Contracts/Procurement Manager

Introduction:The purpose of the role is to provide overall leadership, governance, and strategic direction for contracts management and supplier relationship management activities related to materials and services procurement. The role ensures alignment with approved procurement strategies, corporate policies, and legal and regulatory requirements, while ensuring that contractual and supplier governance decisions directly support business continuity, optimize total cost, mitigate risk, and protect long‑term organizational value across the organization.

Responsibilities

Provides overall leadership, direction, and governance for contracts management and supplier relationship management activities related to materials and services procurement, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives, procurement strategies, and approved policies, and safeguarding the organization against contractual risks that may impact plant operations, safety, and regulatory compliance.Oversees the integration and consistency of contracting and supplier management practices across material contracts, services contracts, and supplier relationship functions, ensuring standardized governance for critical production‑related agreements.Collaborates closely with Business Units, Manufacturing, and Operations to ensure that contractual frameworks and supplier engagements adequately support continuous operations, maintenance programs, plant turnarounds, projects, and continuity of supply, while balancing commercial, legal, and risk considerations.Works in close coordination with the Legal function to manage and resolve complex contractual matters, including contract interpretation, claims, disputes, deviations, and risk exposures, particularly those related to high‑risk services, regulatory obligations, and safety critical activities, ensuring resolutions that protect the organization’s commercial and legal interests.Partners with Finance to ensure contract structures, commercial models, pricing mechanisms, and payment terms are aligned with approved financial controls, budgetary frameworks, and reporting requirements, including appropriate allocation of risk and liabilities within contracts.Ensures readiness for internal and external audits by maintaining clear governance, transparency, and documentation standards across contracts and supplier relationship activities, and by coordinating with Internal Audit /Risk & Compliance to address findings, control gaps, and risk mitigation actions.Provides strategic oversight and guidance on high‑value, high‑risk, or strategically significant contracts and supplier engagements, including maintenance, engineering, shutdown, turnaround, and specialized services, supporting Section Heads during critical negotiations, escalations, and decision‑making processes.Oversees the organization’s engagement with strategic and critical suppliers to ensure that appropriate governance mechanisms, communication protocols, and escalation procedures are in place to manage supplier performance, contractual compliance, and relationship risks affecting production and asset integrity.Ensures proactive identification, assessment, and mitigation of contractual, commercial, and supplier‑related risks across materials and services procurement, with particular focus on risks that could impact production availability, safety, environmental compliance, or major asset reliability.Reviews consolidated performance reports and key indicators related to contracts and supplier management, providing direction and corrective guidance to Section Heads to address risks, performance gaps, and emerging contractual issues.Represents the organization, as required, in interactions with external suppliers, and regulatory or compliance bodies on matters related to contracts and supplier governance.Ensures that contractual and supplier management activities are conducted in a manner consistent with organizational standards, ethical practices, and applicable laws and regulations governing chemical manufacturing operations.Required Qualifications:Academic background includes a minimum of bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering or Business Administration. +10 years of total experience.+4 years of progressive experience in leading contracts & supplier management activities.Professional certifications in procurement or contract management (such as CIPS, CPSM/CPM, or other relevant credentials). Must have exposure to ERP System – SAP or related.