Senior Contracts Adviser
2001-30000
Other
What are you going to do
Essential skills and knowledge
- Lead Commercial and Contracting outcomes in the designated portfolio areas
- Ensure contracts, purchase orders and call-offs comply with Company Work Management Systems
- Take accountability for the contracting lifecycle including preparing Category Strategies, Sourcing Plans, ITT/RFQs, Contract Authorisation Forms, Contractual Clarification Registers, Tender Evaluation Plans, Contract Variations and other associated approval documents
- Continually identify and pursue commercial and cost saving opportunities within the portfolio
- Work closely with key stakeholders to ensure evaluation criteria, terms & conditions and agreed departures are risk appropriate
- Liaise with internal stakeholders to ensure adequate representation and visibility of commercial matters Ensure that commercial and contracting services are given sufficient front-end consideration in the development of Category Strategies, Contracting Strategies and project schedules
- Ensure delivery of business needs to schedule, cost and quality
- Compile and monitor market intelligence
- Maintain work plans, forecasts and reporting requirements
Essential skills and knowledge
- Tertiary Qualifications in Business, Commerce OR Law
- Extensive experience preferably in a Legal, Category Specialist or Contracts Advisory role
- Experience with the negotiation of standard energy industry contracts including general conditions containing 'knock-for knock' indemnity regimes, limitations of liability, IP and confidentiality clauses
- Ability to draft first pass responses to contractor clarifications while working closely with internal Legal Advisors to negotiate and resolve
- Experience in the full tender life cycle, specifically within the strategy and pre-award stage
- Excellent written, presentation and verbal communication to all internal and external levels
- Proven negotiation skills
- Confident people and stakeholder management skills
- Effective decision making in the presence of uncertainty and risk, considering and balancing business dimensions, eg technical, cost, schedule
- An individual who is both passionate and resilient with flexibility in working within demanding projects
- Strong negotiation skills
JOB SUMMARY
Senior Contracts Adviser