Contract & Claims Manager

Contract & Claims Manager
Foundation Supply & WTG T&I packages
Offshore Windfarm
Remote Role
Freelance / Ltd Company
Competitive Rates
12 Month Contract

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage post-contract management activities for the Foundation Supply & WTG T&I packages.
• Manage claims and variations with support from legal and package management.
• Contract management including payment obligations, monitoring supplier and employer contract obligations.
• Ensure timely and close cooperation with the package manager.
• Follow project procurement and contract management procedures and good practices.
• Coordinate with finance team and insurance to ensure communication and compliance.

Major Tasks

• Manage contract management and procurement-related interfaces and activities.
• Continuous cooperation with other work streams, packages, and departments.
• Monitor contract time schedules and delivery.
• Conduct relevant supplier negotiations in procurement, contract management, and claims resolution.
• Proactively anticipate and avoid unexpected claims in Package's Contracts.
• Assess consequences of technical decisions by package team and define actions along development and execution of the package works.
• Managing claims and variations together with package managers, legal, etc.
• Consider all commercial aspects during contract negotiations.
• Negotiate economically advantageous deals with suppliers.
• Assess and monitor suppliers' performance and financial standing.
• Execute contract and procurement processes.
• Create and maintain contract tracker to track contract obligations and payments.
• Manage payment applications with package manager.
• Track commodity and indexation prices for the package.
• Report progress and status of contracts to Procurement and Contract Management Lead.

Key Deliverables

• Contract management trackers
• Package reporting
• (weekly/monthly)
• Commercial progress
• Claims/variations
• Procurement process documents
• Contract register updates
• Indexation tracking
• Knowledge sharing
   

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