Job Description:
The Contract Expert serves as the independent, neutral, and dedicated "Voice of the Contract" within Airbus Helicopters. Functioning as part of a newly established transverse Center of Excellence, the role holder is responsible for safeguarding company profitability, driving division-wide reinforcement of "contract culture," and preventing value leakage. Contract Experts act as impartial T&Cs; and claims specialists, ensuring rigorous adherence to contractual baselines while remaining embedded within operational plateaus to support business agility.
Core Missions
• Transverse T&Cs; Stewardship: Serve as the neutral expert for interpreting and enforcing strategic commercial terms across AH, AHD, and AHE.
• Margin Restoration & Profitability Safeguarding: Maximize margin recovery with P&L; holders (aiming for at least 1% gross margin improvement on Strategic Contracts) and prevent financial loss from contract value leakage.
• Strategic Claims & Breach Management: Manage all contractual claims and breaches from detection to documentation,
to mitigate risks and seize opportunities.
• Impartial Counter-Power: Act as an internal check to ensure commercial decisions adhere to the contract, preventing dangerous precedents and unharmonized gestures.
Main Activities & Operational Responsibilities
• T&Cs; Analysis: Provide authoritative guidance on contract clauses and liability to plateau teams via the Hotline.
• Contractual Strategy: Propose and implement any necessary contractual strategy to mitigate contractual breaches and manage company’s exposure.
• Claims Handling: Manage the end-to-end process for contractual breaches and structured dispute resolution.
• Correspondence: Draft and secure contractual communication within strict turnaround timelines in relation to Contractual Strategy & Claims.
• Negotiation Advisory: Advise on strategies to mitigate supplier failures and support the drafting of complex T&Cs.;
• Lifecycle Governance: Document modifications a
📌 Contract Expert (Getafe)
🏢 Airbus
📍 Getafe