Contracts Advisor: Ops - Tullow Oil

Tullow Oil is a well-established, recognised, and African-focused independent oil and gas company. The Group has interests in over 30 exploration and production licences across 8 countries in Africa and South America. Tullow Oil has an exciting opportunity for a Contract Advisor to join the Operational Procurement Team.

Job Purpose

Support the Business Unit in meeting its objectives through relevant C&P (Contracts & Procurement) activity, including:

• Strategy: Development of contracting strategies, including their approvals, and implementation.
• Sourcing: Composition, issuance, and management of Requests for Information/Proposals/Quotations, bid evaluation and negotiation of terms and conditions and pricing, preparation of the recommendation to award documents (internal and external), and award of the final contract.
• Management: Post-award contract management, administration, and reporting, including contractor performance management and for some areas strategic relationship management.

This role is based in Accra, Ghana

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The following are the key roles and responsibilities of the successful candidate

Demand Planning/ Concept/Strategy Development

• Review the annual business plan to understand forward demand and document key findings, priorities, and assumptions from anticipated spending and contracts portfolio.
• Analyze the O&M / L&M business landscape, spend by sub-category and suppliers to feed into category strategy and identify value optimization opportunities.
• Develop contract strategies and sourcing plans for O&M / L&M contracts with due consideration for EHS, technical, local content, pricing, and commercial aspects.

Contracting/Sourcing/ Tendering

• Develop and execute complex RWE tenders, this includes tender requests, tender Develop and execute O&M / L&M tenders, this includes tender requests, tender evaluation, negotiations and supplier due diligence, contract drafting and award of contracts.
• Incorporate Local Content requirements during sourcing events and ensure that the contracts meet the expected Local Content requirements.
• Secure O&M / L&M contracts (drafting and development) and ensure proper storage of contracts and associated documentation in-line with company requirements.

Stakeholder Relationship Management

• Drive O&M / L&M contracts management with end users to ensure that suppliers deliver their performance obligations and comply with the terms and conditions of the contract.
• Provide oversight and conduct O&M / L&M contracts renewal and closure and communicate the updates with relevant stakeholders.
• Collaborate with and develop suppliers to create sustainable long-term relationships where applicable.
• Identify opportunities to create synergies across the business to obtain increased value from the overall procurement contract portfolio.
• Support internal and external audits where required.
• Serve as the C&P Subject Matter Expert for O&M / L&M sourcing and contracting.

Capability Development and other areas

• Assist in the development and implementation of capacity development initiatives to improve procurement outcomes.
• Actively support the rollout of supply chain transformation initiatives (e.g., Contract Lifecycle Management and Supplier Management);
• Uphold and work within the company values and Code of Ethical Conduct Policy.

Skills

• Formulating, evaluating, and negotiating complex contracts.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with diverse business drivers and variables.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and often competing priorities.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form and articulate and present solutions.
• Advanced English language and numeracy skills.
• High level of competency in MS Office Software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

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Experience

• Proven experience in energy or extractive/heavy industry (ideally with exposure to O&M / L&M) sourcing, contracting, negotiation, and contract management.
• Good understanding of complex supply chains operating across international boundaries with multiple source points for the supply of equipment, materials, personnel, and services.
• Good understanding of significant legal and commercial issues within the supply chain.
• Proven experience of negotiating contracts (simple and complex)
• Working within a joint venture and/or production-sharing environments typically found in the oil and gas industry.
• Awareness of oil and gas field development and production operations activities.

Academic Qualifications

• Degree qualification relevant to the job description.
• Preference for additional SCM-related qualifications, e.g. CIPS, MBA