Senior Contracts Advisor
🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 21 April 2026
LOCATION
Aberdeen
TYPE
Contract
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Legal
This employer holds a UK Home Office sponsor license — sponsorship for this specific role is at the employer’s discretion
SKILLS
Contract Negotiation
Procurement
Supply Chain Management
Contract Management
Stakeholder Management
Risk Management
ERP Systems
UK Procurement Law
FULL DESCRIPTION
Status: Temp/Contract
Location: Aberdeen, AB10
Rate: To be discussed
A Senior Contracts Advisor opportunity on a 3-year fixed-term contract, responsible for managing complex, high value and high risk contractual and procurement activities across the UK operations of a North Sea E&P company. The role focuses on negotiating strategic service agreements, administering contracts and reinforcing supply chain governance to ensure controlled and compliant delivery in support of offshore operations and projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Initiating, negotiating and administering complex, high value contracts, purchase orders and service orders.
- Leading commercial negotiations to manage financial, legal and reputational risk exposure.
- Acting as primary escalation point for contractual disputes and significant commercial matters.
- Preparing, reviewing and monitoring service contracts, including estimates, commitments, budget controls and cost allocations.
- Overseeing and coordinating all contracting and procurement activities across the UK entity.
- Monitoring and enforcing adherence to Supply Chain Management processes by internal stakeholders.
- Contributing to the development and continuous improvement of contract management and procurement processes, including policy and sourcing strategy enhancement.
- Reviewing and improving contracting and purchasing procedures to strengthen efficiency and governance.
- Supporting contractor management activities in relation to operational performance and HSEQ risk control.
- Managing stakeholder relationships across senior management, legal teams, suppliers and vendors.
- Supporting oversight of procurement spend across operational and capital budgets.
About You:
- Extensive experience in contracts and procurement within the petrochemical or offshore oil and gas sector.
- Strong understanding of UK procurement law, contracting models and regulatory requirements.
- Demonstrable experience managing high value and high-risk service contracts.
- Experience supervising staff or coordinating the work of others.
- Professional qualification such as NEVI or CIPS.
- ERP system experience, ideally SAP.
- Degree in supply chain, procurement, business, law, engineering or a related discipline.
- Strong negotiation capability and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
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