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Job Description
We aim to meet the energy needs of society in ways that are economically, socially and environmentally viable, now and in the future. Learn about our business and people, and how a small shop in London nearly 200 years ago grew to become one of the world’s major energy companies.
Royal Dutch Shell was formed in 1907, although our history dates back to the early 19th century.
Our headquarters are in The Hague, the Netherlands, and our Chief Executive Officer is Ben van Beurden. The parent company of the Shell group is Royal Dutch Shell plc, which is incorporated in England and Wales.
Our strategy seeks to reinforce our position as a leader in the oil and gas industry, while helping to meet global energy demand in a responsible way. Safety and environmental and social responsibility are at the heart of our activities.
Our purpose
We believe that oil and gas will remain a vital part of the global energy mix for many decades to come. Our role is to ensure that we extract and deliver these energy resources profitably and in environmentally and socially responsible ways.
We seek a high standard of performance, maintaining a strong and growing long-term position in the competitive environments in which we operate.
We aim to work closely with our customers, our partners and policymakers to advance a more efficient and sustainable use of energy and natural resources.
Senior Contract Specialist
Sarnia - Refinery, Canada
Skillpool group: Contracting and Procurement
Updated: 08-Mar-2018
Reference ID: 73037BR
This job is part of the Contracting & Procurement team, in a dynamic and fast paced work environment at the Shell Sarnia Manufacturing Centre in Sarnia, Ontario. The successful candidate will get invaluable site experience and professional growth with a leading global energy company, while managing around $50 million per year in contract spend. The Contract Specialist is primarily focused on service and materials contracts.
The Contract Specialist is a key member of the Site CP Team responsible for overseeing daily execution of contracts in the field and driving continuous improvement initiatives with site stakeholders. The Contract Specialist is single focal point accountable for leading the development of local, site specific sourcing strategies and localizing regional and framework agreements to meet specific business needs. In addition, the Contract Specialist is responsible for effectively leveraging the CP Operations organization for operational contract sourcing, contract management, and ensuring robust execution of RtP (Requisition to Pay) processes at the site to meet business needs.
Accountable for the overall development and delivery (end-to-end implementation) of procurement strategies to maximize the value of spend on a total life cycle basis.
Lead the development of contracting strategies including tender, negotiation and award and the post-award contract management and continuous improvement against the deals.
Take an active role in implementing Enterprise Framework Agreements at the site, including implementation of local call-offs and transition between suppliers.
Ability to interface effectively with CP and business stakeholders across a wide variety of backgrounds and levels, both at the plant and regional level.
Be the commercial focal for site contracts, and own the commercial relationship with vendors.
Ensure HSSE (Health, Safety, Security and Environmental) compliance within the site to deliver Goal Zero safety performance.
Obtain active support for key procurement goals and objectives via local stakeholder engagement; able to link these goals to business needs and benefits, including LEAN manufacturing principles.
Deliver supply chain cost improvement to achieve site business plan targets.
Ensure compliance with established strategies, contracts, policies, and procedures.
Manage relationships with key third party providers to meet business challenges and identify improvement opportunities.
Develop new commercial ideas and opportunities to enable the business to meet current and prospective business challenges.
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Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the supply market, including a strong understanding of the drivers of value and cost for principle providers in the market; strong knowledge of the risks in the market and how best to respond; and a clear view of the ways in which we can most beneficially shape the market.Enforce CP policies and procedures, Contract Review Board processes, Requisition to Pay processes, and ERP related processes and procedures.
Develop, document and present robust Contract Review Board submittals for local / regional strategies.
Dimensions
Site CP focal point for the development all service and material sourcing strategies and activities supporting primarily the Maintenance team, and other run & maintain organizations at site. Contract Portfolio covers primarily Maintenance spend in the range of $50 million CAD per annum. This role manages a team of Buyers and Requisitioners / Materials Coordinators.
Special Challenges:
Ability to provide cross-functional leadership and influence others without direct line authority including connecting sourcing strategies across the site.
Prioritize demanding workload; able to develop effective plans for meeting required timelines.
Change management with the business as we continue to drive for global/regional best practice, and operational excellence.
Pressure to continually improve cost position by looking at price, specifications and demand, while maintaining high quality and safety standards.
Maintain appropriate balance between focusing on what will drive the greatest value or mitigate the biggest risks.
Comfortable working across organizational boundaries to deliver results (i.e. CP Operations, Group CP, Manufacturing, Finance, HSSE, etc.)
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Contract Specialist - Turnarounds
Sarnia - Refinery, Canada
Skillpool group: Contracting and Procurement
Updated: 08-Mar-2018
Reference ID: 73038BR
This job is part of the Contracting & Procurement team, in a dynamic and fast paced work environment at the Shell Sarnia Manufacturing Centre in Sarnia, Ontario. The successful candidate will get invaluable site experience and professional growth with a leading global energy company, while managing around $50 million per year in contract spend. The Contract Specialist is primarily focused on service and materials contracts for the Turnarounds team.
The purpose of a Contract Specialist with the Turnaround and Project Organizations is to support business stakeholders by developing/executing sourcing strategies to optimize Shell’s buying power and reduce overall third party spend. The Contract Specialist will work closely with fellow Contracting and Procurement personnel, the business, and third-party suppliers to integrate and achieve cost savings targets while continuing to ensure business continuity.
• Processes material and service requests on a daily basis.
• Creates, organizes, and issues purchase orders for approval in GSAP.
• Identifies qualified suppliers for Request-for-Quote (RFQ) solicitations regarding materials and services for Maintenance, Projects and Turnarounds in accordance with Site Contract Review Board sourcing strategy guidelines.
• Coordinates and negotiates with suppliers to support business stakeholder terms and conditions, shipping options, delivery dates and lead times.
• Tracks on-time delivery of materials/services during execution.
• Troubleshoots issues with Purchase Orders, vendor outline agreements, payment terms, and invoices.
• Engages Requisitioner team to manage cost on an event-by-event basis.
• Collaborates with Project Controls in organizing and managing costs on an event-by-event basis.
• Supports Site CP initiatives and sourcing guide thresholds and executes contracts and strategies accordingly.
• Coordinates annual standing purchase orders for Site.
• Challenges demand, specification, and cost to deliver savings on a continual basis.
Special Challenges:
Prioritize demanding workload; able to develop effective plans for meeting required timelines.
Change management with the business as we continue to drive for global/regional best practice, and operational excellence.
Pressure to continually improve cost position by looking at price, specifications and demand, while maintaining high quality and safety standards.
Maintain appropriate balance between focusing on what will drive the greatest value or mitigate the biggest risks.
Comfortable working across organizational boundaries to deliver results (i.e. CP Operations, Group CP, Manufacturing, Finance, HSSE, etc.)
Capable of supporting challenging stakeholders.
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