Contracts Manager

at  BEIJING URBAN CONSTRUCTION GROUP CO LTD SINGAPORE BRANCH

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in construction related disciplines, Diploma holders with relevant experience are welcomed to apply.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in a contract management role, contract administration role, purchasing or contracting.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Exemplifies knowledge of contract law, accounting principles and finance.
• Possesses superior attention to detail in order to spot inconsistencies in contracts.
• Ability in negotiating terms and drafting contracts.
• Has strong negotiation and mediation skills.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Able to work productively independently and as part of a team.
• Must have excellent analytical thinking skills and problem solving abilities.

• Ensures alignment with the Project Management team on Project contract administration needs, objectives, and requirements.
• Ensures the project team understands and utilizes the contracts properly.
• Advises the Project Management Team, Procurement Manager and Subcontracts Manager of company on aspects of Project execution which deviates from contract requirements.
• Analyses the contract terms and identify areas of possible risks and opportunities related to the application of contract clauses.
• Provide alternate mitigating contract articles and successfully negotiate with customers with compelling arguments.
• Writes contract letters and other communications and notices.
• Ensures in liaison with the other functions that the required insurance coverage is timely put in place and that required insurance certificates are provided/obtained from vendors and subcontractors.
• Contract administration during project execution, ensuring that all aspects of the contract during the bidding and execution phase are addressed with the objective of contributing to maximise project revenues.
• Manages the change order process from identification to resolution of change: prepare, interfacing with involved functions, and negotiate any claims against or from client and vendors/subcontractors.
• Transfers originals of contractual documents to proper function(s), in accordance with the applicable procedures.
• Ensures that contractual information used by the project team is accurate and up to date.
• Manages contract milestone activities, and close-out activities, ensure orderly turnover of Project.
• Checks that milestone completion notices and other documents required for payment meet contractual requirements.
• Liaison with Project Management Team and relevant stakeholders to prepare and timely submission of deliverables under the contract.
• Supports in negotiations of claims, variations, changes and disputes with contractors in collaboration with Project Management, Legal Department and others as required.
• Ensures communication of changes to contracts to all key stakeholders.
• Ensures Procurement/Subcontracting’s contract administration and procurement/subcontracting procedures and processes meet contract requirements.
• Ensures communications between Company and contractors are consistent with terms and conditions in agreements.
• Interfaces with the project team, internal departments, and external vendors on matters such as cost, performance, progress assessment, payments, reporting, trends, and change orders.
• Liaises with project team, participate to meetings, examine drafts, revise and file all correspondence having a contractual relevance exchanged during project execution with clients, vendors, subcontractors and authorities.
• Attends meetings to assess progress on projects which are in motion, and take detailed notes to share with stakeholders.
• Negotiates contract terms and conditions with each relevant stakeholders – customer, vendor/subcontractor, analysing potential risks involved with certain contract agreements and helping Company and Project Management Team better understand the information outlined in the contracts.
• Evaluates supplier/subcontractor claims entitlement and variation order under the contract requirements.
• Supports negotiations of claims, manage contractual changes and resolve disputes or conflict resolution with Contractors.