Description
A leading company in offshore wind is looking for a Contract Manager to be responsible for the procurement, contracts and commercial claims management for their offshore wind farm project. This is a role time freelance contract duration of the contract will be for approx. 5 months start 1st July 2016 up until approx. 31st December 2016 with the possibility of extending further thereafter. Hours of work will be 5 working days per week, 8 hrs a day. The Contract Manager must be prepared to travel to the clients other locations in the UK and Europe.Responsibilities:
- Manage procurement and contract management activities on package level
- Co-ordinate with lead contract manager, contract managers and package manager (s)
- Manage internal and external stakeholders (package level) which will include communication to vendors
- Implement intelligence/solutions from product lines in the project according to projects authorisation Matrix
- Compliance with procurement management plan
- Perform commercial management of contracts
- Perform QA procedure (including interface check) on own package and (if required) on peer package
- Clarify/evaluate commercial part of tenders
- Commercial negotiations and recommendation of preferred tenderer/contract award
- Assess/evaluate/negotiate claims which affect the contract commercially for instance time, price.
- Solid sourcing, negotiation and contract management skills
- Positive, result-oriented and proactive
- Structured and analytic
- Educated to degree level BSc or MSc
- Experience within various types of procurement (services, supplies works)
- Minimum of 5 years experience within procurement and contract management (within process or construction projects
- Experience with procurement categories - development and construction of offshore wind farms