Job Responsibilities:

- Contract negotiations

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

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

- Manage the re-deliveries of aircraft

- Manage the project of redelivery of aircraft

- 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

- Identify and persuade business teams for new ideas/projects involving cost reduction ideas.

- Gather market intelligence about competitor airline, MROs, Lessors, OEMs.

- Various contracts

- Keeping track and analyzing the technical profile of the engines, APU, landing gears, etc

- Monitor, analyze and ensure compliance of the engine/APU and other FHA agreement

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

- Aircraft lease management:

1. Maintain strong relationships with the financiers/lessors

2. Evaluating leases to ensure compliance with the terms, conditions, dates, commercials, rents and other stipulations

3. Reviewing and managing the letter of credit reconciliations

4. Managing the claim reimbursements for overhauls from aircraft lessors

5. Keeping track and analyzing the technical profile of the aircraft fleet

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

Required education and experience background:

- MBA (Finance), CFA or CA. The person should have been a part of team taking business decisions at large corporate, not necessarily bank. The candidate should be exposed to decision making, financial modelling, inter-department. Preferably, if candidate has had the experience of reporting to CXO level.

Skills needed:

- Proficiency at MS excel, positive attitude, ownership.