Contract & Procurement Specialist

The Contracting & Procurement Specialist is responsible for the delivery of all Contracting & Procurement related activities in support of the Shell Southern North Sea upstream operations, covering the full End-to-End C&P cycle including all Requisition to Pay, Category Management and Contracting Process related activities. Your role is part of a pool of seasoned C&P professionals and brings a broad experience across various categories. You will support one of the assigned categories, supporting on-and offshore projects, turnarounds, logistics, and all Operations & Maintenance related scope. As the Contracting & Procurement Specialist, you can work autonomously and fulfil additional tasks including asset stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Act as Contracting & Procurement Specialist in support of Shell Southern North Sea operations, maintenance and turnarounds.
• Develop competitive contracting & procurement strategies for offshore and onshore related activities that meet business demand and targets, leveraging relevant category strategies at global, country (UK) or asset level, in close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders and vendors.
• Conduct tenders, evaluate bids & drive negotiations with suppliers to deliver fit-for-purpose and competitive agreements in support of Shell Southern North Sea activities.
• Actively manage contracts and maintain working relationships with suppliers, ensuring on-time, safe and quality delivery of services, materials or equipment.
• Identify, develop & implement value improvement opportunities by combining supply chain, project and maintenance skills.
• Follow, support and roll out the SEAM, RtP process and CMCP framework.
• Where relevant, improve current procurement processes to drive simplification and transparency.
• Support internal stakeholders on operational requirements and interact with external stakeholders to ensure OTIF (On time in Full) targets for all categories.

Required Experience and Qualifications

• Ensure contracting strategies support Goal Zero aspiration through implementation of robust Contractor Safety Management practices aligned to Shell’s personal and process safety Goal Zero focus areas.
• Proactively identify & understand procurement needs from internal and, where relevant, external stakeholders and collaboratively propose competitive solutions, challenging business demand and/or procurement practices to increase value and organisational efficiency.
• Manage supplier relationships effectively and drive continuous performance improvement via relevant contract key metrics (e.g. Cost, HSSE, project delivery).
• Build and maintain a strong network in the market, staying fully aware of supplier developments and opportunities.
• Ensure strong connection across the wider SC organisation (e.g. Global category support, other SC teams) to share best practices and leverage knowledge.
• Build effective working relationships within the immediate team, support and coach peers, and comply with E2E CMCP and RtP processes using commercial judgement and a simplification mindset.
• Familiarity with Agile ways of working in an Agile @ Scale organisation is preferred.
• Education: a degree level (Business/Engineering) and/or proven long-term comprehensive experience within a commercial role.
• Proven track record of execution excellence & delivering results.
• MCIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply) or APICS Qualification is an advantage, but not mandatory.
• Experience within Upstream Oil and Gas is a strong advantage.
• Experience in Project Management and CP project environment, with exposure to industrial execution activities (e.g. facilities maintenance, modification projects).

Commercial

• Highly tuned commercial acumen and curiosity with demonstrated ability to develop and deliver value from complex deals.
• Proven experience in negotiations & complex commercial/technical evaluations.
• Good understanding of strategic, technical, legal, finance, taxation and commercial issues.
• Good understanding of RtP and CMCP processes and systems, e.g. Agiloft, Ariba, SAP.

Behaviours

• Highly driven, ‘can-do’, inspiring, able to articulate in a crisp and precise manner.
• Focused on tangible value outcomes for the enterprise, translating strategy to outcomes.
• Brings external market/supplier into the conversation (curiosity).
• Uncompromising on HSSE, ethics & compliance.
• Collaborates and integrates within the wider Contracting & Procurement and asset teams, enterprise first.
• Self-starting in building rapport quickly.
• Understands business and speaks business language.
• Has effective influencing skills and can flex communication style to audience.
• Supports and coaches peers.
• Continuous improvement and simplification mindset.

Leadership

• Strong and proven interpersonal, influencing & stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to cope with complexity & uncertainty and proven adaptability.
• Driven, motivated to drive positive change.
• Demonstrated ability to interact seamlessly and effectively with all levels within the organization and beyond.

Benefits

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a value-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
• Benefit from a range of flexible working options.
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world.
• We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientations, and life experiences to apply.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to attracting a broader and more diverse pool of candidates. If this position doesn’t feel like the perfect fit for your qualifications right now, we’d still love to hear from you.

Accessibility Shell is working to advance an inclusive, psychologically safe and accessible environment where people with disabilities can excel. If you require any accommodations or accessibility adjustments (e.g. assistive technology, communication support, or other) during the application or interview process, please let us know when prompted in your application. We strive to ensure that our process and workplace is accessible to everyone and are dedicated to making reasonable adjustments to support your needs.