Head of Contracts Field Operations at SPIE Oil & Gas Services

SPIE Oil & Gas Services (part of the SPIE Group) provides a complete range of services to some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies through its network of offices in 25 countries across Africa, the Middle-East and Asia-Pacific.

Our turnover has more than doubled in the last few years thanks to the dedication of our 4,000 employees to whom we give training, recognition, and genuine opportunities for career development. In order to support this growth, SPIE Oil & Gas Services is always seeking talented individuals to join its teams.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head of Contracts Field Operations

Reference ID: 2025-37274
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Employment Type: Full Time

Responsibilities

• The Service holder manages the Compliance Requirements of the Contracts Entity
• Verify that company's Contractual Policies and applicable laws and regulations are adhered to, especially related to ethic and transparency
• Participates in preparation of Contracts procedures.
• Complies with the standards of the company and the agreements with the partners
• Applies and respects the procedures in the tender process and ensures that team complies.
• Implement Total Global Procurement (TGP) directives within team and technical duets.
• The Service holder leads & organizes the Field Operations/HSE/CAPD Contracts entity
• Organize and control the purchase of services function as a managed process on a daily basis
• Supervises and ensure appropriate, transparent and justified strategy on subjects to be presented to Contracts Committees.
• Establishes and promotes continuous improvement of Contracts practices, procedures & reference documentation.
• Coordinates Duet and Triplet process with Métier partners and technical managers.
• Coordinate the workload within the Field Operations/HSE/CAPD Contracts Engineers workforce.
• Manage the Contracts personnel in cooperation with the Métier Partners, respecting the CA Métier system of reference, the local constraints, and the eventual « synergy » action plans defined by TGP.
• Ensure the maintenance of the necessary level of competencies for the realization of the service purchase.
• Ensure the communication of good practices and lessons learned to TGP (REX) on contractual matters.
• Assist the Métier Partners for all contractual activities
• The Service holder supervises 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 AGORA.
• Ensures effective use of tools and systems (Ariba, NIPEX, REX+, CMS.) for optimum productivity.
• Provide required support in the settlement of claims, arbitration and or lawsuits.
• 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 and the likes.
• Manages a network of Vendors and relationship with relevant Stake holders such as NUIMS, NCD, NUPRC, etc.
• Monitor KPIs to ensure improvement of efficiencies
• Follow up with NC to ensure issuance of NCCC for all NCDMB threshold contracts.
• Ensure synergy with relevant domains and technical duets
• Ensure synergy with relevant domains and technical duets
• Ensure global reporting of the Contracts team to the C&P management and to TGP Métier
• Monitor contractor's performance with Duet, promoting and attending service quality meetings, claims, amendments and contract renewal discussions with contractor and manage and maintain a network with Stakeholders such as NUIMS, NCD, NUPRC, etc.

Required Qualifications / Experience

• A degree in Engineering, Business 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
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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