Senior Specialist, Contract Management at IHS Towers

IHS Towers is one of the largest independent owners, operators, and developers of shared telecommunications infrastructure in the world by tower count and is the only towerco solely focused on emerging markets. The Company has more than 40,000 towers across its 11 markets, including Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Kuwait, Nigeria, Peru, Rwanda, South Africa, and Zambia.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Contract Management

Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-time
Department: Procurement

Job Description

• Contribute to development and implementation of policies, processes and procedures for the Supply Chain function.
• Provide support to complex subcontract negotiations and create playbooks/ training materials for Supply Chain team.
• Identify 3rd-party supplier risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Act as interface between Supply Chain and Legal on subcontract strategies and subcontract risk management.
• Implement supplier contract management strategies.
• Oversee procurement process, subcontract, and supply chain audits as required.
• Advise on continuous alignment of category strategies to Supply Chain policies and processes.
• Work with the Technical team and other supporting functions to ensure successful integration of proposal efforts, contract execution, and supplier management initiatives.
• Establish operating plan for procurement risk and compliance assessment activities.
• Develop recovery plans, involving both corrective and preventative actions, for subcontract claims and disputes.
• Support project teams in review of tenders and bid documentation. Provide recommendations on contract terms and conditions.
• Review bid clarification/ qualification and related documents drafted by project teams.
• Perform other tasks and duties as assigned by the Director, Supply Chain.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Law.
• Relevant professional certifications in Contract Management and Contractual Dispute Resolution.
• +10 years’ experience of working on contracts and subcontracts, supplier audits and supply chain policies and procedures, including most recent 3 years in a supervisory role

Application Closing Date
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