KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Category and Contracting Strategy Development:2. A strategic thought leader who will lead the development and execution of category and contracting strategies, which challenge the status quo, leverage industry best practices and drive maximum commerciality and value delivery for the GDI organization.
3. Lead and facilitate cross-functional collaboration across the business (including Operations, Technical, Business Development, Legal, Finance, and IT etc) to proactively drive strategy delivery – both pre and post-contract award.
4. Implementation of robust contracting, procurement and inventory management strategies, tactics and contract structures to secure third party services and materials in compliance with business need, quality requirements and on best commercial terms that fully accounts for market capacity/capability and risks/opportunities.
5. Lead the execution of all Sourcing activities in compliance with the approved strategy (competitive tenders and single/sole source negotiations), ensuring a fair, transparent and ethical process is maintained throughout, which ensures all bidders have a fair and equal opportunity to participate (E&C Gatekeeper role).
6. Prepare comprehensive Strategy and Award Recommendation papers and present to executive stakeholders at the Tender Committee for endorsement.
7. Oversee the drafting, review, and approval of contracts, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory standards specific to the oil and gas industry.
Supplier Relationship Management / Contractor Performance Management
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key strategic suppliers and stakeholders, fostering collaboration and trust. Consulting with suppliers & internal stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvement, innovation, and value optimization.
- Manage Supplier Relationships effectively and collaboratively to drive continuous performance improvement via relevant contract key metrics (E.g.: QHSE, Operations, Cost). Constructively challenging Suppliers in terms of the contract delivery and performance, and agreeing corrective action where necessary.
- Co-ordination of Contract Kick-off meetings and regular Business Performance Reviews (BPRs) with key strategic suppliers.
- Establish well defined contract management governance models, adopting a tiered approach which aligns contractor and GDI focal points at an operational, tactical and strategic level. Thereby ensuring conversations and communications with Suppliers are targeted at the right level of each organization and any challenges / issues can be overcome effectively without causing unnecessary distraction to the operational delivery and safety performance.
Claims Management & Dispute Resolution
- Thoroughly evaluate and assess all claims and disputes received from contractors to effectively establish entitlement and quantum. Thereafter, building counterproposals and negotiation tactics in alignment with the contract management team to ensure compliance with contract terms, and mitigate any potential value leakage as a result of such claim.
Internal Stakeholder Management
- Candidate must possess a strong stakeholder management skillset with the ability to effectively collaborate across all levels of the organization to effectively influence and drive decision consensus cross-functionally within the GDI organization, including at executive stakeholder level.
- Proactively identify & understand commercial/procurement needs from internal stakeholders and collaboratively propose competitive solutions. This may involve constructively challenging the Business Demand and/or Procurement Practices in order to drive value and efficiency for the GDI organization.
Cost Control and Reporting2. Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders to develop budget and forecasts related to contract expenditure.
Actively monitor 3rd party spending across portfolio to identify potential gaps in contract coverage, or opportunities to improve the commerciality within the respective category. In collaboration with the contract management team and contractors, identify and frame potential value improvement opportunities (build an opportunity funnel). Thereafter drive and track the execution of these opportunities to determine value realized.
Ethics & Compliance2. Understand and ensure adherence to legal, regulatory, and corporate governance requirements.
Ensure accurate record maintenance in the ERP system and oversee contract renewal and/or closure as required.
Continuous Improvement:2. Ensure application of the Supply Chain Standard and applicable processes, using commercial judgement, common sense and a simplification mind-set, understanding the difference between non-negotiable compliance elements (Safety, E&C, Code of Conduct, Law) and CP operating practices, while always keeping enterprise business value in focus.
Establish policies and procedures for contract negotiation, execution, and compliance to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
Coaching and mentoring:2. Key contributor to the learning agenda, driving increased contract management competence across the GDI organization, providing coaching, guidance and mentorship to junior team members within the Supply Chain organization, but also to the broader contract management community (Company Representatives and Subject Matter Experts across the business).
