Contracting Services Team Lead at Sellafield Energy

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary Role:

Contracting Services Team Leader has the primary responsibility to provide functional leadership and manages all processes, category/strategic interfaces, contracts and contractors, monitoring and reporting on activities whilst ensuring that teamwork safely to deliver on key tasks and targets.

ROLE:

• Leads the Contracting Services team.
• Links all plans into any central SCM C&P strategies.
• Drives the Strategic Sourcing Process: Development of category contract strategies and implementation through market appraisal, prequalification, identification, tendering and selection of optimum Contractors for execution.
• Undertakes due diligence in mitigating all external supply risk from contractor selection through to contract execution and management.
• Deployment of standard SCM functional processes, systems, and tools in project performance and contract management
• Assures performance through clear metrics.

RESPONSIBILITIES

•  In liaison with Legal develop a standard model contract for the client i.e. model contract for work, model contract for goods and services, etc.
• The authority and single point of accountability for the relevant sector on demand and market characteristics and drives the demand planning and the creation of Contracts Category Management plans for Group SCM managed to spend.
• Support the Group Head, SCM in meeting annual performance targets including key contract development and award schedule delivery dates. 
• Uses knowledge of commercial contract law to utilize model contracts, develop and sign off pertinent Category contractual terms and conditions.
• Leads commercial/contractual discussions with suppliers
• Drives the Supplier Management process as prescribed by Contracts Category Management Process: Is the single point of SCM accountability for supplier performance and leads supplier performance improvement meetings in collaboration with the Line
• Jointly with the Technical Lead, leads the development of Performance Improvement Plan and recommends intervention (i.e. re-negotiate or cancel contracts) if the performance improvement plan fails
• Identifies, implements and realizes value through effective ‘strategic cost management’ utilizing best in class methods and tools and mitigates business risk through ensuring rigorous contract management controls
• Routinely communicates openly and with integrity with key business stakeholders to ensure alignment of SCM and the internal customer.
• Promotes compliance with the Company Code of Conduct.
• Develops a high level of category competency through knowledge transfer and mentorship from experienced category team members

REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience in Oil and Gas project or construction industries with contracting responsibilities.
• Experience in engineering, pipeline, and project management services contract sector preferred.
• Legal contract background with a track record of delivery preferred.
• Degree in Law, Business or Technical discipline. Professional accreditation is a plus (IACCM, CIPS etc.).
• An effective influencer at senior management levels.