Head of Contracts at Amaiden Energy Nigeria

MAIN FUNCTIONS

• The service holder manages the compliance requirements of the contract's entity. 
• Verify that company’s Contractual Policies and applicable laws and regulations are adhered to, especially related to ethic and transparency
• Participates in preparation of Contracts procedures.
• Complies with the standards of the company and the agreements with the partners
• Applies and respects the procedures in the tender process and ensures that team complies.
• Implement Company’s Global Procurement (TGP) directives within team and technical duets.
• Organize and control the purchase of services function as a managed process on a daily basis.
• Supervises and ensure appropriate, transparent and justified strategy on subjects to be presented to Contracts Committees.
• Establishes and promotes continuous improvement of Contracts practices, procedures & reference documentation.
• Coordinates Duet and Triplet process with Métier partners and technical managers.
• Coordinate the work load within the Field Operations/HSE/CAPD Contracts Engineers workforce.
• Manage the Contracts personnel in cooperation with the Métier Partners, respecting the CA Métier system of reference, the local constraints, and the eventual « synergy » action plans defined by TGP.
•  Ensure the maintenance of the necessary level of competencies for the realization of the service purchase.
•  Ensure the communication of good practices and lessons learned to TGP (REX) on contractual matters.
• Assist the Métier Partners for all contractual activities
• The Service holder supervises the Contracts entity activities
• Manage the contracts processes correctly
• o Receive requests or scope from requesting entities
• o Organize call for tender or request for quotation
• o Evaluate offers, along with requesting entities
• Supervise the establishment of the technical contracts, directly participate to the most complex contracts and orders
• Ensures the establishment of suitable lists of potential bidders.
• Carries out contracting process in accordance with Company’s rules.
• Ensures contracts are drafted in accordance with approved model contracts and contributes to their periodic review.
• Ensures that contracts are created and managed in UNISUP and in AGORA.
• Ensures effective use of tools and systems (Ariba, NIPEX, REX+, CMS.) for optimum productivity.
• Provide required support in the settlement of claims, arbitration and or lawsuits.
• Maintains a log of all savings generated for contracts in own domain and obtains validation of such savings.
• Appropriates the Company’s Group initiatives such as Frame Agreements, e-procurement.
• Manages a network of Vendors and relationship with relevant Stake holders such as NUIMS, NCD, NUPRC, etc.
• Monitor KPIs to ensure improvement of efficiencies
• Follow up with NC to ensure issuance of NCCC for all NCDMB threshold contracts.
• Ensure synergy with relevant domains and technical duets
• Ensure global reporting of the Contracts team to the C&P management and to TGP Métier
• Monitor contractor’s performance with Duet, promoting and attending service quality meetings, claims, amendments and contract renewal discussions with contractor and manage and maintain a network with
• Stakeholders such as NUIMS, NCD, NUPRC, etc.

Job Requirement

ACCOUNTABILITY

• Ensure 100% compliance to COMPANY rules, SOX and local rules
• To organize, supervise and control the contracts function in the subsidiary
• To promote improvement of contracts process
• To control the implementation of contractual terms
• To encourage, develop and realize methods in view of optimizing the contracts activity
• To create a competitive, transparent and fair atmosphere in contracts processes
• To liaise with all the affiliate’s entities such as operational entities, legal, insurance, finance, Compliance, etc.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

• A degree in Engineering, Business Management, or Social Sciences (preferably Supply Chain).
• Membership of relevant professional bodies in the Supply Chain and in Operational functions will be an added advantage.
• 12 years’ Oil and Gas Industry experience with excellent knowledge of the Supply Chain.
• Excellent negotiation skills. Understanding of core operational activities (exploration, drilling, Engineering, Field Ops)
• Personal Abilities: Advanced Management, Advanced Human Relations, Problem Solving and Planning/Organizing/Coordinating/Controlling