A Senior Contracts Advisor opportunity on a 3-year fixed-term contract, responsible for managing complex, high value and high risk contractual and procurement activities across the UK operations of a North Sea E&P company. The role focuses on negotiating strategic service agreements, administering contracts and reinforcing supply chain governance to ensure controlled and compliant delivery in support of offshore operations and projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Initiating, negotiating and administering complex, high value contracts, purchase orders and service orders.
- Leading commercial negotiations to manage financial, legal and reputational risk exposure.
- Acting as primary escalation point for contractual disputes and significant commercial matters.
- Preparing, reviewing and monitoring service contracts, including estimates, commitments, budget controls and cost allocations.
- Overseeing and coordinating all contracting and procurement activities across the UK entity.
- Monitoring and enforcing adherence to Supply Chain Management processes by internal stakeholders.
- Contributing to the development and continuous improvement of contract management and procurement processes, including policy and sourcing strategy enhancement.
- Reviewing and improving contracting and purchasing procedures to strengthen efficiency and governance.
- Supporting contractor management activities in relation to operational performance and HSEQ risk control.
- Managing stakeholder relationships across senior management, legal teams, suppliers and vendors.
- Supporting oversight of procurement spend across operational and capital budgets.
About You:
- Extensive experience in contracts and procurement within the petrochemical or offshore oil and gas sector.
- Strong understanding of UK procurement law, contracting models and regulatory requirements.
- Demonstrable experience managing high value and high-risk service contracts.
- Experience supervising staff or coordinating the work of others.
- Professional qualification such as NEVI or CIPS.
- ERP system experience, ideally SAP.
- Degree in supply chain, procurement, business, law, engineering or a related discipline.
- Strong negotiation capability and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
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