CONTRACT MANAGER CV TEMPLATE

PERSONAL SUMMARY

A mission oriented team player and highly successful contract manager with a proven ability
to establish and negotiate the contractual agreements of the company as well as developing
innovative contracting approaches to achieve positive outcomes for users of services.
Possessing a number of significant achievements in the effective recruitment, supervision,
management and development of contracting and commissioning staff.

Presently looking for a acceptable managerial position with a reputable and forward thinking
employer.

CAREER HISTORY

General Contractor Company

CONTRACT MANAGER – May 2008 – Present
In charge of building and managing the relationship and contracts between the company and
it’s suppliers and vendors. Responsible for being the focal point for the treatment of all
contractual issues and also involved in organising and controlling working relationships with
these business partners.

Duties:

 Working hard to reach resolutions and agreements with customers and suppliers.
 Negotiating and managing external and internal procurement and contracting
arrangements.
 Identify procurement opportunities and ensuring these opportunities are evaluated
and progressed.
 Clarifying goals with all interested parties.
 Evaluating the needs of customers and clients.
 Facilitating the re-negotiation of existing contracts.
 Managing invoices from generation to payment.
 Contributing to the business development of the company.
 Ensuring that personnel have access to all Company Policy & Procedure
Documentation.
 Making sure that all procurement and contracting activities are carried out in
accordance with legislation & company policy.
 Monitoring the performance of staff and holding appraisals.
 Supporting senior managers in the development of risk and policy documentation.
 Safeguarding the companies interests.
 Conducting investigations into any technical changes or contractual disputes.
 Define, maintain and improve the bid process of the Company.
  Managing contract staff.
 Monitoring contract budgets & forecasts.
 Providing expert advice to colleagues on any issues that may arise.
 Promoting equality of opportunity and diversity for all employees.
 Leading complex contractual negotiations.
 Making amendments to contractual documents.
 Overseeing and signing off the departmental invoices.
 Regularly monitoring the performance of contracted services to ensure services are
effective.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Management

 Ability to overview situations.

 Continuously monitoring activity, cost and performance.
 Making careful detailed plans.
 Able to prioritise and delegate tasks.
 Competently auditing practices and procedures.
 Capability to identify, manage & develop resources for maximum performance.
 Can work independently or as part of a team.
 Keeping abreast of new legislation, government policy, best practice.
 Able to deal professionally with all matters of discipline and grievance procedures.
 Ability to compile & analyse Key Performance Indicators.
 Having the capability to meet the changing demands of any job.
 Strong stakeholder management experience gained within a complex organization.

Competencies

 Meet minimum height requirements.

 Highly capable in message formulation and communicating with customers.
 Ability to mine information from large data sets.
 Advanced skills in computing
 Acute attention to detail.

KEY COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

Negotiating contracts
estimating and pricing
Problem solving
Analytic skills
Managing tenders
Buying
Networking
Risk management
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Evesham University 2005 – 2008

BA (Hons) Business management

Coventry North College 2003 – 2005

A levels: Maths (C) English (C) Physics (B)

REFERENCES – Available on request.

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CONTRACT SPECIALIST
Five Continents Technical and Industrial Services Establishment

Job Description

Job Specific Accountabilities

• Analyze critical and/or high value commercial requirements from uses and handle the development of their

contracts while recommending various qualification / evaluation criteria and negotiation strategies.

• Advise management and users on various contractual and commercial matters.

• Review and evaluate claims / requests for extra ordinary contract variations and provides technical

contractual advice to the management on negotiations and favourable closeout of these contracts for the

company.

Contracts Administration:

• Review and analyze scopes and specifications for works and services to be contracted, clarify work aspects

and verify technical evaluation criteria.

• Recommend and agree with Supervisor on contracting strategy. Propose contract type and compensation

method. Advise on the development of tender documents, and finalizes them with Legal, Finance divisions in

accordance with Company policies.

• Establish and agree with Supervisor on bidders prequalification criteria. Evaluate contractors’ capabilities,

recommend bidders list and organize the submission to concerned for bidders list approval.

• Provide technical commercial expertise to the Contracts team in development of invitation to tender and

final draft for management approval and issues tender documents.

• Evaluate technical / commercial clarifications. Conduct site visits with bidders. Advice bidders on

clarifications concluded during site visits. Participate in technical and commercial bid opening.

• Evaluate exceptions and qualifications to tender documents raised by bidders, obtains Legal, Finance and

users advices / comments on the issue and advise bidders through proper channels on Company stand.

• Arrange for technical evaluation of bids. Review technical evaluation report and seek authorization for

commercial bid opening.

• Advice on commercial evaluation of bids and finalize techno-commercial evaluation. Propose cases for

negotiation; define basis for negotiation and submit for approval. Participate and contribute in negotiation
meetings, summarize results and obtain confirmation.

• Prepare final recommendations for award in discussion with Supervisor, authorize the final draft and

submits the same for management approval.

• Review and carefully scrutinize the Letter of Award and the Contract Agreements before distribution. Upon

acceptance and sign offs, verify and recommend acceptance of the Performance Bank Guarantees from

Contractors ensuring adherence to Company polices and agreed terms & conditions.

Contract Implementation & Performance:

• Review and analyze claims and requests for variations, provide expert commercial advice to the

management and propose negotiation strategies and meetings to ensure favourable and cost effective

resolution for the Company on contractual discrepancies or disputes.

• Participate and contribute in settle claims meetings with Contractors. Prepares recommendations for

management approval and finalization of the issue as appropriate.

• Liaise with concerned users on the performance evaluation of contractors and advice on complete closeout

of contracts.

Enhancement of Policies & Procedures:

• Review and recommend amendments to existing contracting and service agreement policies, procedures

and systems with a view to enhancing their effectiveness in the light of changing requirements and business

environment.

Skills

Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree Supply Chain Management or any Engineering Discipline.

Minimum Experience & Knowledge & Skills

• 8 or more years of experience in development of high value and complex tenders and contracts, within a

large industrial organization, preferably in the Oil and Gas industry.

• Technical understanding of building, reviewing and finalising various contracts and tendering process

• Sound understanding of commercial management principles with technical knowledge and diversified

capabilities in contracts and risks management, cost effectiveness, legal / economic aspects
 • Good understanding of regulation and control and other relevant legal guidelines

• Good contract negotiation and preparation skills

• Good knowledge and experience in conflict avoidance and contracts dispute resolution

Professional Certifications

• Certified in FRICS (Full Member of Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) is preferable.

Job Details

 Search by Location:Abu Dhabi, UAE

 Search by Industry:Oil/Gas; Legal

 Requirements :Recruitment Agency

 Job Role:Logistics

 Employment Status:Full time

 Employment Type:Full Time

 Manages Others:Yes

 Number of Vacancies:99

 Career Level:Management

 Years of Experience :Min: 8 Max: 20

Company Profile

Five Continents Technical and Industrial Services Establishment (5CE)

was established in December of 1989 and have been in recruitment
services and manpower supply for oil & gas industry for over 25
years.
Five Continents Technical and Industrial Services Establishment is
dedicated in providing manpower services of competitive engineers
and highly skilled technicians for all Oil and Gas Power Industry of Abu
Dhabi & other companies in the Middle East. Our activities are also
extended to the area of recruitment of Direct Hire personnel for
Infrastructure and Oil companies for All ADNOC Group, ADAC, H&P and
more....etc.

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Page 1 of 3 Responsibilities  Analyse the contract terms and identify areas of possible risks and
opportunities related to the application of contract clauses.  Quantify the risk value and be able to
provide mitigating contractual language / article project related solutions to minimize the risk. 
Successfully negotiate contracts with customers with compelling arguments.  Safeguard company’s
contract objectives.  Manage and coordinate (at headquarter/site Company Level) contract
administration activities, providing contract administration resources to bids and projects, ensuring that
all aspects of the contract during the bidding and execution phase are addressed with the objective of
contributing to maximise project revenues.  Assist with the bid handover and booking process and
ensure that the necessary commercial information is understood and disseminated to the extended
project team.  Establish and maintain the project variation control system and managing negotiations
in line with contract requirements.  Ensure compliance with the project specific contractual
administration requirements.  Provide advice, assistance and guidance to management, project
managers and functions on project specific contractual matters. Contract Manager Company: Swiber
Offshore Construction Location: Singapore Testing Page 2 of 3  Manage the ITO (Order to Inquiry)
milestones and invoicing to ensure that the project maintains the best possible free cash flow  Assist
ITO Leader with key contract negotiations during bidding phase  Ensure commercial risks are identified
and managed across the project scopes of work by controlling the overall project risk and opportunity
review and reporting process.  Support periodic client and internal reporting and performance
presentations.  Support the formulation and negotiation of project contractual claims and counter
claims.  Support the handover process to the base organisation at project completion.  Deputise for
the Commercial Manager as required  Assisting the Project Manager with weekly and monthly
reporting – both internally and externally – with regards to Variations and other commercial matters
Requirements  Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, or, other relevant legal, commercial,
energy related degree.  Min 10 years contract management experience in an offshore oil and gas
project environment.  Proven track record in contributing to the improvement of project profitability,
cash flow and control of commercial risk in previous roles.  Commercially, financially and contractually
aware with good communication, inter-personal and negotiation skills.  Strong commercial leadership
skills with proven capability of working in a matrix environment and of leading by influence.  Be able to
work at a detail level and lead the team by example  Industry Legal Awareness: Full understanding and
working knowledge of the key legal risk areas such as but not limited to Contractual Liability, Insurance
requirements, defective performance and Warranty obligations for goods and services and application
of same in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry.  Commercial Awareness: Full understanding and working
knowledge of all aspects of lump sum and reimbursable project related financial and contractual
management clauses in areas such as but not limited to Application of Rates, Confidentiality,
Completion Notices, Payment Profiles & Cashflow, Variation Control, Escalations, Cancellation etc.
required to make sound ITO commercial decisions. Page 3 of 3  Risk Assessment: Understanding of key
commercial risks and areas for opportunity and able to lead project risk review process and
assessments.  PC Literate: Excel, Word, Outlook  Negotiating Skills: To secure favourable outcomes,
having the flexibility to understand and negotiate alternative contractual and commercial positions with
customers (subject to approval)

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Contract Administrator Vancouver, BC As a member of the technical team, the Contract Administrator is
responsible for leading the preparation, analysis, negotiation, and monitoring of contracts that involve
the acquisition of goods and/or services. The Role The role includes the following primary
responsibilities:  Prepares Contracting Plan to support project execution activities.  Coordinates the
compilation and preparation of all contract bidding documentation, including bidders list, inquiry,
requests for proposal and recommendations for award of contract.  Participates in the negotiation of
commercial terms and conditions of all contracts.  Draft contracts based on standard terms and
conditions for approval by management.  Receives requests, obtains estimates, updates records,
initiates paperwork and follows up on request for approval of work scope not previously included in the
contract; processes and obtains approval of contract changes.  Initiates and facilitates meetings with
contractors concerning contractual issues as requested by the Project Manager or Project Services
Manager.  Monitors contractor performance, including the reporting and status of contractor and
owner deliverables.  Prepares and disseminates information to appropriate Steelhead LNG team
members regarding contract status. Provide contract summaries and ensure contract execution in
accordance with company policy.  Tracks authorizations and contract related correspondence. 
Establishes and updates records of all correspondence related to contract activity.  Maintains an audit
file for each contract which includes original contract, authorized Work Orders, all correspondence to
and from the contractor, contract change requests, approved variations, amendments, clarifications,
invoices and payments.  Interprets contract provisions to help resolve claims and questions submitted
by contractors.  Monitors contractors’ compliance with contract requirements ensuring all conditions
are satisfied before approval of the final invoice.  Performs contract closing activities as needed. 
Other duties that may be delegated or required from time to time at the direction of the Project
Services Manager Candidate requirements As the successful candidate, you have knowledge of
requirements for acquiring consulting, engineering, design, construction and installation services in
accordance with established policies and procedures, as well as general knowledge of the laws and
ordinances regulating engineering and construction contracts. You have skill in negotiating, writing and
interpreting contractual agreements. A bachelor's degree or college diploma in business administration,
economics or engineering compliments your minimum of five to ten years of experience in the oil and
gas industry related to engineering and construction contracts.