Manager, Contracts

Manager, Contracts

**Role Summary**

Manages all contracting activities, including pre-qualification, tender management, negotiation, and preparation of contracts.

**Functional Accountability**
- Contributes to achieving the department's strategic objectives through performing own responsibilities and managing direct reports' performance.
- Leads complex contract negotiations and manages all changes in and addendums to existing contracts.
- Analyses all contract requirements and provisions, including terms and conditions, to ensure compliance with all rules, regulations, company policies, and procedures.
- Works closely with the Legal team to develop and improve applicable standardized forms, processes, and procedures.
- Ensure that contracts are executed in accordance with corporate guidelines.
- Ensure contracts and proposals are properly entered into organizational databases and securely maintained.
- Performs risk analysis review for all contractual documents and recommends mitigating options.
- Ensures that all contractual procedures are implemented and maintained.
- Facilitates the contract close-out procedures to ensure that all terms and conditions of contracts have been complied with before final payment to the contractor.
- Perform additional tasks assigned.

**Managerial Accountability**:
Cost

Level of adherence to financial budgets at the Department

Level of operational saving and cost reduction

The level of savings incurred resulted from direct contract negotiations.

**Customer Service**
- SAFE Management's satisfaction with the Procurement services and practices
- External vendors', contractors', and suppliers' satisfaction with the Procurement Department's internal processes and cooperation
- Other sectors' satisfaction with the level of support and services provided by the Procurement department

Operation and Processes
- level of clarity in the SAFE Procurement policies and procedures
- Quality and effectiveness of the Procurement policies and procedures and level of company's adherence to the same
- Number of procedures/ steps required to provide the Procurement services
- Number and quality of improvements and suggestions made to improve the Procurement processes and operations

Learning and Growth
- Level of the department employee's satisfaction with the provided guidance, training, and learning and self-development opportunities in the department
- Level of employees' performance appraisal completed in the department and the average of their performance results
- Employee turnover rate in the department
- Number of suggestions and contributions related to subordinate employees' learning and transfer of knowledge and expertise
- Number of proposals for developmental projects and initiatives

Human Capital Development
- Create strategy, goals, or plans for the team as appropriate, in alignment with SAFE goals.
- Set priorities and manage workload for self and staff.
- Recognize training needs and ensure that staff gain needed skills.
- Create strategy, goals, or plans for the team as appropriate, in alignment with SAFE goals.

**Job Requirements**
- Minimum bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, logistics, or business administration
- Minimum 7 Years of Relevant Experience

**Leadership Competency**

Driving Success
- Translates SAFE vision and goals into clear, specific, and achievable objectives. Takes control of projects, leading on key tasks and monitoring others to ensure they fulfil their roles effectively.
- Demonstrates belief in and personal commitment to SAFE vision and mission. Fulfils commitments while maintaining high levels of productivity and output for self and team.

Building Relationships
- Builds an understanding of key stakeholders (including shareholders), their needs, drivers, and constraints. Develop common understanding across widely competing needs.
- Interacts well with others, quickly establishing rapport and maintaining useful relationships with internal and external stakeholders for the organization's benefit.

Engaging Individuals
- Creates a team identity and shared purpose among team members. Articulates the vision for the future to motivate others to action. Finds effective ways to empower individuals and help them succeed.
- Focuses on developing, coaching, and mentoring talent to enhance skills, knowledge, and abilities to improve individual and organizational performance.

**Core Competency**

Dependability
- Self-driven and takes action proactively.
- Pursues goals with persistence and stamina, works on tasks thoroughly, ensuring accuracy and meeting standards.
- Maintains high levels of quality and effectiveness of work outputs and achieves outstanding results

Collaboration
- Collaborates constructively with people at all levels across the organization
- Helps colleagues and always be available to the team, and delivers on team commitments.
- Trusts the guidance and direction of colleagues and senior members of the team

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