C&P Drilling Lead

C&P Drilling Lead

Role Overview

The C&P Drilling Lead manages and organises the Drilling, Wells and Logistics activities of the Contracts and Procurement function. This role coordinates the wider Contracts and Procurement workforce supporting partner entities across a global and international scope.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality contracting and procurement dossiers to support sound decision-making, with clear identification of risks, uncertainties and opportunities.
• Optimise safety, performance and productivity across drilling operations.
• Provide technical advice for selecting technological solutions, vendors and equipment to improve operational efficiency.
• Develop the technical capability of the team.
• Support validated reservoir-wellbore interface decisions, recognising their impact on well architecture and cost.
• Influence internal and external stakeholders to align with procurement strategies.
• Implement directives and optimise processes to achieve medium-term objectives.
• Manage budgets for specific or recurring studies and oversee substantial CAPEX and Major Risk scopes within the drilling and wells discipline.

Leadership and Governance Activities

• Ensure compliance with the Code of Conduct.
• Support partner entities with all Contracts and Procurement activities.
• Organise and control the Contracts and Procurement function daily.
• Ensure strategies presented to Contract Committees are appropriate, transparent and justified.
• Lead cost optimisation and reduction using market intelligence, supplier qualification and evaluation, cost models and target pricing.
• Promote continuous improvement of C&P practices, procedures and reference documentation.
• Lead meetings with partner entities and technical managers.
• Coordinate workload across the Contracts and Procurement workforce.
• Maintain the required level of competence for delivery of Contracts and Procurement activities.
• Ensure Category Management involvement for activities covered by an established category.
• Communicate good practice and lessons learned on contractual matters.
• Participate in job specification, competence assessment and recruitment processes for personnel.

Drilling and Wells Contracting and Procurement

• Anticipate partner-entity requirements through preparation of procurement plans.
• Supervise the establishment of technical contracts and participate directly in the most complex contracts and purchase orders.
• Manage contracting and procurement processes in accordance with established rules and procedures.
• Receive, control and distribute material purchase requisitions to the procurement team.
• Ensure effective use of tools and systems to maximise productivity.
• Maintain a validated log of savings generated by Contracts and Procurement within the role's domain.
• Validate or ensure validation of contractual documents and formal correspondence issued by the Contracts and Procurement function.
• Verify operation, use and maintenance of the supplier database.
• Conduct selective contractual audits to confirm performance against contractual terms and conditions.
• Support the settlement of disputes and lawsuits with Legal, Insurance and Finance teams by proposing strategies and participating in negotiations.
• Define and monitor KPIs to improve efficiency.
• Maintain local content in contract templates and adapt international versions to local requirements.
• Provide global reporting on Drilling and Wells C&P activity to management.
• Define, adopt and monitor contracting and procurement strategies, including category strategies.

Requirements

• Master's degree or equivalent Level 7 qualification.
• Advanced Contracts and Procurement technical competence, with knowledge of related technical disciplines.
• International experience is required.
• Understanding of core operational activities, including project management, exploration, drilling, engineering and field operations.
• Excellent negotiation skills and strong contractual expertise in the relevant domain.
• Technical knowledge of drilling and wells activities.
• Team-oriented approach and strong communication skills.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Advanced certification in C&P tools is required.
• 10 to 15 years of experience, with excellent supply-chain knowledge.