Permanent - Contracts Manager - Ekurhuleni (East Rand) - South Africa

Reporting to the Legal and Commercial Director

Oversee Sasol Contracts (Secunda and Sasolburg)

Responsible for ensuring that all Contracts, and Site operations allocated to him are carried out in an Efficient, Safe and Profitable manner and that all Company Policies and Procedures, Clients Specifications and Regulations and Legal and Statutory Requirements are adhered to.

Responsible for the management of the Site Managers, Site Administrators, Safety Officers all Site Employees at highest levels of excellence Key functions are the Planning, monitoring of contracts in hand, in order to ensure that work is executed within the budgets allowed and in accordance with the contractual programme.

Outputs:

1. Optimization of financial and commercial performance of contracts

• Actively manage:
  • Allowables
  • Costs
  • Revenue
• Review financial information and compile comprehensive reports on financial status
• Prepare trend analysis and forecast reports
• Manage procurement activities
• Encourage direct reports to meet targets
• Ensure careful and continuous attention to correct allocation of costs
• Timeous management of financial and commercial impacts of a contract
• Comply with Corporate Governance
• Continually research and explore innovations to current systems and processes

2. Ensuring contractual compliance, management and resolution of contractual issues

• Ensure timeous notification of delays to relevant stakeholders
• Ensure claims are compiled with input from relevant stakeholders
• Ensure claims are submitted timeously to the client / client’s representative
• Resolve commercial claims with the client / client’s representative

3. Risk Management:

• Ensure consistent and accurate compliance with all commercial contract requirements
• Ensure compliance with all legal policies, procedures and requirements

4. Effective management of project resources

• Mobilise and utilise all resources in a timeous and relevant manner
• Reconcile resources on a regular basis
• Monitor Allowables vs. Actual
• Effective demobilisation of resources
• Ensure resources comply with project requirements
• Ensure billing control

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Contracts Manager
• Engineering Qualification (Electrical/Mechanical)
• Project Management qualification an advantage
• Knowledge of NEC (essential)
• Strong Management skills - managing a large team of Site Managers, Site Administrators, Safety Officers all Site Employees
• Commercial experience
• Commercial Acumen  
• Fully bilingual in English and Afrikaans is required, with a black language being an advantage.
• Previous Sasol experience advantageous