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Your 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.
Your Benefits
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:
* Performance-related compensation
* Attractive old-age provision models
* Groupwide learning measures
* thyssenkrupp internal health campaigns
Company
The Decarbon Technologies segment is positioning itself as a technology leader for the energy transition and showcasing its credentials as a 'green industrial powerhouse’ with extensive capabilities for the green transformation. It comprises the thyssenkrupp rothe erde, thyssenkrupp nucera, thyssenkrupp Uhde and thyssenkrupp Polysius businesses. thyssenkrupp rothe erde is the world’s No. 1 supplier of the latest generation of bearings, with which it is making the energy transition possible. thyssenkrupp nucera is one of the world's leading providers of electrolysis plants for the production of green hydrogen. thyssenkrupp Uhde is a global technology leader in the ammonia value chain (including ammonia cracking), where production will increasingly be through green methods in the future. thyssenkrupp Polysius is one of the pioneers for the climate-neutral transformation of the cement industry with its green technologies, such as the patented oxyfuel technology. The businesses combine many years of experience, in-depth expertise in international plant engineering, an extensive installed base and close customer relationships. Approximately 15,000 employees work in the segment, which generated sales of around 3.4 billion euros in fiscal 2022/2023.
Contact
Sven Thier
Recruiting Expert
Seniority Level
Executive
Employment Type
Full-time
Job Function
Project Management
Industries
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