Function Description

Key Responsibilities

As Contracts & Procurement Lead, you will:

• Lead the full contracting and procurement lifecycle, from requisition and sourcing strategy through tendering, evaluation, negotiation, award, contract execution and close-out.
• Develop and recommend appropriate contracting strategies, including lump-sum, unit-rate and other suitable commercial models.
• Lead tendering activities, bid meetings, commercial evaluations, negotiations and contract award processes.
• Review and ensure that contracts meet all commercial, legal and technical requirements.
• Manage supplier and contractor performance throughout contract execution.
• Identify the root causes of delivery delays, contractual issues and disputes and support appropriate resolution.
• Advise project stakeholders on contract strategy, procurement risk, supplier capability and market conditions.
• Develop and execute short- and medium-term procurement and contracting strategies aligned with project objectives.
• Establish and monitor procurement and contracting KPIs, including cycle time, cost savings and supplier performance.
• Manage procurement budgets, expenditure forecasts and cost-control activities.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities while maintaining required quality, safety and project standards.
• Lead supplier qualification, evaluation, performance monitoring and vendor development activities.
• Ensure compliance with IKTVA, LCGPA and local-content requirements.
• Work closely with Engineering, Project, Finance, Logistics and HSEQ teams to align contracting and procurement activities with project requirements.
• Manage and supervise the Contracts & Procurement team, assign responsibilities, set objectives and monitor performance.
• Coach and develop team members and support capability building within the function.
• - Support the implementation and continuous improvement of procurement policies, procedures, controls and systems.
• Lead or support the use of ERP and contract-management platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Ariba and Procon.
• Ensure procurement and contracting activities comply with applicable HSE and contractor-safety requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in Contracts and Procurement.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia.
• Strong and demonstrable experience in contracts management, not only operational purchasing.

Extensive experience in:

• Contracting strategy
• Tendering and RFQ/RFP processes
• Bid and commercial evaluation
• Contract negotiation
• Contract award
• Supplier and contractor management
• Contract administration
• Contract close-out
• Contractual risk and dispute management
• Professional procurement/contracts certification or accreditation from a recognized international body such as MCIPS, CPSM, CPM or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of procurement lifecycle, commercial evaluation, supplier management and cost analysis.
• Strong leadership experience managing Contracts and/or Procurement teams
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