About the Company
COMAS, headquartered in Silea, Italy, is the world leading supplier of primary equipment and processing solutions for both Conventional Tobacco and New Generation Products (NGP), as well as an emerging player in energy storage and food industries, with around 150 million euros in revenues, 300 employees across 3 companies. COMAS' vision is to provide customers with the best primary solutions, first class equipment and on time project delivery, whilst maintaining a flexible approach. COMAS is part of Coesia, a group of innovation-based industrial and packaging solutions companies operating globally, headquartered in Bologna, Italy. Coesia operates in 34 countries with 21 different companies and employs over 8,000 people as of 2025.
About the Role
We are looking for someone to handle the management of various company contracts. The projects usually range in value from €500,000 to €10,000,000 and last between 6 and 18 months. The person will work closely with all internal departments to ensure a project's successful execution in line with the contract terms and the company's performance goals. The ideal candidate will serve as the go-to person for the project throughout its lifecycle, for both internal and external clients, and will be appointed as the main point of contact for the client once the contract is assigned. Pre contract award (pre-sales phase) • As required from time to time and in support of Sales, involvement in the preparation and final negotiations of major bids. Post contract award (execution phase) • Take over responsibility for the project from Sales and coordinate the contract review and acceptance procedure to determine whether the company is prepared to proceed with the contract which has been awarded; • Communicate with internal and external customers regarding financial, commercial and technical aspects to ensure satisfactory execution of projects; • Monitor and control global progress of projects through various stages, from Engineering to Manufacturing and through Installation and Commissioning until Site Acceptance Test; • Manage the supply of major bought out components and machinery to ensure timely delivery in accordance with contractual requirements; • Represent the company during meetings and negotiations with the customer during the life of a project, ensuring customer satisfaction whilst maintaining company performance targets; • Via regular project review meetings, monitor progress to ensure projects are concluded within agreed budgets, contracted time scale and meet specification with regard to performance and quality, and report upon any identified issue. Where necessary, identify remedial actions to address adverse deviation in project performance; • Undertake periodic review of contract financials through the review of actual costs reported, and estimate cost to complete remaining work, in relation to budget baseline, both at item and contract level; • Responsible for negotiating contract variations for extras which fall outside of the contracted scope of supply; • Responsible for reporting any consistent trends in financial returns to enable the company’s Sales costing system to be maintained.
What You Need to Be Successful
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience; • Basic technical background, fundamentals of Finance and of Project Management; • 2-3 years of experience in similar role; • Strong business acumen in project planning and management of communications; • Fluent English (both written and spoken); • Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Power Point, Power BI or similar; • Passion for driving innovation; • Problem solving and data analysis skills; • Hence driving license, passport and willingness to travel.
Our Offer
Compensation for this role includes a base salary starting from EUR 33600, in line with experience. The actual offer may exceed this minimum based on the candidate's qualifications and fit for the role. A range of additional benefits (e.g., insurances, etc.) is also available in accordance with Company policy. The applicable collective agreement is the CCNL Metalmeccanico.
Job Reference: CGS13345
