Senior Contracts Advisor

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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