IT Planning Analyst

Responsibilities - 

• Oversee end-to-end procurement activities for  IT, including gathering purchase requisitions from supervisors.




• Facilitating delivery of materials and services from vendors/business partners.




• Coordinate the local tendering process from the Tender Plan preparation to the Award Recommendation and Contract Agreement stages along with procurement.




• Manage single-source approval processes, including gathering the scope of work or material, preparing approval request documentation, and tracking approval status.




• Monitor Purchase Order (PO) validity and contract spending; initiate any necessary contract amendments and PO revisions.




• Address issues related to Account Payables activities, including invoices, delivery notes, and payment updates with invoicing/payable teams.




• Maintain vendor contacts and active contract agreements; organize periodic coordination meetings with vendors.




• Engage vendors on a timely basis to ensure on-time delivery of purchases to support IT and business needs.




• Support new vendor registration requirements with the Procurement group and ensure vendor compliance.




• Monitor overall vendor performance and address any non-conformance issues.




• Coordinate input from each section supervisor regarding their team's planned Operating Expenses (Opex) and Capital Expenditures (Capex).




• Collaborate with the IT Planning group to address business requirements and meet the Iraqi Ministry of Oil's expectations on the WP&B budget.




• Work with supervisors to develop a training plan to build technical and leadership competencies for IT secondees, in line with the WQ1 Employee Development process.




• Submit the annual training plan and support any out-of-country travel and training requests

Qualifications - 





BSc Degree in Engineering, Information Management, or/and Business Management





Experience - 

• Over 10 years’ career experience in IT Server Ops, back-office application and datacenter management & support role.




• Excellent problem-solving skills.




• Analytical mindset.




• Exceptional interpersonal skills.




• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.




• Attention to detail.




• Upper intermediate proficiency in English (verbal & written).




• PMP/ITIL certificates .




• 2-3 years of experience in a IT management or contract/or planning management role.




• Professional experience working in O&G enterprise and upstream company is highly .




• Proven project management skills with PMI PMP or Prince certificate is .




• Certified in ITIL framework is .