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.

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.

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