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About the job
Do you want to contribute to a sustainable world by being responsible for the managing and optimizing our Facility Management Contracts? And are you looking forward to working for an energy company that does more than just supply energy, so that we can soon live without fossil fuels? As Contract Manager, you will be working daily to further embed sustainability into the organization. Does this excite you? Then join our team as Contract Manager within the Real Estate & Facility Management department within Vattenfall.
Vattenfall has the ambition to enable fossil free living within one generation. A bold statement, which is being worked hard on by the various departments within Vattenfall. The great thing about this ambition is that we as Real Estate & Facility Management can also make a major contribution to it. 'Practice what you preach' is a much used statement within our department. We can and must show that we can be fossil-free within one generation. We do this together with our suppliers and the business by, among other things, making our buildings and services more sustainable.
What will you do?
As a contract manager you are responsible for managing and optimizing the (approx. 60) Dutch Facility Management contracts and monitoring the most effective execution of the contractual arrangements so that the costs, continuity and quality of the products and services provided correspond to the contractual conditions.
Together with the Facility Advisor and Cross Regional colleagues you are responsible for continuous improvement of the contracts with our suppliers. Other main areas of responsibility are:
- Alignment with the local procurement representative on yearly tender strategy plan and provide management with spend and budget analyses.
- Project lead for tenders and the SPOC to procurement. Project lead and member for several (international) projects to improve services or procure/tender new contract.
- Take initiative to develop international contract management, work with international contracts for services/products to make sure we work as efficient as possible over all countries.
- Deliver the data for the budget planning. Together with administration follow and steer budget changes during the year and assist on cost savings or budget cuts on requests.
- Fleet Management NL (+- 1500 vehicles), together with the (international) leasing companies, operational fleet management company and HR you are responsible for a smooth operational delivery to our customers. Driving the Vattenfall full electric strategy and being the SPOC to suppliers for negotiating and implement discounts, new solutions and quality improvements.
- Responsible for the contractual international fleet contracts and strategy together with the category manager fleet (procurement), improve the international collaboration with the local fleet managers and connect local agreements to the international level/strategy.
- Travel in NL, together with HR responsible for the execution and implementation of the (international) travel contracts, SPOC for the travel agent and escalation level for travellers.
Some of your key tasks and deliverables will be :
- Discussing, partly writing, prolonging contracts (new and existing), Service Level Agreements (SLA) and Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s). You strive for the best level of services, where conditions and rates are used and achieved while always keeping sustainability in mind.
- Successfully control, implement and monitor the execution of the contracts by all parties involved, in order to achieve optimal and correct execution of the agreements.
- Monitor costs, continuity and quality of products and services of suppliers so that they comply with the standards and take actions in the event of deviation.
- Improve administrational payment processes together with administration to improve the payment of suppliers.
- Generate proposals on request or on your own initiative, to improve existing work methods, contracts and services to reach more efficiency.
- Maintain relationships with suppliers and (internal) stakeholders on a tactical and strategic level. Provide periodic reports and service meetings to discuss internal and external suppliers to monitor that all aspects of services are performed as agreed.
- Responsible for clear communication on contractual decisions and priorities between all stakeholders; correct documentation and administration of contracts to ensure all employees involved have access to the necessary information.
Location
Amsterdam
Your profile
who are you?
You have a proactive attitude and are able to communicate and engage with a variety of stakeholder to deliver results. You have a structured way of working in which you independently set priorities while also staying flexible to take on unanticipated tasks. Besides you recognize yourself in the following:
- 5+ years of experience in similar role
- A degree in Business Economics or Facility Management on at least bachelor level. Or you have obtained this level through experience
- Experience with project management, European tenders and knowledge of drawing up contracts, KPI’s and SLA’s;
- Good communication skills on a professional level in Dutch and English, both verbal and written;
Additional information
Our offer
Good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development.
More Information
We welcome your application in English, no later than, 22nd of August. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website.
For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Stijn van der Kleij, stijn.vanderkleij@vattenfall.com
At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.
The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, Validata.
We look forward to receiving your application!
About the company
Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission.
