Contracts Oversight Manager

Wizz Air is a leading European low-cost airline. Our mission is to provide affordable and reliable air travel to everyone, everywhere, while minimizing our environmental impact. We are proud to foster a diverse and inclusive team of over 8,000 employees from more than 110 nationalities, who share our values of inclusivity, positivity, dedication, integrity, and sustainability.

As a rapidly expanding airline, we offer exciting career opportunities across a range of functions, from flight operations to engineering, customer experience, finance, and more. We provide extensive training and development opportunities to help our employees grow and succeed in their roles. Joining Wizz Air means joining a team that is passionate about aviation, dedicated to excellence, and committed to making air travel accessible and sustainable for all. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career in the aviation industry, we welcome you to explore our job opportunities and become a part of our success story.

Contracts Oversight Manager Based in Budapest

RESPONSIBILITIES (MAIN ACTIVITIES, TASKS):

Contractual Compliance & Cost Governance

• Validate supplier charges, including O&A, penalties, non-routine costs, and component-related claims, against approved contracts, work scopes, maintenance inputs, CAMO requirements, and internal procedures.
• Challenge, reject, resolve, and document unjustified or non-compliant cost claims, maintaining auditable records in line with CAME and internal control requirements.

Supplier Performance Monitoring & Enforcement

• Maintain structured datasets to monitor supplier performance against contractual KPIs, including TAT, OTD, technical reliability, quality, compliance, and cost performance.
• Support enforcement of contractual mechanisms, including underperformance quantification, penalties, liquidated damages, and performance-related vendor claims.

Mishandling & Liability Assessment

• Investigate mishandling claims from component pool providers, assessing technical validity, contractual entitlement, root cause, and responsible party in coordination with CAMO, Material Planning, and MRO stakeholders.
• Ensure claims are correctly accepted, rejected, redirected where applicable, and recorded for contractual and audit traceability.

Financial Oversight & Budget Control

• Prepare and maintain quarterly maintenance contract budget tracking, providing visibility of actual versus planned spend, forecasts, cost drivers, and financial risks.
• Escalate deviations, cost increases, and emerging risks to the Technical Contracts Manager and support internal financial governance.

Data Governance, Reporting & Audit Support

• Develop and maintain data structures and reports supporting cost validation, supplier performance tracking, contract enforcement, and audit-ready management insight.
• Support internal and external audits by providing documented evidence aligned with internal standards, CAMO record-keeping, and EASA Part CAMO expectations.

Cross-Functional CAMO Interface & Continuous Improvement

• Act as an interface between CAMO Engineering, Technical Contracts, Finance, Procurement, Material Planning, and Part-145 maintenance providers to align operational inputs with contractual and financial outcomes.
• Identify recurring cost drivers, discrepancies, and process inefficiencies, supporting mitigation actions, control improvements, and technical supply chain resilience.

Experience

• 3–5+ years of relevant experience in aviation, preferably within:
• Technical operations
• MRO or supplier management
• Contract management or cost control

Technical Skills, Knowledge

• Maintenance contract structures (base, line, component support)
• Cost validation and supplier performance oversight
• Familiarity with EASA regulatory framework, including:
• Part CAMO, M, 145
• Experience working in a highly regulated, audit-driven environment

Advanced Excel and data handling skills; experience in reporting and dashboarding tools is an advantage

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

LANGUAGES

• Fluent English (both written and spoken)

Skills/Competencies

• Strong analytical capability with ability to interpret complex technical and financial data sets

Solid understanding of:

• Aircraft maintenance processes
• Cost drivers in MRO and component support
• Contractual mechanisms (O&A, penalties, performance regimes)
• High level of attention to detail with an emphasis on accuracy, traceability, and compliance
• Ability to apply structured challenge towards suppliers and internal stakeholders
• Strong stakeholder management within a multi-functional CAMO environment

When applying, please only provide valid information regarding your educational background and certificates, as the original documents will be requested during the hiring process.

We look forward to meeting you and learning more about your skills and experience. Join the Wizz Air team and discover the world of opportunities.