The Contracts and Commercial Director leads and directs the Group Contract and Commercial preparation activities for business Units. Responsible for monitoring all types of agreements and contracts covering products/services provided by the organization to its Clients and ensure that the Company meets its contractual obligations to the customers complete satisfaction after award of any project.
Direct all commercial issues that arise, including communicating and liaising the Client, subcontractors and suppliers on such issues.
Drive operations and profit plans to budget through successful leadership, organizational plans, customer service, and outstanding execution of all strategies.
Develop and execute business strategies to deliver growth in accordance with the organization's strategic plans.
Monitor the implementation of commercial policies and procedures within the organization ensuring legal compliance.
Ensure to monitor all Company on-going projects, guide and direct contract manager and QS teams for mandatory procedures and actions on daily basis to achieve Company targets.
Direct contract terms, pricing and payment schedule to ensure that the agreement with Consultants and Subcontractors/Suppliers are commercially advantageous and within the approved budgets.
Produce and implement a claim management Schedule for the control and monitoring of contractual claims, tracking and control of any variation/change order in the Contract scope/schedule of the project.
Ensure proper timeous management, control and tracking of all variations and claims to be incorporated in the project on a monthly/quarterly reporting basis.
Direct to settlement/closure of the pending commercial and contractual issues with the Client, as well as top management for smooth advancement of the project whenever needed.
Monitor the on-going Company running projects budgets, claims, time extensions, variations, value engineering for setting out the corrective actions and proper advice to top management and project team.
Monitor the Company’s overall running Business Units cash-flow position to ensure the compliance with the budgeted costs on daily, weekly and monthly basis.
Ensure to give a support and back up on contracts level to the project team on daily basis.
Provide contractual advice on all contractual matters related to all ongoing projects.
Contract Claims and practical use of the various Forms of Contract Conditions such as FIDIC or other
related/bespoke documents.
Knowledge of Contract and Tender requirements, guidelines and procedures. Knowledge of latest Qatar
Specifications (QCS).
Knowledge of Company's products, processes and services. Knowledge of corporate policies and procedures.
Expert knowledge of contracting concepts, uniform commercial codes and applicable local law and regulations.
ERP knowledge preferably SAP functional skills are a requirement to be successful in this role.
Minimum 8 years working experience, 5 years in a relevant supervisory position, 2 years GCC experience is a plus