Contracts Manager
Location: Ardee, County Louth
Competitive package + half day on Fridays
More than half of the buses that you see on the roads in the UK are made by Alexander Dennis, with a growing fleet in Ireland. Globally, there’s over 25,000 people every minute, of every day using our products. That’s a lot of responsibility we have for keeping the world moving.
At Alexander Dennis we design, engineer, build and support the widest range of market leading buses and coaches using low, ultra-low and zero emission technologies. We have extensive experience in vehicle supply and support across Europe, Asia Pacific and North America, with a near 50:50 revenue split between UK and international markets.
We are excited about the opportunities arising from the global push for lower pollution and better air quality. Governments around the globe have committed to aggressive but achievable decarbonisation agendas and at Alexander Dennis, we are ready to deliver the green buses needed to transition to cleaner transport.
We are looking for a highly collaborative and diligent Contracts Manager, based from Ardee with regular travel to Dublin and other locations in Ireland and the UK. Working closely with our Agent in Ireland, our Sales Account Manager and the wider Group Contracts team, you will manage the delivery of the customer contract, post order receipt and be responsible for the successful execution of all customer contract commitments.
Our Contracts Management team have full ‘end-to-end’ visibility of contracts from initial enquiry, right the way through to customer delivery and the first 28 days in the field. The Contract Manager is the key interface between our customer and customer facing teams, and every other department within the business. It will be your role to ensure that all parties are aligned in terms of specification and delivery throughout the whole end-to-end process and we adhere to business milestones.
Why join:
- You’ll have an interesting and technically challenging workload from day one, where you will have the opportunity to work alongside and learn from experienced and established teams of experts in the UK and globally.
- You’ll get to work cross functionally with colleagues and influence up to executive level both internally and externally, working with a range of customers from regional independent coach operators, right the way through to the largest operators.
- It’s a dynamic, fast paced environment where no two days are the same with significant challenges for you to overcome, but we’ll be there to support and coach you with the tools and techniques you’ll need to succeed.
- You’ll take great pleasure in being able to see the tangible results of your hard work, as projects that you and the team have worked on quickly become finished vehicles on the streets in your local community.
- We’re at the forefront of automotive technology, with extensive experience of producing low, ultra-low and zero emission vehicles, meaning that you’ll be helping to contribute towards the de-carbonisation of the environment.
- As a business, we have an excellent track record of recognising talent and offering opportunities to develop. Alongside improving your core contract management and project management skills; you’ll also gain exposure to other parts of the business, in turn enhancing your future career prospects.
- As part of the USD $2.9bn NFI Group, you can be assured that there will be plenty of opportunities made available to you. This could be in the UK or any one of our global locations around the world, including Toronto, Hong Kong or Auckland.
- On top of a competitive base salary, pension and life assurance cover; you’ll also receive a generous annual leave entitlement that increases with tenure.
- Normal working hours are 07:54-16:30 Monday to Thursday and 07:54-12:30 on a Friday, giving you that much needed work-life-balance.
About you:
- To be successful, you will have demonstrable experience in a similar role as defined in this advert, where you have had experience of dealing with an end-to-end contract process. We would also be interested in those with or extensive knowledge and or experience of the bus industry.
- This experience will be gained in a similar complex environment, dealing with products and services with a significant portfolio of potential specifications.
- You will be highly customer focused, with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. As a result of this, you will be able to influence and negotiate at all levels, both internally and with customers.
- As the conduit between various internal and external stakeholders you will be highly resilient, being able to display strong proje