You’ll join a Contracts & Procurement (C&P) Team responsible for the planning, prioritisation and delivery of an effective contract service to meet the operational needs of the company’s business categories.  

To achieve this, you’ll collaborate with a wide network of internal and external stakeholders who all have responsibilities for delivering contracting services to the operation and will be a key interface between all stakeholders to plan and prioritise activities.

You’ll have considerable potential to influence the profitability of the business category through identifying cost-effective supply chain processes.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Organising and prioritising assigned activities, including strategies, pre-qualifications, tender list development, issues of CFT, analysis of tenders, contract negotiations and the preparation of contractual documentation ensuring compliance with company policies, procedures, and legislation.
• Participating in the coaching of Contract Analysts to help develop competences within the team.
• Building a network of duets with all key stakeholders, ensuring appropriate level of service is being achieved, priorities are known and highlighting any areas of concern.
• Building contracting synergies through regular communication with Category Managers on category related topics, as well as other internal stakeholders.
• Contributing to a master procurement plan ensuring all contracting needs need are anticipated, prioritised and planned to include regular follow up of deviations and changes throughout the year.
• Collaborating with contract duets to prepare and present contract committee presentations, providing support and direction towards achieving a clearly defined approval request.
• Collaborating with the Legal Team to deliver contracting documents that comply with company rules, contracting principles, process and governance.
• Building and maintaining relationships with contractors / suppliers and monitor their performance by participating in contract performance management activities.
• Ensuring all contract reps, budget accountable and technical prescribers are fully familiar with the tools and processes for managing and reporting of the costs of their contracts.
• Supporting a culture of compliance to all applicable company rules for contracts. Reporting any non-compliance and contributes to corrective action plans to protect P2P process. Participating in development of C&P procedures.
• Supporting the focal point for contractual activities, whilst working with contracts discipline in cross-asset and regional synergies.
• Collaborating with C&P Support and Performance Team to contribute to agreed KPI, CPI and SOX results while participating with action plans that promote continuous improvement of the contracting process.

Our client is seeking a candidate with the following experience, attributes and qualifications:

• Degree, diploma, or equivalent qualification and demonstrable professional experience in an oil industry supply chain environment, in the contracts & procurement discipline.
• Demonstratable practical experience in preparation and negotiation of high value and complex technical services and/or purchase contracts.
• Demonstratable ability to develop appropriate strategies, draft effective documents and conduct commercially important negotiations with contractors. 
• Understanding of the supply chain process and conversant with the use of integrated business systems for all business activities associated with procurement. 
• Knowledge of the legal aspects associated with procurement.
• Demonstrable people skills with proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally with other departments.
• Effective communicator- both verbally and written – with the ability to challenge and negotiate constructively to influence decisions or ways of working.

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