Principal Contracts Engineer

Our client, an independent oil & gas operator is currently recruiting for a Principal Contracts Engineer. Located in Aberdeen, the role is on a 12 month contract and offers a hybrid working arrangement.

ROLE

The Principal Contracts Engineer is an important role within the team in ensuring that value is delivered to the company for all Operations (including Logistics) spend areas.

The role works closely with others in the SCM team, and with senior internal stakeholders and external third parties and continuously seeks to improve value. The role ensures SCM is perceived as a positive, significant, value adding integral partner of the company.

RESPONSIBILITIES

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.

Supports delivery of the annual contracts plan.

Works as a partner with business stakeholders to understand and support delivery of their needs

Proactively develops robust strategic sourcing strategies for specific categories, contracts and projects, delivering breakthrough results and year on year continuous improvement.

Undertakes category, contracts and project-related assessments to generate innovative opportunities and robust strategic sourcing plans

Working as a Business Partner with key internal stakeholders, manages all contracting activity across designated Operations categories. This includes the creation and implementation of contract and category plans that will ensure delivery in line with business objectives, regulatory requirements and the landing of all value negotiated

External Market Expertise:

Be seen by the business and externally as a Supply Chain Management expert for assigned categories and contracts

Deep knowledge of assigned and related categories, providing leadership and insight for the business on all aspects of market dynamics, regulatory framework, suppliers and technical innovations

Report changes and updates through proactive governance

Identify opportunities for, lead and evaluate competitive tenders and proposals for the supply of goods and services negotiating with suppliers on all commercial and contractual matters and applying judgement as to what constitutes an acceptable level of contractual risk and supply resilience

Team Contribution

Supporting identification of improvement opportunities, helping define and drive change with peers across Supply Chain Management. From time to time, standing in for Line Manager.

Supporting Line Manager in delivering key strategic strategies and projects.

Coaching other team members to increase the knowledge base of the team.

Contracting

Source and procure highly complex contracting requirements with high criticality impact for the company, ensuring optimum value for money within defined service and quality criteria, lead and evaluate competitive tenders negotiating with major suppliers on all commercial and contractual matters and applying judgement as to what constitutes an acceptable level of contractual risk and supply resilience.

Provide support in complex negotiations through data, market or other analysis.

Draft, negotiate and obtain agreement to highly significant commercial contracts ensuring that operational and commercial risks to business are fully understood and mitigated.

On-going improvements & delivery of value add

Identify and achieve significant defined improvement to the bottom line and cost saving targets by examining total acquisition costs and working closely with internal stakeholders and suppliers.

Forecast future expenditure patterns within key business units, developing appropriate strategies to ensure budgeted value improvements are proactively identified and implemented with appropriate pace.

Contribute, optimise and challenge business plans where alternate opportunities exist to deliver higher value outcomes, ensuring all options have been duly evaluated

Supplier Management

Within the End-to-end Contract Lifecycle Management framework, lead the development, building and maintenance of supplier engagement through appraisal and performance monitoring, value analysis, continuous improvement, supplier / supply base development, compliance and demand