Contracts Specialist
vakansiya — 2024

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee the preparation and revision of contracts that involve the purchase of sale of goods and services;
• Examines performance requirements, delivery schedules, and estimates of costs of material, equipment, and production to ensure completeness and accuracy;
• Oversee proposal planning and administration of contracts;
• Negotiate terms, conditions and pricing, and ensure they are accurately executed and satisfied;
• Prepare contract change notices, monitor contractor performance, including the reporting and status of contractor and owner deliverables;
• Maintain an audit file for each contract which will include original contract, all correspondence, changes/deviations, amendments, clarifications, perform closing activities and payment schedules (if required);
• Analyze and mitigate any risk in contract and agreement preparation;
• Prepares bids, process specifications, test and progress reports, and other exhibits that may be required;
• Serve as a liaison between internal and external parties during contract development and negotiation stages, resolve any existing contract conflicts and facilitate contractor meetings;
• Ensure that contractor is in compliance with legal requirements, owner specifications and government regulations;
• Provide contract summaries and ensure contract execution in accordance with company policy and procedures;
• Track authorizations and correspondence;
• Maintain detailed and organized files;
• Vendor Management, Contract and Agreement Issues, SLA, prolongations, addendums, amendments to or extensions of contracts and agreements;

Requirements:

• Knowledge of Azerbaijan contracting laws and also English law (desirable).
• Knowledge of various types of bidding procedures sufficient to develop contracts for a variety of supply, service and construction requirements.
• Knowledge of contract negotiation techniques sufficient to negotiate and administer contracts where the contracting actions are well defined and precedents are available.
• Knowledge of contract administration principles/practices to monitor contractor performance and solve problems relating to contract modifications, contract progress, contract payments and other similar problems.
• Knowledge of business practices necessary to analyze the contractor’s ability to perform the contract.
• Knowledge of specific contractual requirements, terms and conditions, and pricing provisions necessary to evaluate costs, to analyze effects of contractor change proposals, and to develop positions for negotiating fair and reasonable settlements.
• Knowledge of procurement monitoring and management control techniques necessary to monitor the contractor’s financial and business conditions and to detect indicators having an adverse impact on contract performance;
• Knowledge of technical, oral, and written communications skills.  Must be capable of acting as a team member and lead negotiator when contract negotiation is necessary
• At least 2-3 (three) years’ experience in Procurement or Contract department
• Relevant Bachelor’s and other relevant degree
• Knowledge of MS Excel, MS Word
• Knowledge of Azerbaijani and English is must;
• Other responsibilities assigned by Line Manager.

Please send your CV to the e-mail address by indicating position name in the subject.