# Head of Contracts

**Company**: Eurostar
**Location**: Brussels
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Transportation

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## Description

### Job Description

We are seeking a Head of Contracts to join our team at Eurostar. As a key member of our organization, you will be responsible for managing contracts, ensuring compliance with regulations, and driving business growth.

### Responsibilities

- Manage contracts for the most significant activities, ensuring compliance with regulations and company policies

- Participate in strategic planning for heavy maintenance and projects requiring long-term fleet immobilization

- Collaborate with the fleet management team to formalize the annual maintenance order

- Ensure that the constraints of cleaning activities are taken into account when scheduling, while striving to meet the commercial and economic needs of Eurostar

- Participate in strategic decisions related to the department's budget

- Lead and manage teams assigned to you

- Ensure that the resources and competencies of your entity are well-aligned to meet the assigned tasks

- Be responsible for the training plan of your team in line with the required competencies of the job descriptions

- Ensure the availability of material support for the Continental Rolling Stock

### Performance

- Be responsible for the financial performance of the department, ensuring that the budget (Capex and Opex) is well-managed

- Identify any deviations from the forecasts and propose opportunities for cost savings or optimization

- Be responsible for the performance of Rolling Stock with regard to cleaning activities, including customer satisfaction (NPS)

- Implement Lean tools to ensure the right measurements, identify the underlying causes of deviations, and take corrective actions to achieve the entity's objectives

- Participate in governance related to financial performance

- Participate in the necessary governance bodies for the good management of contracts

- Ensure that all requirements of each contract are met

### Requirements

- Experience in contract management and negotiation

- Strong understanding of regulatory requirements and industry standards

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and prioritize tasks effectively

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

- Ability to lead and manage teams

### Preferred Skills

- Experience in the rail industry

- Knowledge of Lean principles and tools

- Certification in contract management or a related field

### Salary

The salary for this position is not specified.

## Skills

### Required
- contract management
- regulatory compliance
- strategic planning
- team management
- communication

### Nice to have
- Lean principles
- contract negotiation
- regulatory requirements
- industry standards