Procurement & Contracts Management Lead

Procurement & Contract Management Lead required for a major offshore wind developer based in Poland

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for project procurement and contract management activities. Lead procurement and contract management team during construction phase of a major offshore wind farm project
• Reporting to the EPCI Director
• Manage procurement and contract related interfaces and activities
• Continuous cooperation with other work streams, packages and other departments
• Monitor procurement and contract time schedules and timelines
• Support contract managers in supplier negotiations in procurement, contract management and claims resolution
• Facilitate cooperation/coordination between Package managers and Contract Managers
• Co-ordinate preparation of the contracts and agreements drafts
• Ensure good practice and compliance measures are adhered to throughout contract procurement and execution
• Support Contract Managers in contracts negotiation and initial escalation
• Ensure the use procurement process to drive most economically advantageous outcomes
• Ensuring processes are defined and utilised for conducting tender evaluation process with Package managers
• Ensuring processes are defined and utilised for conducting commercial evaluations
• Allocate responsibilities to Contract Managers
• Evaluate performance of Contract Managers and support them to achieve goals
• Monitor and report the project exposure to commodity market pricing changes
• Monitor and report the projects commitment and liabilities
• Report summary of package progress and status of claims
• Ensure use of Contract trackers to plan and monitor execution of contracts
• Work with legal team to support contract execution queries and disputes

Requirements

• 10+ years’ experience in offshore wind industry in a procurement role
• Experience of a procurement land contract management lead role in a major offshore wind project
• Experience of negotiating, managing contract and disputes