Contract and Claims Manager

Evonik•Allentown, PA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Responsible for maintaining an adequate quantity of essential materials or services required for the business to operate. Components of the role can include managing stock inventories, creating extensive and detailed requirements specifications for the required products/services, tendering with potential suppliers, evaluating competing bids and negotiating prices. A purchasing agent may function alone in a small company or be part of a purchasing team in a larger company. In many cases may refer ultimate decisions to a manager or executive for approval.

Requirements

University / Post Graduate (Masters Degree) in engineering, business administration or equivalent qualification
5 to 10 years of experience in construction contract administration or managing commercial relationship in large investment projects being executed on an EPC/EPCM contractor basis
Established project management skills and knowledge of relevant IT tools
Professional applicable experience including contract administration and/or subcontract administration, claims management and drafting / reviewing contract related documents and correspondence
Change order and claims negotiation management experience
Procurement phase experience reviewing RFPs, certs and reps compliance, contract terms and risk assessment support
Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with different stakeholders within and outside the organization
Flexibility and willingness to travel (20-30%)
Ability to develop commercial relationships across a range of cultures to ensure the project cost, timeline and quality

Responsibilities

Manage a portfolio of major procurement programs in line with overall procurement strategy.
Identify contract requirements and write specifications for a medium portfolio or area of the business for existing contracts and/or new contracts.
Manage a portfolio of contracts and negotiate service level agreements.
Plan, coordinate and supervise activities relating to major contracts.
Manage a category plan/program in line with the organizations' purchasing/procurement and/or sales strategy ensuring realization of synergies, like cost savings and risk-reduction, and/or optimization of the category profit, while reporting to senior colleagues.
Collect and analyze the key cost drivers, market dynamics and issues, areas of innovation, and alternative suppliers for high-risk area(s) with few alternatives/high costs of changing, in consultation with relevant functions to provide solid market information for decision making.
Develop and/or deliver budget plans with guidance from senior colleagues.