Senior Procurement and Contract Manager
My client is seeking for a Senior Procurement and Contract Manager.
My client is one of the world's largest engineering consultancy companies and with more than 100 years of experience, He is able to offer to its customers multidisciplinary solutions in energy, water and infrastructure. Its broad range of expertise extends across Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East and Latin America, and allows to rise to our clients' most demanding challenges with the same high-quality engineering and consulting services no matter where their projects are.
In order to strengthen its Procurement and Contract Manager activity my client is actively looking for a :
Senior Procurement and Contract Manager
Mission and main responsibilities
- 10 years of Experience in the procurement of transmission lines , substations and related works ( minimum 2 transmissions lines at minimum 225 kV and 2 substations at the same level) including follow up of the contract in their technical , legal and administrative aspects .
- Shall have experience of contract management in multinational and multiagency context .
- Shall have the capacity to put in place and manage systems for monitoring the quality and progress of the contractual aspects of the projects and to report any deviations / trends to the Project Director and Site Project Manager.
- Shall have a knowledge of the World Bank Standard bidding document for DS&I contracts and be proficient in World Bank , African Development Bank and AIB procedures : Final supervision Report ( Following Final Completion Acceptance ) , Claims , Variation and Counter -Claims Documentation, Outstanding Works and Defects List ( Punch List , Upon competition, Payments) certification , Defects Report (During Defect Liability Period )
- Establish supplier selection criteria, lead competitive process, negotiate and drive final supplier selections in partnership with Engineering and Project Management
- Conduct clarification with tenderers, tenders evaluation according to the sourcing strategy and establish a shortlist of tenderers selected for negotiation in cooperation with the project team;
- Conduct commercial negotiation with tenderers in cooperation with the project team and provide contract award recommendation;
Pre-requisites:
- Business background , engineering knowledge will be an asset.
- Fluent in English and French;
- Good knowledge of Office 365 and e-sourcing tools;
- Pragmatic in problem solving;
- Agility in a dynamic environment;
- Good communications verbal/oral skills;
Location :
Main location in Brussels with punctual travels to the project in Africa.
ewi is an international consultancy focused on the search & selection of the Worlds leading engineering and construction professionals. We specialize in recruiting expats and local experts for major infrastructure and build projects across the globe.
For more information on any senior T&D jobs please contact Chaimaa Mestani at ewi recruitment (c.mestani@ewi-group.com)
EWI Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.