Senior Lead Contract Manager at Adexen Recruitment Agency - Oil & Gas

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Our client
Adexen Recruitment Agency is mandated by a large Oil & Gas Group to recruit a Senior Lead Contract Manager for its operations in Nigeria.

Job Title: Senior Lead Contract Manager

Job reference: NGA1043
Function: Sales
Location: Lagos
Report to :Senior Commercial Manager

Job description

• Evaluate supplier performance, including quality, cost, flow, capacities, systems and responsiveness as per on-going business management
• To ensure positive working relationships and effective delivery of contracted products
• Ensure portfolio related services are delivered in a timely manner, are audited as required, meet clients’ expectations, objectives and quality

Responsibilities

• Monitoring day-to-day operations/deliverables for key suppliers and ensuring that customer expectations are met
• Identifying risks, mitigation strategies or corrective action
• Settling disputes regarding contract interpretation, conditions or compliance with legal requirements
• Developing strategies for negotiation in alignment with companies’ objectives and leading negotiations for complex contracts
• Monitoring performance and managing communication to suppliers and companies senior management while providing specific recommendations for improvement of services
• Monitoring day-to-day operations/deliverables for key suppliers and ensuring that customer expectations are met
• Identifying risks, mitigation strategies or corrective action
• Settling disputes regarding contract interpretation, conditions or compliance with legal requirements
• Leading contract/project reviews and the balanced scorecard process
• Identifying risks and developing mitigation strategies to deal with unforeseen circumstances
• Provide input, support and feedback into the Commercial Level Agreements and other contractual based initiatives as contracts are underpinning and Operating Level agreements
• Chairing regular account management/operations meetings with key internal/external resources to discuss common issues and ensure continuous improvement
• Review Contract Documentation
• Develop and manage supplier relationships for the company and behalf of the client’, leases, licenses and/or services to ensure positive working relationships and effective delivery of contracted products and services
• Developing strategies for negotiation in alignment with the companies’ objectives and leading negotiations for complex contracts
• Monitoring performance and managing communication to suppliers on behalf of the Company and providing specific recommendations for improvement of services
• Identifying risks, mitigation strategies or corrective action
• Settling disputes regarding contract interpretation, conditions or compliance with legal requirements

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree in Contract management or a related discipline or 15+ years’ experience in the Oil & Gas industry
• Overseas and/or Africa work experience
• Oil & Gas Industry experience
• Computer Literate – MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word,
• Familiar with EDMS – Team Binder or similar
• Experience of working in multicultural environments
• Good English written and verbal
• Effectively work under pressure in a team-oriented environment;
• Demonstrate the ability to meet deadlines and produce quality complex work
• Good communication skills (facilitation, listening, verbal, written, presentation, negotiation) to negotiate, agree and document contracts with internal and external customers and external service providers

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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