Adexen Agency Recruits Supply Chain Manager - Oil & Gas

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Our client
Adexen Recruitment Agency is mandated by an Oil & Gas Group to recruit a Supply Chain Manager for its operations in Nigeria

Job Title: Supply Chain Manager

Job reference: NGA1071
Function: Supply chain
Location: Lagos

Job description
The Supply Chain Officer will have the responsibility of managing the interface between the Company’s International Procurement and its Nigerian EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) projects ensuring that all procured materials are delivered and/or warehoused in a timely and systemised way and that both materials and services are then delivered to the required EPC project site when required. He/she is to report to the Chief Financial Officer

Responsibilities
The responsibilities for this office shall include but is not limited to the following:

• The Supply Chain Manager is responsible for active contribution of the alignment of the Project Execution Strategies with the Project Sourcing Strategies
• Assume responsibility for all Project (EPC material and equipment) Sourcing Strategies on current and future projects
• Ensuring of sound contract and contract administration on all contracts
• Assume responsibility for contract change management, claim and dispute resolution in terms of contractual agreed mechanisms and deviation management and approvals outside of contract mechanisms
• Responsible for input into and improvement of the tools (standard contracts, templates etc) enabling efficiency and compliance
• Involvement in the development of integrated cross functional ERP systems,
• Creation and implementation of project SCM activity plan
• Identification of areas of concern, risk, opportunities and value options and reporting such to the Project Director as well as recommending course of actions
• Management of the physical and financial performance of the supply chain
• Leading and monitoring of all purchasing and subcontracting and delivery of logistics planning efforts
• Reviewing and approval of ITT’s and evaluation
• Setting of Project policies and standards
• Review of requisitions as well as review and scrutiny of scope of work and requirements
• Management of key relations
• Participation in and supporting the Head of Procurement and/or Lead Buyer in complex negotiations and contract finalisations
• Arrangement of quality control for vendors and sub contractors
• Successful implementation of systems including ERP, bar coding etc
• Leading all aspects of FEED and detailed design bid document preparation, pre-qualification, tendering and contract execution and management
• Functioning as an interface between the clients and client legal and contract groups to finalise contract documents

Qualifications and Experience

• BA/BSc/MBA degree in Supply Chain Management or its equivalent
• Must have ten to fifteen years experience in Supply Chain Management within Industrial settings preferably Oil and Gas
• Must have strong EPC contract drafting and negotiation and project execution skills
• Must have strong grasp of Capital Project Supply chain Fundamentals
• Strategic thinker possessing business acumen and people/leadership skills
• Must have broad knowledge of the supply chain in an EPC project environment
• Must have knowledge of facilities management, cost control, cost/benefit analysis, productivity improvement and work simplification, import/export local content and tax and VAT requirements
• Must have sound legal knowledge of the contracting environment and able to contextualise in project contracts

Application Closing Date
7th March, 2013

Method of Application
If your experience, personal characteristics and qualifications meet the position specifications and your personal objectives are to seek such a challenge, then we would like to hear from you with details of your current earnings, up to date CV and explanation as to why your achievements to date fit you for consideration.
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