Contract Administrator
Position Description:
The Contract representative provides contracts Administration, Initiates guidelines, coordinates activities and provides technical expertise to assure the proper and timely development and/or maintenance and administration of contracts. Maintains conformity to the accepted corporate contracting policies and procedures, and ensures that all indirect contractual requirements are considered in cost estimates while submitting proposals for bidding in a timely and cost-effective manner. Provides direction to relate contract actions, such as contract initiation processes, technical evaluation criteria, contractor evaluation, contract extensions, contract renewals and termination. The candidate will not have primary approval authority, but will recommend approval based on technical requirements and contract administration experience.
Duties And Responsibilities:
- Performs all functions common to the Work Director level as established by management.
- Provides complex technical advice for preparing estimates incorporating all the indirect contractual requirements that needs cost consideration while bidding for large value long term contracts.
- Directs and participates in the development of estimation proposal and financial studies that establish feasibilities for contract services and evaluation for alternatives that may be technical, financial and/or
- procedural/administrative.
- Coordinates and/or participates in Job-ex meetings and obtain all clarifications for preparing the competitive bid for long-term contracts.
- Coordinates and/or participates in the development of a professional level of analyses of company risk or exposure.
- Coordinates and/or participates in the development of a professional level of analysis and technical qualification of bidders.
- Coordinates and/or participates in the development of scopes of work for various contract services.
- Develops professional-level presentations to executive management, and makes presentations or participates in the presentations to the Services Review Committee.
- Participates as the contract proponent representative or delegates participation on the bid review team charged with development of a realistic company position on contract terms and the negotiation of these terms.
- Participates as the contract representative in a professional analysis of the bid response and negotiation offers, and in the preparation of counter offers.
- Negotiates with contractors as part of a negotiating team comprised of Contracting and contract proponent representatives. Coordinates or participates in the preparation of responses to contractor claims and represents the proponent on claim review panels.
- Coordinates or participates in the verification of contractor costs and the preparation of cost escalation or de-escalation amendments.
- Recommends changes to contracting procedures or contracts.
Minimum Requirements:
- A bachelor's degree in Human Resources or business discipline. An MBA is desirable.
- 8 years of experience in the service related industry with preferred experience Manpower Supply Contracts. A minimum of 3 years of progressively responsible work or contact with auditing, accounting, and contracting techniques and procedures is desirable;
- A high level of fluency in oral and written English is essential.
- The ability to motivate subordinate professional people, and to communicate both orally and in writing with professional-level people in other fields and senior and executive management; both within and outside the company
- Prior GCC experience is desirable.
Estimator-1 No:
Bachelor Degree in Finance/Cost Accounting /HR / Engineering with minimum 8 years experience in cost estimation of manpower recruitment/outsourcing organization. Must be familiar with various components of Manpower costing, which include but not limited to costing related to Recruitment, Mobilization, Overhead and other related expenses. Work experience with international recruitment firm or Mega recruitment companies will be an add advantage. Candidate must have excellent skills in Excel and familiar with Financial and HR Terms. Middle east experience will be an added advantage
Please forward yours CV at jobs@chaudhryassociates.com