Contract and Claims Manager

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of major procurement programs in line with overall procurement strategy.
• Identify contract requirements and write specifications for a medium portfolio or area of the business for existing contracts and/or new contracts.
• Manage a portfolio of contracts and negotiate service level agreements.
• Plan, coordinate and supervise activities relating to major contracts.
• Manage a category plan/program in line with the organization's purchasing/procurement and/or sales strategy ensuring realization of synergies, like cost savings and risk-reduction, and/or optimization of the category profit, while reporting to senior colleagues.
• Collect and analyze the key cost drivers, market dynamics and issues, areas of innovation, and alternative suppliers for high-risk area(s) with few alternatives/high costs of changing, in consultation with relevant functions to provide solid market information for decision making.
• Develop and/or deliver budget plans with guidance from senior colleagues.

Requirements

• University / Post Graduate (Masters Degree) in engineering, business administration or equivalent qualification
• 5 to 10 years of experience in construction contract administration or managing commercial relationship in large investment projects being executed on an EPC/EPCM contractor basis
• Established project management skills and knowledge of relevant IT tools
• Professional applicable experience including contract administration and/or subcontract administration, claims management and drafting / reviewing contract related documents and correspondence
• Change order and claims negotiation management experience
• Procurement phase experience reviewing RFPs, certs and reps compliance, contract terms and risk assessment support
• Able to build and maintain strong relationships with different stakeholders within and outside the organization
• Flexibility and willingness to travel (20-30%)
• Able to develop commercial relationships across a range of cultures to ensure the project cost, timeline and quality