Procurement & Contract Management Lead Offshore Windfarm European Developer Remote Working (Monthly trips to Poland) Freelance – 18 Month Contract Competitive Day Rate
Currently recruiting for a Procurement & Contract Management Lead to join the Procurement & Contract Management team of a large, offshore wind farm developer in Poland. Reporting into the EPCI Director you will have overall responsibility for project procurement and contract management activities and lead the procurement and contract management team during the construction phase of a major offshore wind farm project.
Key Responsibilities
Lead Procurement team, allocate work and monitor performance
Defining and implementing procurement and contract management processes
Represent procurement function in project finance and commercial matters
Ensure procurement teams cooperation and communication with package management team
Coordinate with legal team on resource and support requirements
Ensuring Procurement Guidelines and Processes are followed by project team
Major Tasks
Manage procurement and contract related interfaces and activities
Continuous cooperation with other work streams, packages and other departments
Monitor procurement and contract time schedules and timelines
Support contract managers in supplier negotiations in procurement, contract management and claims resolution
Facilitate cooperation/coordination between Package managers and Contract Managers
Co-ordinate preparation of the contracts and agreements drafts
Ensure good practice and compliance measures are adhered to throughout contract procurement and execution
Support Contract Managers in contracts negotiation and initial escalation
Ensure the use procurement process to drive most economically advantageous outcomes
Ensuring processes are defined and utilised for conducting tender evaluation process with Package managers
Ensuring processes are defined and utilised for conducting commercial evaluations
Allocate responsibilities to Contract Managers
Evaluate performance of Contract Managers and support them to achieve goals
Monitor and report the project exposure to commodity market pricing changes
Monitor and report the projects commitment and liabilities
Report summary of package progress and status of claims
Ensure use of Contract trackers to plan and monitor execution of contracts
Work with legal team to support contract execution queries and disputes
Key Deliverables
Contract status recording and reporting
Project level procurement and contract management processes
Procurement management plan
Contract management plan
Knowledge sharing
Qualifications & Experience
10+ years’ experience in offshore wind industry in a procurement role
Experience of a procurement land contract management lead role in a major offshore wind project
Experience of negotiating and managing contract and disputes