Job Description

1. Contract negotiations

- Lead the floating and evaluation of RFPs for aircraft components, buyer furnished equipment, seller selectable equipment & aircraft maintenance

- Term sheet evaluation, contract negotiation and closure for aircraft maintenance (like C Checks, lease returns, APU overhauls, landing gear overhauls, maintenance of wheels and brakes etc.)

- Contract negotiation and execution for SSFE & BFE selection, purchase and maintenance

- Contract renegotiation for better terms, cash flow savings, new products and services etc.

2. Identification of projects/opportunities for cost reductions and savings

3. Evaluate and analyze market trends for the new technologies for products and services in the aviation sector

4. Administer the re-deliveries of aircraft

- Initiate and lead the process of redelivery on-time to ensure timely redelivery of an aircraft at an optimal cost

- Lead the process of aircraft redeliveries to negotiate and close the redelivery transactions

- Understand and evaluate the technical aspects of the redelivery transactions with a view to achieve cost optimization

- Administer various activities during re-delivery of aircraft while it is in MRO

- Negotiate various commercial outstanding items at re-delivery date with Lessor

5. Engine maintenance

- Keeping track and analyze the technical profile of the engines to ensure that engine operations remain within cost optimal parameters

- Monitor, analyze and ensure compliance of the engine maintenance agreement

6. Claim management:

- Lead the claim management function

- Maintain strong relationships with the financiers/lessors

- Evaluating leases to ensure compliance with the terms, conditions, dates, commercials, rent and other stipulations

- Reviewing and managing the letter of credit reconciliations

- Managing the claim reimbursements for overhauls from aircraft lessors

- Keeping track and analyzing the technical profile of the aircraft fleet

7. Existing contract management - maintaining constant dialogue with external stakeholders for ensuring strict compliance of all covenants

Qualification: Degree in engineering from a premier institute along with MBA/masters or Chartered Accountant. The education should preferably with undergrad degree/master's degree in aviation management or aviation finance or general aviation