Associate Director - Lease Management - Aircraft Maintenance Business

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 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

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

- Overview on the technical aspects of the redelivery transactions

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

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

- Timely return of aircraft to Lessor

5. Engine maintenance

- Keeping track and analyzing the technical profile of the engines

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

6. Aircraft lease management:

- Lead the lease management function

- Maintain strong relationships with the financiers/lessors

- Evaluating leases to ensure compliance with the terms, conditions, dates, commercials, rents 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