Procurement Manager - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Talent Pal

Description

BH-257918

Posted: 18/01/2024

Attractive Day Rate

United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi

Contract

Oil & Gas

Procurement Manager

• Report to : GMP Project Director
• Job Location : Abu Dhabi UAE in FEED contractor offices until end of 2024, relocated to
  
  

EPC contractor offices (expected in UAE) for 3 years.

• Regime: Residential
• Mobilisation date: January 2024
  
  

MISSIONS / JOB DIMENSIONS

The position will include the following missions:

During all phases of the Project:

• The job holder is responsible, on Company's side, for coordinating all the technical
  
  

procurement activities and, to a certain extent, contractual activities related to the

identified GMP Company supplied critical items (LLI's).

• This includes the management and coordination of the whole tendering process (call for
  
  

tenders, clarification phase, evaluation and negotiation phase and recommendation) of

those items.

• During the EPCs tendering phase, the job holder will be requested to review the major
  
  

items to be procured by the future EPC Contractors, and with the different bidders to

review their criticality, their technical and, to a certain extent, their contractual

requirements to be cascaded down, and to ensure, the preparation and future issuance

of Purchase Orders, as their administration as per the EPC execution plannings.

• This includes the management of the qualification process of any new additional
  
  

Vendors and Suppliers.

• During the EPC execution phase, the job holder will ensure that the Contractor
  
  

procurement plan is compliant with the Contract approved vendors list and will follow

the procurement of the main critical Items as of the LLI's.

• The job holder will also supervise the activities of the procurement co-ordinator.
• The job holder shall liaise actively with the Engineering Team and all concerned
  
  

technical specialists involved in the procurement and qualification of vendors and

particularly, regarding the main critical items, in order to implement the most adequate

qualification programs.

• The job holder will also liaise with the Contract Team and under their guidance with the
  
  

Company HQ Procurement departments for all contractual and procurement matters.

• The job holder participates, by the performance of his duties, to the achievement of
  
  

GMP's objectives in terms of Quality, Costs and Schedule.

• The job holder shall observe and shall impose strict confidentiality during the tendering
  
  

phase.

• The job holder reports to the GMP Project Director.
• The job holder is also accountable for demonstrating an exemplary behaviour with
  
  

regard to HSE rules & requirements and for implementing HSE rules within his area of

responsibility.

ACTIVITIES

In particular, among his/her activities, the job holder is required:

• To be informed of Company Rules and Specifications (CR's/GS's), procedures, etc.
  
  

related to Contract and Procurement, Rating of contractors and suppliers, and their

application to the Project.

• To discuss, evaluate and identify with EPC contractors their vendors that will undergo
  
  

the Company qualification process.

• To prepare and manage the qualification process leading to the selection of EPC
  
  

contractors' suppliers and their inclusion in Company's approved vendor list (selection

of potential suppliers, development of questionnaire, ranking of potential suppliers,

compliance to Angolan content and proposal of selection).

• To review, challenge and validate the contractors' vendors' contractual dossier during
  
  

the tendering phase while coordinating the Company specialists involved in the vendor

qualification and evaluation.

• To manage during the clarification phase, all aspects related to the procurement and
  
  

vendors evaluation (clarification meetings / answer to clarification requests / issue of

clarification requests / answer to technical

• queries / exemption requests...), and participate as appropriate to the negotiations with
  
  

bidders

• To liaise with EPC contractors regularly to evaluate impact of procurement critical
  
  

equipment on project schedule and inform/alert GMP management as required.

• To manage and to coordinate requests for technical changes in liaison with the
  
  

Engineering.

• To follow up procurement activities for LLIs and main critical items including expediting
  
  

and inspection, in accordance with Project Contractual documentation.

• To timely report to the GMP Project Director, highlighting progress and encountered
  
  

areas of concern.

• To ensure confidentiality of all the technical, contractual and commercial
  
  

documentation produced (whatever its support) as applicable

CONTEXT AND ENVIRONMENT

• The South Gas Company (SGC) is a governmental sector company (public sector)
  
  

operating in the south of Iraq.

• During the FEED studies Total provides a technical assistance to SGC Project
  
  

Management Team for the review of FEED Contractor engineering deliverables.

• SGC is developing a Gas Hub which objective is to valorize currently flared associated
  
  

gas from several onshore oil fields by gathering and transporting this gas to a new gas

processing plant (GPP).

• The Gas Processing Plant facilities will be installed at the Ar Ratawi site approximately
  
  

65 km west of Basrah city

• The project also includes an extended pipeline interconnecting network together with an
  
  

export storage and offloading jetty terminal.

• The project will be developed in two phases, respectively designed to process 300
  
  

MMSCFD of raw gas each.

• Multicultural environment: FEED Contractor is based in Abu Dhabi UAE. Iraqi rules and
  
  

regulations, administrative requirements and technical authorizations as well as

International codes for onshore plant will apply.

• The context is complex with numerous stakeholders, environmental and societal / local
  
  

content stakes. In the current context of low oil price, the project needs to be developed

on a fast track mode with low CAPEX & OPEX to support the development economics

and enable FID while maintaining the technical quality of the installations, with high

H3SE requirements and focus.

Qualifications And Experience Required

• Mandatory experience in a similar position: Minimum 5 years
• Degree: Engineer or equivalent, C&P certification is a plus
• Professional & Contract experience: 10 to 15 years minimum.
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural business environment.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Language: English as mother tongue or Fluent in English (speaking and writing), French
  
  

and/or Arabic language is a plus.

• Senior experience acquired in Oil & Gas projects and in particular related to
  
  

procurement activities for onshore projects (in Iraq is a plus)

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