Contract Lead 1 or Procurement Associate at ABNL Limited

ABNL was incorporated in 1992, as an Oil and Gas servicing company, with a vision to provide quality professional engineering and technical services to the Oil and Gas exploration and production companies in Nigeria and the West African Sub-region. Since its incorporation, the company has grown in leaps and bounds, expanding its business horizons, but still within the Petroleum Industry.

ABNL is a 100% owned indigenous firm. Its’ directors are individuals of proven integrity, who over the years have acquired the requisite experience in the Oil and Gas business, as well as in the banking and finance sector. The integrity of the directors and the staff of the company have been a priceless contributive factor in the growth and well being of the company. This document provides information relating to ABNL Ltd., her subsidiary companies, her organizational structure, and her products and services being rendered through her subsidiaries to the Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry. In adherence to our motto – “Working with the very best in Oil & Gas Services”, ABNL is strategically aligned to meet all the requirements of EPCI contracts including execution in Nigeria, Technical Training / Human Resource development, and Environmental Protection Management.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Contract Lead 1 or Procurement Associate

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Contract

Job Description

• Manages a portfolio of agreements and new requests, enabling the efficient and effective purchase of goods and services (from purchase to pay) with a focus on business value, on-time delivery, and cycle time.
• This position might be known as Junior Procurement Associate/Contracts Lead who works under high supervision and is responsible for the routine and basic tasks, such as, for example, communication with suppliers, price negotiation, monitoring vendors' performance and communication with clients, etc.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Negotiates contract pricing and terms & conditions directly with suppliers while working with Internal stakeholders, seeking the lowest total system costs and appropriate mitigation of supply and legal risk.
• Executes PIP (Procure-to-Pay) processes In full compliance with Sourcing & Acquisition Handbook and CIMS (Controls Integrity Management System] catalogues.
• Fully leverages Procurement processes and tools to ensure the most effective procurement method is utilized.
• Maintains agreement portfolio: scope updates, pricing, Exhibits, amendments.
• Ensures contract compliance and utilization - monitors supplier performance, troubleshoots issues, etc
• Ensures transactional efficiency of agreements by leveraging systems.
• Identifies business value and other opportunities within the portfolio.
• Develops and maintains internal and external relationships to meet business line expectations.
• Provides fit-for-risk process improvements.
• Implements category strategic guidance and shares portfolio specific market Intelligence to
• Category Networks.

Skills and Qualifications
Education / Experience:

• Interested candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree
• 5 - 31 years of work experience.

Behavioural Skills:

• Analytical, applies learning, communicates effectively, creates business value & competes to win in the marketplace, and makes sound decisions.

Functional Skills:

• RP knowledge, system utilization A efficiency, total system cost, apply controls mindset, application of business & procurement technical knowledge, service excellence, contract development contract management, negotiating and influencing, relationship management.

Application Closing Date
14th May, 2022.