One of our major oil and gas clients is seeking a Contracts Lead II to work on a 3-month assignment in their facilities in Spring, TX.
Responsibilities:
- The Contract Owner has overall responsibility to manage contract life cycles by driving value and efficiency, while ensuring operational integrity
- This role supports the procurement needs for Craft Labor within the Company
- The Contract Owner will own and manage agreements with a specific Craft Labor sub-category
- The Contract Owner will optimize the Total Cost of Ownership for lifecycle of agreements
- The Contract Owner will be responsible for execution of established commercial strategy, stakeholder engagement, management of change and relationship management of agreement throughout their lifecycle"
- Negotiates contract pricing and terms & conditions directly with suppliers while working with internal stakeholders, seeking the lowest Total Cost of ownership and appropriate mitigation of supply and legal risk
- Works with other Contract Owners on the development of contracts, bids, and best practices for contract management
- Executes Acquisition processes in full compliance with company’s procedures
- Fully leverages Procurement processes and tools to ensure most effective procurement method is utilized
- Maintains agreement portfolio including scope updates, pricing, exhibits and amendments
- Ensures contract compliance and utilization, monitors supplier performance and troubleshooting issues
- Ensure transactional efficiency of agreements by leveraging systems and technology
- Identifies business value and other opportunities within the portfolio
- Supports development and executes implementation of Category strategy and commercial guidance
- Develops market expertise - follow market trends, know the supplier landscape and learn about the latest technologies
- Identifies efficiencies by continually reviewing contract leakage, overheads, third-party markups, etc.
- Tracks cost avoidance, cost mitigation and business enhancement results
- Drive a continuous improvement mindset within the broader team and with the stakeholder community and with suppliers
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering or other relevant Business or Engineering degree
- Minimum of 5 years of contracting, strategic procurement and/or category management experience
- Strong negotiation skills
- Demonstrated leadership ability and excellent communication (written and verbal) skills
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills including use of sound judgement
- Ability to create strong working relationships with key stakeholders
- Effective collaborator across multi-function, multi-geography team
- Team player with the ability to adapt to changing requirements or deadlines
- Ability to balance competing priorities and deliver results
- Oil and Gas Industry Procurement experience
- Craft Laor (skilled trades), Procurement or Operations experience
- Demonstrated Commercial experience with bids, auctions and negotiations
- Ability to lead with informal authority
- Ability to analyze large data sets and communicate insights effectively
- Ability to demonstrate a sense of urgency and personal ownership
- Proven ability to advocate and influence at all levels of the organization
- Analytical skills / understanding of Total Cost of Ownership concept
- Proven project planning and execution skills
- Experience with Purchase-to-Pay processes and systems (SAP, Ariba, Docusign, etc.)
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