Contracts Procurement Specialist

Airswift is hiring Contracts & Procurement experience in Energy Industry to join our client that works on mega projects to be based in Brisbane, QLD.

Position Summary:

Undertake the sourcing, selection, awarding and commercial management of goods and services required for ConocoPhillips Australia Operations. Accountabilities & Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the process of procuring services and materials in a timely, efficient, and effective way by managing the stages of prequalification, bidding, evaluating, contracting, and awarding the contract.
• Preparation and collation of information and documents required for end-to-end sourcing activities.
• Working with stakeholders to identify and measure possible contract risks, identify, and implement suitable mitigations.
• Lead and facilitate proposal/tender evaluations.
• Conduct ongoing market intelligence and commercial evaluations. This may include the preparation of should-cost and lifecycle cost models.
• Co-ordination with relevant functions, such as Accounts Payable, HSE, Logistics, Finance, Legal, Information Technology, Engineering, Quality and Employee Relations.
• Prepare internal and external stakeholders contract approval documentation, and complete activities required to facilitate internal and external approvals.
• Ensure effective contract management after award – including setting up the contract, maintaining good relationships, resolving invoicing and systems queries, disputes resolution, evaluating contractor performance, contract amendments, contract value reviews/changes, claims etc.
• Review price adjustments requests from suppliers and compare them with contract terms and market conditions to achieve best value for money outcome.
• Support the Australian Business Unit Downstream departments to manage their budgets related to purchasing goods and services.

Leadership Competencies:

• Takes Accountability
• Drives Performance
• Makes Decisions

Key Stakeholders:

• Internal requestors 
• Contractors/Suppliers
• Functional stakeholders 
• Joint Venture and other Partners and Operations and Exploration 

Experience & Qualifications Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Law or Engineering.
• Minimum 10 years of recent end-to-end contracts & procurement experience.
• Strong negotiation and drafting skills.
• Demonstrated skills in work planning, prioritisation, and management.
• A proven ability to develop and maintain strong internal and external relationships and networks.
• Demonstrated commercial savvy – including understanding value for money and risk management.
• Experience in assessing and managing contract variations, including scope changes and price adjustments.
• Experience in Contract administration such as cost and warranty claims.

Preferred:

• Recent experience preparing and/or overseeing contracts for offshore/drilling campaigns (preferably local Australian projects).
• A good understanding of cybersecurity protections in contracts.
• Experience contracting in a hybrid and knock-for-knock indemnity regime.

If you would like to be considered for the position, please apply direct to this advertisement with your CV & contact details. Or send the same to ***********@airswift.com