Senior Contract Manager
- Employer
- Greater Anglia
- Location
- Home working & Shenfield
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 3 Jan 2022
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- Sector
- Transport & Logistics, Senior Management, Project Management
- Hours
- Full Time
- Flexibility
- Home working available, Flexible working available
- Contract Type
- Permanent
Job Details
Be part of something rewarding, by joining Greater Anglia you’ll be helping our customers get from A to B. With a staff of over 2,500, we operate a busy commuter service from London Liverpool Street to destinations across the east of England.
We have a fantastic new leadership opportunity for a Senior Contract Manager. This is a senior manager position based at Shenfield. The role involves both a combination of office working when required by the business and also the flexibility to work remotely from home. This is subject to workload and business needs/commitments.
The Role
Greater Anglia are currently implementing the largest train fleet renewal in the history of the region. The role of the Senior Contract Manager is key to the success of the fleet cascade.
You will be responsible for the management of the fleet leases as well as the train maintenance contracts. The Senior Contract Manager will also be responsible for ensuring that legacy fleet lease extensions and off-leasing are managed on time and on budget. In addition, you will conduct negotiations where the leases or maintenance contracts require variation.
The successful colleague will manage a small team that expedite the contractual mechanisms including liquidated damages, performance and customer service regimes. You will also manage the contractual deliverables to other industry train operating companies using GA facilities.
What we are looking for
We are looking for a colleague who has a degree qualification and/or extensive experience in the management of multi-million-pound contracts. Contract management knowledge and commercial experience in rail will be beneficial.
The closing date for all completed applications is on 17th December 2021
*Please note vacancies can close earlier due to high influx of candidate applications*
To succeed in this role, we are looking for people who can bring our four behaviours to life in your everyday work:
· Genuine … be welcoming, customer-centric and respectful
· Professional… be solution-oriented, accountable and delivering to promises
· Proactive … be progressive, innovative and decisive
· Inclusive … be connected in your thinking, empathetic and promote diversity
Greater Anglia can offer you a great work/ life balance alongside a generous salary. If learning, developing and growing your career is as important as great benefits such as free travel, pension, family discounts, and cycle to work scheme, then apply now, and see what we can do for you!
Company
We form part of a wider transport group called Abellio Transport Holdings, which is owned by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS – in English: Dutch Railways) in the Netherlands, and also runs Merseyrail, West Midlands, East Midlands and Bus services in London and Surrey.
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