Senior Contract Specialist - Corporate Service Contracts

Hays

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ref: GP222-2967

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Our client requires a Senior Contract Specialist and a Specialist to join on a mega project in Riyadh, KSA.

The Senior Contract Specialist leads the procurement of low to high complexity corporate contracts within IT, HR, finance and health care packages and supports the Procurement Manager and Procurement Director on the execution of the procurement, working effectively with internal departments, external stakeholders and other members of the Procurement team.

While carrying out procurement activities, the Senior Contract Specialist provides commercial leadership in corporate teams, developing and executing creative strategies to ensure work is conducted with rigorous professional standards in full compliance with organisational governance.

Contracting Strategies & Tender Plans:
• Reviews End User Scopes and advises most appropriate tendering and contracting strategy.
• Examine scope of work and other information provided by End Users and/or consultants for completeness and consistency.

Tender Documents:
• Compiles and Prepares Tender Documents to be issued.
• Prepare comprehensive ITT packages using standard forms and coordinate issuance to approved bidders.

Tender Period:
• Manages the communication, bidder’s queries and Tender Addendum's during the tender period with necessary input from the End User where required.

Tender Evaluation:
• Coordinate and attend technical and commercial bid openings.
• Preform evaluation of commercial aspects of the technical submissions and evaluation of the commercial bid.
• Prepares recommendation for award for Notice of Award.

Requirements

• Suitable candidates will have a Bachelor’s / Master’s Degree in a relevant subject with a Procurement Qualification (e.g. CIPS or relevant Masters) and a minimum of 10 years of experience in Procurement organisations with at least 5 years applicable experience in managing / leading corporate services procurement.
• International and Middle East experience is advantageous.

About the Company

At Hays, we invest in lifelong partnerships that empower people and businesses to succeed. With over 50 years’ success under our belts and a workforce of 10,000+ people across 32 countries, we’ve evolved to put our customers at the heart of everything we do.

So much more than a specialist recruitment business, what really sets us apart is our knowledge through scale, deep understanding and our ability to meaningfully innovate for our customers. By providing advice, insights and expertise on issues you face today in the fast-paced world of work, we help you make the right decisions for tomorrow.

Offering an unrivalled suite of recruitment and workplace solutions, whether you’re looking for what’s next in your career, or have a gap to fill, we’ll help you get where you want to go.

You can rely on us to deliver today and help you plan for tomorrow.

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