Actuation Systems Supply Chain Contracts Manager Torino

Actuation Systems Supply Chain Contracts Manager
Torino
Piemonte, Torino

The high quality products we design, produce and service in our Actuation Systems (AS) business allow both passengers and crew members to have a more comfortable experience and greater piece of mind during flight.

What we design and manufacture works together behind the scenes to enhance the overall flight experience.

As a Supply Chain Contracts Manager for Italy you will play a pivotal role, working closely with Commodity Managers, the Supply Chain team and other business functions supporting with contract negotiations, creating supplier contracts and other related documents to provide strategic advantage while meeting contractual obligations.

As a Supply Chain Contracts Manager for Italy you will:

- Provide day-to-day advice, support and guidance to colleagues in respect of contractual matters, taking a solution focused approach to business problems and providing a risk based analysis of options available.

- Be responsible for the drafting, presentation and management of new agreements and contract clauses in line with Corporate guidelines.

- Conduct contracts risk and opportunity analysis.

- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure adherence to corporate process and approval of contracts ensuring wider sensitivity to contractual matters within the business/supply chain.

- Where disputes over contract terms arise, provide initial advice and support to the team in terms of interpretation of contractual requirements.

Be the Contracts focal to the Supply Chain team for all claims and assertions made by and to the business, ensuring the business positions are mitigated and maximised (where applicable) to the greatest extent possible.

- Work with and lead the relationship of external legal counsel on specific projects to ensure the business risk position is minimised to the maximum extent possible.

- Work with the Supply Chain team to ensure that appropriate contractual requirements are included in business cases.

- Develop solutions for the document retention management.

- Be able to negotiate contracts in Italian and English, in verbal and written form.

As a Supply Chain Contracts Manager for Italy, you should have previous experience in delivering supply chain/contracts activities, preferably demonstrating experience in the following areas:

- Professional understanding of all the contractual aspects of supply chain activity in an international environment (USA, UK, Italy, France)

- Excellent written and oral communication is essential, together with attention to detail, good problem solving and negotiation ability

- Experience in contract drafting and providing legal advice to the contract drafting process

- Experience negotiating with third parties, with a track record of obtaining acceptable positions for the business ensuring its interests are well protected

- Experience in monitoring compliance and ensuring the flowdown and communication of supply chain contractual requirements

- Experience in communicating and presenting to senior leadership teams internally on an ad-hoc basis

You will bring to the role:

- Passionate desire to excel against demanding customer expectations

- A passion to take ownership and deliver as both leader and member in a winning and supportive team environment

- Experience or enjoyment of working within complex business situations.

- Be degree qualified in Law or Business Management, or other equivalent experience, with a specific in-depth knowledge of Italian Law.

Qualified Lawyer in Italy is desirable.

It would also be desirable if you:

- Had good Aerospace product knowledge (processes, manufacturing techniques, quality requirements)

- Be flexible and willing to travel and to work flexible hours to support communication across different time zones.