Manager, Commercial Contract Management

Responsibilities

• Act as a consultant to the leadership team providing strategic advice and guidance on the organization’s contract management strategy.
• Provide expertise on best practices for developing and managing mega-project contracts, including strategies for oversight and reporting contract execution.
• Provide leadership on the planning, oversight, and advice on types of standard contract documents and the reviewing and directing final contract preparation.
• Provide expertise and work with local project management teams to develop and implement tactical solutions.
• Manage the commercial team in the execution of contract work projects to ensure compliance with standard contract administration practices and policies.
• Liaise and collaborate with Procurement and Legal teams relative to procurement and contract bid processes to ensure contract administration needs and requirements are addressed.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams in negotiations to resolve contractual disputes.
• Oversee Commercial Management to ensure that :
• Best practices are implemented, and good standards of corporate governance are adhered to;
• Commercial issues are aligned with the project controls needs and contracting strategy;
• Risks are identified, appropriate mitigation measures are established, and compliance is monitored;
• Maintain accurate records for all contracts.
• Provide expertise to the team by :
• Working with the PMO Contract Manager to provide advice relating to the procurement strategy
• Working with the Procurement Manager to provide contract advice relating to the procurement strategy;
• Identification and mitigation of risks;
• Strategize, review, and draft of contract special terms and conditions for inclusion in competitive documentation to align with the procurement strategy;
• Review, evaluate and assess of contractual and legal implications of competitive submissions with Legal and Procurement Manager
• Ensure the Commercial Management team :
• Administer all matters relating to the execution of works under contracts including conformance, meetings, meeting minutes, instructions, payments, progress reporting, contract change management, claims, commercial and contractual matters, close-out and the like;
• Coordinate with Procurement for advice and issue of contract exceptions and variations;
• Provide periodic reports on the status of contracts under execution;
• Liaise with the mega-Project team and other third parties in relation to contract management matters;
• Control correspondence such as letters, faxes, emails, minutes, and the like, and are filed correctly;
• Ensure all document and version control is applied to relevant documentation.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience

1b) preferably multidisciplinary contracts (EPC / EPCM, Partnership / Alliance / IPD agreements)