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CONTRACTS LEAD required by our client, within the Oil & Gas industry, on a contract basis, located in London – UK

SCOPE OF WORK :
Lead full Contracts process from strategy, tendering processes, single source justifications, contract negotiations through to post award management and close-out.

Develop, maintain, and optimize relationships within the Business Unit (Project Owners & Requestors) and serve as an internal coach, where required, for less experienced members of the Contracts & Procurement team to help develop the right skills and competencies.

Role involves working collaboratively with both the Contracts & Procurement team and the Requestors to deliver business needs in compliance with internal policies and governance requirements. Regular engagement with the global SCM team to ensure efficient and cost-effective contract opportunities are aligned with Group-wide strategies.

The Energy Company manages a number of compliance systems to mitigate risks and the Contracts Lead plays a role in this by ensuring that new third parties are onboarded to the compliance system.

The first assignment will be within Equatorial Guinea subsidiary in Bata.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain business focused, strategic approach to full Contracting process, ensuring alignment with needs and identifying opportunities for value delivery, cost control and efficient execution.
• Lead full Contracts process from strategy, tendering processes, single source justifications, contract negotiations through to post award management and close-out for agreed category areas of spend, including but not limited to operations, well services, drilling, subsurface and logistics.
• Actively build and maintain relationships with all key internal stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively with the Requestors and Budget Holders throughout the full lifecycle of contracting to ensure alignment with business needs.
• Prepare all necessary internal approvals, tender packages, tender evaluation criteria and supplier communications, securing input from the business and other key internal stakeholders, including HSE, where relevant.
• Lead commercial evaluation and contractual negotiation of the tenders and proposals, working with end users to ensure needs are met, risks are managed, delivery and strategy is optimized and costs controlled.
• Fluent in defining and evaluating a wide range of contracts with a strong understanding of contract structures and risk allocation with all key category areas of spend within a mid-life asset oil and gas operator.
• Ensure appropriate use of contract terms relevant to the goods and/or services being sourced. Negotiate terms and conditions with suppliers and work with all relevant internal stakeholders, including end users, legal, finance, tax where relevant, to reach mutually agreeable position and present for internal approval in recommendation to award.
• Where applicable, review vendor contracts to ensure conformance to project specifications and to identify deviations from accepted Company policy/practice and any unusual business or logistical risks.
• Plan for Contracts Review Committee attendance with Requestors, where relevant, and work together to prepare submission and present for review and approval.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key suppliers.
• Ensure Contracts and full sourcing process complies with internal policies and governance requirements, maintaining necessary audit trail.
• Maintain an up-to-date plan of activity and provide input to Procurement Plan and report to management on contract status as required.
• Use of SAP as required for both placing commitments within the system and interrogating for background information and data analysis.
• Provide practical, timely and productive input into continuous improvement of SCM.
• Support less experienced members of the SCM team with above steps, where required.
• Act as delegate for Procurement Team Lead and SCM Manager where relevant and as requested.
• Develop and monitor KPI’s for the contract team and present to the SCM Manager on quarterly basis
• Any other function that may be assigned by line manager from time to time

Behavioural skills:

• Excellent commercial and business acumen.
• Confident and effective communicator.
• Ability to project manage
• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team and fast-paced environment.
• Confidence working within a flat, lean and agile organisation
• Takes initiative and has good time management skills.
• BIMCO experience is a plus.
• Excellent standard of written and spoken English

EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS

• Business related university degree/s, or equivalent technical learning and/or professional certifications.
• At least 10 years of experience in supply chain and contract administration, with a minimum of five years working in upstream oil and gas.
• Working knowledge of upstream operations, preferably within an oil and gas operator, with understanding of industry-standard contracts typical within a mid-life asset operator.
• At least five years of working knowledge in drilling and subsea contracts
• Proficient in SAP
• Proficient in MS Office products including Excel, word, Visio, Microsoft PowerPoint, and online planner
• Technical background in engineering preferable
• Second language skills are desirable but not required (Spanish/Portuguese/French)

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