footing with other functions and seeing collective success as the focus of actions.
• Ability to develop valuable relations within a complex, multicultural organization based on strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Exceptional organization and coordination skills combined with the ability to work under high pressure while still meeting highest level of results.
• Intrinsically driven - delivering results and continuously striving for personal and professional development.
• Energetic attitude, characterized by a proactive approach and a focus on achieving results combined with a positive personality, optimism and a high level of integrity.
• Flexible and open-minded, receptive to new ideas and perspectives.

We work together closely and respect each other, for over 200 years now and up till today. If that is just as important to you as it is to us, please apply online now under specification of your salary requirement and your notice period.

It goes without saying, that we would like to offer attractive working conditions. This includes for example: