Contracts Lead Job Doha area,Baladīyat ad Dawḩah Qatar,Business

Category and Contracting Strategy Development:
- A strategic thought leader who will lead the development and execution of category and contracting strategies, which challenge the status quo, leverage industry best practices and drive maximum commerciality and value delivery for the GDI organization.
- Lead and facilitate cross-functional collaboration across the business (including Operations, Technical, Business Development, Legal, Finance, and IT etc) to proactively drive strategy delivery – both pre and post-contract award.
- Implementation of robust contracting, procurement and inventory management strategies, tactics and contract structures to secure third party services and materials in compliance with business need, quality requirements and on best commercial terms that fully accounts for market capacity/capability and risks/opportunities.
- Lead the execution of all Sourcing activities in compliance with the approved strategy (competitive tenders and single/sole source negotiations), ensuring a fair, transparent and ethical process is maintained throughout, which ensures all bidders have a fair and equal opportunity to participate (E&C Gatekeeper role).
- Prepare comprehensive Strategy and Award Recommendation papers and present to executive stakeholders at the Tender Committee for endorsement.
- Oversee the drafting, review, and approval of contracts, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory standards specific to the oil and gas industry.
Deal Making & Negotiation
- Lead deal making and negotiation efforts with complex and/or strategic suppliers, develop detailed negotiation plans and ensure full alignment / co-ordination with the broader contract management team to effectively execute.
- Establish clear escalation pathways with executive stakeholders, leveraging appropriate to overcome negotiation stalemates and maintain momentum of discussions.
Leveraging a deep understanding of key legal / contractual terms and conditions to effectively negotiate alternative positions and arrive at a favourable position which does not expose GDI to unnecessary liability exposure or contractual risk, but maximizes value.
Build and maintain strong relationships with key strategic suppliers and stakeholders, fostering collaboration and trust. Consulting with suppliers & internal stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvement, innovation, and value optimization.
Manage Supplier Relationships effectively and collaboratively to drive continuous performance improvement via relevant contract key metrics (E.g.: QHSE, Operations, Cost). Constructively challenging Suppliers in terms of the contract delivery and performance, and agreeing corrective action where necessary.
Co-ordination of Contract Kick-off meetings and regular Business Performance Reviews (BPRs) with key strategic suppliers.
Establish well defined contract management governance models, adopting a tiered approach which aligns contractor and GDI focal points at an operational, tactical and strategic level. Thereby ensuring conversations and communications with Suppliers are targeted at the right level of each organization and any challenges / issues can be overcome effectively without causing unnecessary distraction to the operational delivery and safety performance.
Thoroughly evaluate and assess all claims and disputes received from contractors to effectively establish entitlement and quantum. Thereafter, building counter proposals and negotiation tactics in alignment with the contract management team to ensure compliance with contract terms, and mitigate any potential value leakage as a result of such claim.
Internal Stakeholder Management
Candidate must possess a strong stakeholder management skillset with the ability to effectively collaborate across all levels of the organization to effectively influence and drive decision consensus cross-functionally within the GDI organization, including at executive stakeholder level.
Proactively identify & understand commercial/procurement needs from internal stakeholders and collaboratively propose competitive solutions. This may involve constructively challenging the Business Demand and/or Procurement…