Head Contract and Claims Management

7 months ago


Melbourne, Australia Vestas Full time

**This an excellent role for an enthusiastic and team oriented person to help guide a broad cultural team with a variety of contractural and claims issues within our construction projects throughout the APAC region.**

The contract & claims management team is spread across multiple sub regions throughout APAC and your experience working with different cultures across multiple timezones will be beneficial towards your success. In this role you will work with multiple departments including Procurement, Legal, Bid Management and many others across our matrix organisiation. You will be a great people person and find stakeholder managerment to be an important and exciting part of your daily duties.

At Vestas we have many knowledgeable and enthusiastic professionals working in our contract and claims teams doing amazing work, who require someone to guide, excite and encourage them to continue doing their best work and reach to a higher level of efficiency. Your ability to lead by example will be beneficial to your and the team's growth as a whole.

Ideally to be successful in this role, you will enjoy rolling up your sleeves and working with your team to find solutions to issues and create strategies to ensure they can be avoided in the future.

**Responsibilities**

As the Head of Contract Management, you will have the lead responsibility for the Contract Management, APAC and possess the skills and experience to lead and drive the commercial and contractual aspects of commercially complex projects and disputes that could have a significant business impact for Vestas.
- To be a pro-active force in the growth and development of the Team and contractual competences.
- Represent the Contract Management team to the APAC and the wider Global organization of Vestas

Will set the direction and ambition for the Contract Management function in Asia Pacific, including driving new initiatives across functions and regions in Vestas including:

- The continual development/improvement of standard templates for use in Contract Management, both for internal and external purposes.
- To support the Sales phase of projects, by providing commercial and contractual support to Sales and Service Sales Support team during Sales negotiations including
- Responsible for evaluating potential claim scenarios and providing recommendations to internal stakeholders and management.
- Support procurement team to transfer the risks in Customer contracts to various subcontracts and negotiate the contract terms with subcontractors.
- Negotiate potential commercial and contractual dispute with customers, subcontractors and any other third party.
- Review, present and advise and support internal stakeholders on obligations and deliverables under Turbine Supply Agreements.
- Ensure internal processes and procedures relating to contract management are adhered to.
- Work closely with the Sales, Compliance and Legal Department.

**Qualifications**
- Experienced in contract and claims management, with in-depth knowledge of extension of time and costs claims, etc.
- Experience of leading team across geographies
- Experience from Wind, Construction and Oil & Gas industries.
- Fluent in English, any regional language will be additional benefit.

**Competencies**
- People Leadership
- Delegating, empowering teams, and leading by intent.
- Scientific approach to problem solving and minimizing exposure to commercial and contractual risks.
- Complex Problem-Solving skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Ability to work in a time-sensitive setting to tight deadlines.
- Skilled organization, time management and communication skills.

**What We Offer**
- We offer the opportunity to build your career in the market leader for wind industry.
- This role will offer you wide exposure to work with both internal counter parties (including legal, project management, procurement, bidding & sales etc.) and external parties ( including customers, subcontractors, external legal consultants etc.)
- We offer an international working environment.

**Our Benefits**
- Join the World's Leading Wind Energy Solutions Provider
- Excellent Career Development opportunities both Nationally and Globally
- A workplace that embraces Diversity and Inclusion
- Flexible workplace arrangements
- 13 weeks Paid Primary Carers Leave
- 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carers Leave
- Employee Assistance Program

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**About Vestas**

Vestas is the energy industry’s global partner on sustainable energy solutions. We specialize in designing, manufacturing, installing, and servicing wind turbines, both onshore and offshore.

Across the globe, we have installed more wind power than our competitors in the renewable energy arena. We consider ourselves forerunners within the industry, as Vestas continuously aims to design new solutions and technologies to create a more sustainable future for all of us. With more than 173 GW of wind power installed worldwide and 40+ years of experience in wind



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