Head of Contracts at Amaiden Energy Nigeria Limited

Amaiden Energy Nigeria Limited, (formerly Moody International Nigeria Limited) was established in 1996 as a partnership between Moody International Group and Nigerian investors. Since commencing operations in March 1997 the company continues to grow and exerts its presence in numerous Projects in the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head of Contract

Location: Nigeria
Job Type: Contracts
Category: Others

Job Description
The Service holder adheres to the H3SE rules:

• Set a personal example in adherence to affiliate’s HSE procedures
• Raise awareness and provide guidance in directing employees under their supervision with regard to the execution of the HSE rules, both for Company Staff and suppliers without detracting from Contractor's legal obligations
• Assure themselves and the persons under their supervision of the safety of the work place to avoid danger to persons, installations and avoid impact to the environment
• Maintain the means for personal protection and safety emergency procedures
• Conduct regular inspections and report any incidents (Anomaly, unsafe acts, near miss, damage, spill, injury, etc…)
• Notify relevant staff on accidents, incidents and near-misses and initiating corrective actions

The Service holder manages the Compliance:

• Verify that company’s Contractual Policies and applicable laws and regulations are adhered to, especially related to ethic and transparency
• Verify that procurement Contracts and procedures comply with the standards of the company and the agreements with the partners
• Ensure the application and respect of the procedures in the tender process

The Service holder leads & organizes the TechLog/ECP/GSR Contracts entity:

• Organize and control the Contracts function as a managed process on a daily basis
• Supervise and ensure the strategy is appropriate, transparent and justified the on the subject to be presented to the Contracts Committees
• Establish and promote continuous improvement of Contracts practices, procedures & reference documentation
• Lead Duet/Triplet demarche with Metier partners and technical managers.
• Coordinate the work load within the TechLog, ECP, GSR contract engineers workforce
• Manage the Contracts personnel in cooperation with the Métier Partners, respecting the CA Metier system of reference, the local constraints, and the eventual « synergy » action plans defined by OPS/CA.
• Ensure the maintenance of the necessary level of competencies for the realization of the Contracts activities
• Ensure the communication of good practices and lessons learned to OPS/CA (REX) on contractual matters.
• Assist the Métier Partners for all contractual activities

The Service holder manages the Contracts entity activities:

• Manage the contracts processes correctly:
  • Receive requests or scope from requesting entities
  • Organize call for tender or request for quotation
  • Evaluate offers, along with requesting entities
• Supervise the establishment of the technical contracts, directly participate to the most complex contracts and orders
• Ensures the establishment of suitable lists of potential bidders.
• Carries out contracting process in accordance with Company’s rules.
• Ensures contracts are drafted in accordance with approved model contracts and contributes to their periodic review.
• Ensures that contracts are created and managed in UNISUP and in Contiki.
• Ensures effective use of tools and systems (Ariba, NIPEX, REX+, CMS..) for optimum productivity.
• Intervene in the settlement of lawsuits, in relation with the Juridical, Insurance, Finance and OPS/CA Directors, by proposing strategies and actions and by participating to the negotiations
• Maintains a log of all savings generated for contracts in own domain and obtains validation of such savings.
• Appropriates the Total Group initiatives such as Frame Agreements, e-procurement, Category Management etc.
• Manages a network of Vendors and relationship with relevant Stake holders such as NAPIMS, NCD, Department of Petroleum Resources, etc.
• Monitor KPIs to ensure improvement of efficiencies
• Keep local content of the contracts templates (General conditions, particular conditions) up-to-date, and adapt international versions to local requirements
• Ensure global reporting of the Contracts team to the C&P management and to OPS/CA Métier
• Acts as the Deputy General Manager, Contracts in the absence of the later.

Job Requirements

• A degree in Engineering, Management or Social Sciences (preferably Supply Chain).
• Membership of relevant professional bodies in the Supply Chain and in Operational functions will be an added advantage.
• 12 years Oil and Gas Industry experience with excellent knowledge of the Supply Chain.
• Excellent negotiation skills. Understanding of core operational activities (Exploration; Drilling, Engineering, Field Ops)
• Personal Abilities: Advanced Management, Advanced Human Relations, Problem Solving and Planning/organizing/coordinating/controlling

Application Closing Date
18th October, 2017.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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