Technical Contracts Manager

Join a prestigious automotive brand as a Technical Contracts Manager, where you will have the opportunity to enhance your skills and knowledge within a dynamic team. Managing the contractual relationship with 3rd party technical service & port infrastructure providers, within the Southampton VDC & Sywell areas, maximising their performance with regard to lead times and quality of output.

This full-time position offers a 37.5-hour work week, Monday to Friday with flexible working opportunities.

The rate of pay is dependant on experience.

Your Time at Work

As a Technical Contracts Manager, your role will encompass:

Key accountabilities:

- Steering the business relationship and interaction of independent 3rd party suppliers to deliver a seamless service provision at all levels.
- To manage the relationship with the technical services providers, ensuring that the services are delivered within strict contractual guidelines and performance is reported on a regular basis through the KPI process.
- Make business decisions based on a sound commercial knowledge and continually review and adapt to ensure that the company's objectives and customer expectations are fulfilled.
- Ensure that the department complies to all relevant legislation and environmental requirements in all the activities it undertakes. Particular attention drawn to health and safety and quality assurance.
- To develop and motivate the audit team through effective management and performance reviews, ensuring that team members are competent, efficient whilst delivering a quality performance.
- To comply and operate in accordance with an operating system that is aligned to BSI standards for process and sustainability obligations and be committed to a policy of continuous improvement.
- Management of effective prioritisation of workflows through all Vehicle Distribution Centres and despatch areas taking into account all routine predictable activity and any unforeseen but possibly urgent technical campaign / recall work.

Our Perfect Worker

What we're looking for:

Impact on innovations and changes

- To develop departmental processes and adopt VPS / 8P principles throughout all technical activities.
- To initiate and develop new processes to ensure that the Vehicle Distribution Centre continues to provide its stakeholders and customers with flexible service solutions.

Purpose and subject of the interaction/communication with internal/external interfaces, negotiating mandate

- Act as an ambassador of the Vehicle Distribution Centres in all relationships with external customers, suppliers and public bodies.
- Be principal relationship manager for the Park Lane service provision.
- To maintain a functional relationship with all retailers signed up to the PDI service to ensure that the service delivery is within agreed expectations and promote further expansion of this activity.
- To steer the business of accessory line fitment within Vehicle Distribution Centres, co-ordinating with Aftersales Development to select and execute the correct opportunities for the retailer network and maximise profit opportunity.
- Provide appropriate feedback to factories and AQ department.

Key Information and Benefits

- 37.5-hour work week
- Canteen on site
- Free car parking on site
- Free hot drinks
- Performance bonus

Job Ref: 1BMWF

About Staffline

Staffline is the UK's largest recruitment solutions partner, enabling over 35,000 people into good work every week. We operate at more than 420 customer sites across England, Scotland and Wales.

As one of the most established recruitment agencies in Nottingham with operations across the UK, we specialise in connecting businesses with temporary and permanent jobs across warehouse & logistics, food and drink, aviation, driving, technical & engineering, manufacturing & automotive and security.

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