Contracts Manager

Job description

The Contract Manager leads and manages contract development for miscellaneous project service contracts and orders (ie camp maintenance, consulting, engineering studies) and associated scopes used by various Global project teams typically $10K-$50M USD range

This is an individual contributor position that will collaborate with the global Procurement contracting team, functions and project teams

What You Will Do

Develop project spot orders and develop and maintain a portfolio of service contracts

Host as required, a Project Contracting Strategy workshop with project management to develop the Project Work Breakdown Structure for the overall capital project

Lead and manage contract development, including coordination of scope and job specification components

Ensure consistency between General Terms and Conditions Document and all other contract components (exhibits, job specification, etc) prior to bid issue

Lead commercial evaluations as a member of bid review teams ensuring that commercial impact of any contractual or technical/execution issues/exceptions resolved/changed during the evaluation period are accurately reflected in final total evaluated cost and contract documents

Ensure all documents and exhibits are complete and included in final agreements, all functional reviews and management approvals are completed/obtained as required

Collaborate, handle conflict and resolve complex commercial exceptions with bidders legal and management representatives in a timely manner

Develop agreements with Lump Sum, Time and Materials, Reimbursable Cost and Unit Rate compensation structures

Communicate and present with excellence appropriate messages to various levels of leadership as well as external parties

Proactively and frequently communicate and collaborate within Projects organization, functions (ie legal) and Procurement category families to maximize commercial outcomes

Monitor status of the contractor market (seeking input from Category Managers)

Analyze data on market intelligence from other internal groups and use results to optimize project execution strategies

Integrates overall commercial technical contracting components and ensures overall contract quality and integrity

Follow all ExxonMobil controls and system requirements

Collaborate with a global team and willing to adapt schedule to align with project teams

Support project service contracting needs with tight deadlines

Skills and Qualifications

Bachelors in Engineering, Supply Chain, or other applicable business degrees with minimum 6 CGPA

Minimum 3 years of experience of service contracts as a Contracts Manager on project

Minimum 3 years of broad-based contracting experience including contract development, contract maintenance and negotiations experience in related professional experience

Contracting experience in the Oil and Gas Industry

Strong commercial proficiency contract development with variety of compensation types (lump sum, time and materials, reimbursable and unit rate), negotiation and influence, bid development and evaluation, total system cost development, analytical skills, supplier relationship management, contracting strategy development, contract maintenance

Outstanding behavioral proficiency internal initiative/drive, resilience, communication skills, ability to integrate easily

Other strong proficiency service excellence, sound decision maker, strong collaborator, knowledge of requisition/purchase to pay process

Preferred Qualifications/Experience:

Knowledge of the India international EPC market, contracts (reimbursable and lump-sum), and supply chain

Understanding of Engineering Services/EPC Category Agreement templates/compensation methodologies

Strong understanding of contracting and capital project risk management expectations and common business control requirements

Knowledge of SAP