GPC & AP Contracts Specialist

DESCRIPTION OF THE ROLE ON THE PROJECT

GPC AP Contracts Specialist is an operational role which will be geared towards supporting Supply Chain Management across multiple tenders and projects. All personnel are expected to adhere to local HSEQ codes and practices and Subsea 7 Code of Conduct.

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contracts Management: the candidate should have proven capability (without supervision).
• Commercial benefits and risk: qualifying and making recommendations on main contract and purchase agreements to maximise commercial benefits and manage risk.
• Draft legal documents: drafting in a legal/contractual context.
• Substantiate contractual entitlements: creating and compiling evidence to substantiate contractual entitlements.
• Change management: applying change management principles and procedures for identifying and supporting contract change recoveries.
• Contract obligations: meeting contract requirements for ensuring all contract obligations to clients/Subsea 7/vendors are met.
• Liabilities/indemnities/warranties/MHHA: awareness and administration of liabilities and indemnity regimes, warranties and mutual hold harmless agreements.
• Stakeholder agreement: engaging stakeholders to identify and resolve differences through negotiation to reach a mutually agreed solution.
• Bidding, contracting and subcontracting: uphold bidding and contracting principles, subcontracting principles and associated deviation processes.
• Contractual claims: managing contractual and insurance claims handling process and associated claims quantification, presentation and settlement.
• Financial awareness: developing and maintaining understanding of commercial issues affecting Subsea 7.
• Industry awareness: developing and maintaining organisational, competitive environment and key client awareness.
• Preparation of pre-subcontract documents: contracts and documentation including NDA, main contract flowdowns, frame agreements, etc.
• Project correspondence: preparation of formal correspondence to clients and subcontractors/suppliers.
• Familiarity with bidding and contracting principles, subcontracting principles and deviation process.

LEGAL FRAMEWORK & ADVICE

• Some proven capability (or has capability under supervision) in applying the legal framework governing all areas of Subsea 7's business.
• Substantive law and analysis: research substantive law and provide analysis.
• Compliance: ensuring compliance with business ethics, Subsea 7's code of business conduct and anti-corruption laws.
• Corporate governance: managing corporate governance through the administration of legal entities, including their creation and dissolution.
• Advice: providing advice and assistance on corporate, contractual and any other matters.
• Agreements: establishing and maintaining all relevant agreements, including intercompany agreements.
• Financial and tax advice: giving financial and tax advice to mitigate exposure including structuring contractual relationships and drafting/qualifying contract clauses.
• Guarantee, bonds and financing: providing advice with respect to parent company guarantees, bonds and financing, and assisting with related compliance initiatives.
• Contract law: applying appropriate local contract law.
• Project-specific partnering: drafting and administration of project specific partnering agreements and applicable legal constraints including competition laws.
• Risk identification and management: identifying and handling risks through insurance or avoidance by indemnity or waiver of liability.
• Contractual qualifications: formulating and qualifying contractual provisions complying with our insurance covenants.
• Insurances: arranging statutory insurance requirements applicable to Subsea 7.
• Conflict of laws: upholding conflict of laws principles to ensure appropriate choice of law and forum for dispute resolution and enforcement of awards including obtaining injunctions.

AUTHORITY / DIMENSIONS

Operate within the Business Code of Conduct. Operate according to Subsea 7's Management Principles.

REPORTING LINES

• GPC functional reporting line to GPC Commercial Performance Director.
• Operational reporting line into SCM.