Senior Contracts Specialist

SUMMARY:
The Role:

We are looking for an experienced Senior Contracts Specialist a 12-month fixed term contract for Pretoria.

 

We require a minimum 8 Yearsâ?? work experience in Supply Chain, Procurement and Contract Management on a management level.

 

Working experience with Mega Project in the M...

POSITION INFO:
The Role:

We are looking for an experienced Senior Contracts Specialist a 12-month fixed term contract for Pretoria.

 

We require a minimum 8 Yearsâ?? work experience in Supply Chain, Procurement and Contract Management on a management level.

 

Working experience with Mega Project in the Mining and Construction Industry is essential for this role.

 

Purpose of the role:

• To develop and implement contracting strategies and, commercial value release initiatives
• To provide commercial leadership and expertise within portfolio and support Manager, Capital Buying with regards to execution of contract management strategy for allocated portfolio
• To develop and maintain contracting strategies
• To provide specialist commercial input for contracting across all Business Units
• To provide a portfolio supervisory role in terms of contract vetting, and people performance management and contract lifecycle management

 

Minimum educational level:                                                      

• Relevant Degree

 

We require the following work experience:

• Negotiate procurement savings
• Compile enquiry documentation as per project
• Commercial and financial evaluation of tenders
• Obtain tenders from specific marketplace through solicitation process
• Facilitate commercial process and ensure adherence to sound ethical principles
• Mitigate risk in terms of contractual exposure to the Company
• Agree on supplier negotiation metric and negotiate with successful supplier in finalising contract terms and conditions
• Responsible for contractually committing the Company
• Report on portfolio contract performance in line with agreed targets
• Liaise with strategic sourcing teams on relevant commodity initiatives
• Establish, manage and maintain all portfolio contracts
• Manage supplier/vendor performance
• Manage the drafting of the commercial agreement and finalise sign-off of commercial agreement with suppliers
• Vetting and quality control of portfolio contracts
• Portfolio planning and resource allocation
• SCM balanced scorecard compliance

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identify and support implementation of process and system enhancements to continuously improve commercial management process
• Study / research best practice processes and benchmark the Company processes at regular intervals
• Provide guidance to customers to ensure adherence to all policies, procedures, standards and guidelines
• Ensure supplier stakeholders comply with relevant regulatory requirements
• Identify, manage and mitigate risk associated with Supply Chain Management (SCM) capital buying initiatives
• Integrate Group Capital Buying guidelines and procedures with those of the Companyâ??s SCM blueprint Contract Portfolio Management
• Contract lifecycle management for entire portfolio
• Ensure that the consultation, design, administration, facilitation and coordination of the tendering process completed correctly
• Contribute to overall value release target
• Stakeholder engagement and dispute resolution
• Customer, Stakeholder and Client Relationship Management
• Maintain database of supplier information and ensure that integrity and quality of data are relevant and of required standard

 

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