Senior Contracts Engineer in Aberdeen

Our client, an Oil and Gas Operator is seeking an experienced Senior Contracts Engineer. This is an initial 12 month PAYE contract role based in Aberdeen with a hybrid working model in place.

Job Overview

The Senior Contracts Engineer is an important role within the SCM team in ensuring that value is delivered to the business. The role works closely with the SCM team, senior internal stakeholders and external third parties and continuously seeks to improve value delivery. The role ensures that SCM is perceived as a positive, significant, value adding integral partner to the business.

Accountabilities

• End-to-end Contract Lifecycle Management: Provides a deep knowledge and understanding of end-to-end Contract Lifecycle Management. Ensures value is maximised throughout the category and contracting process for designated categories and contracts. Works closely with business stakeholders to understand their needs in detail, both for the immediate and/or future contracts/category requirements.
• External Market Expertise: Be seen by the business as the Supply Chain Management expert for their categories and contracts. Understand the category for designated contracts and provide leadership and insight for the business on all aspects of market dynamics, regulatory framework, suppliers and technical innovations.
• Contracting: Source and procure a range of goods and services across designated categories, ensuring optimum value for money within defined service and quality criteria. Identify opportunities for, lead and evaluate competitive tenders and proposals for the supply of goods and services for designated categories and contracts.
• On-going improvements & delivery of Value Add: Identify and achieve defined improvement to the bottom line and cost saving targets by examining total acquisition costs and working closely with internal stakeholders and suppliers for designated category/contracts.
• Supplier Management: Within the Supplier and Performance Management framework, develop, build and maintain supplier engagement through appraisal and performance monitoring, value analysis, continuous improvement, supplier/supply base development, compliance and demand management for designated category/contracts.

Competencies and Qualifications:

• Clear understanding of end-to-end Contract Lifecycle Management.
• Detailed understanding of relevant/assigned category.
• Comprehensive knowledge of end-to-end Contract Lifecycle Management including market insight, business partnering, negotiation, on-going supplier management and governance relating to assigned portfolio.
• Experience of complex business significant categories of expenditure through multiple functions in order to maximise value to the business.
• Understanding of general and contract law and applications of LOGIC models (where applicable), in contract development, execution and dispute resolution.

Education:

• Degree educated (preferably in Science or Engineering) or appropriate relevant in work experience.
• MBA or MSc in Supply Chain Management will be an added advantage.
• Certification Membership of CIPS (or equivalent).

Work Experience:

• Engagement up to a senior level demonstrating the ability to influence stakeholders and manage conflicting views.
• Effective networking and business partnering skills.
• Extensive experience supporting O&M categories.
• Self-directed, pro-active, flexible, resilient, motivated and results oriented.
• Evidence of managing a category through the whole life cycle, ensuring the value created in the negotiation stage hits the bottom line.