Specialist, Contracts at MTN Nigeria

MTN Nigeria – The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable. It is through our compelling brand that we are able to attract the right talents who we carefully nurture by continuously improving our employment offerings even beyond reward and recognition.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Specialist, Contracts

Location: Lagos
Employment status: Permanent

Job Description

Specialist sourcing is part of the Sourcing department at the Opco and would support the contracting process. This process covers activities related to development and management of Contract Standards, end to end pre and post contract evaluation and management of procurement agreements. These processes would involve interactions with SCM Centers of Excellence (CoE).
Specialist, Contract would support the Manager, Sourcing and would be involved in the following sub-functions:
Supplier registration and qualification
Sourcing master data maintenance
Category needs and spend analysis
Development of Master Services Agreements and Local Country Contracts for GFA’s
Prepares and administers routine correspondence, negotiation memoranda, and contract documentation to ensure timely and coordinated submittal. Reviews solicitations and prepares routine response for proposals, bids, and contract modifications. May also prepare simple requests for proposals. Analyzes contract requirements, special provisions, terms and conditions to ensure compliance with appropriate laws, regulations, corporate policies and business unit procedure. Drafts and negotiates simple contractual instruments commensurate with skills and grade level.
Manage and process renewals for maintenance, support, subscriptions, etc. including assurance that the renewals comply with the applicable contract and completing any required purchasing documents.
Prepares, organizes and maintains contract records and files documenting contract performance and compliance. May conduct research to support contract audit and or facilitate business unit contracting trends. Performs contract closeout activities. Communicates contract policy and practice to internal business teams. Ensures contract review, approval and execution in accordance with corporate and/or business unit guidelines. Communicates contract policy and practice to internal business teams. Ensures contract review, approval and execution in accordance with corporate and/or business unit guidelines.
Maintain professional business relationships with internal contract stakeholders, other contracting support teams within the company (e.g Legal, Finance, Procurement), and external product and service vendors.
Responds to alerts from the contract administration dashboard and resolves problems to ensure the overall health of the contract portfolio. Ensures linkages to data on spending, risk, and budget for real-time and predictive analytics are accurate and timely.
Maintains working knowledge of the principles and practices of the company’s chosen markets. Maintains basic knowledge of trends in contract administration best practices relevant to company’s operations.
Create/ maintain pre-qualification questionnaires/ Request for Information (RFI) / surveys / Request for Proposal (RFP) / Request for Quotation (RFQ)/ auctions
Ensure execution of day to day operations at the Opco and resolve operational issues
Improve productivity and quality through leading practice initiatives
Participate and provide inputs in project status meetings
Propose operational changes and provide associated user impact assessment
Participate and provide inputs in operational meetings
Set up and manage adhoc meetings for day to day operational requirements
Liaise with supplier to obtain / update relevant information for supplier registration / qualification and management
Act as a first point of contact with supplier for sourcing and supplier management related information/ queries
Identify potential sensitive issues and escalate it to the appropriate level
Provide assistance in managing supplier compliance and profile audit and assessing supplier risk
Gather information from various sources like oracle, internal stakeholders and external stakeholders on supplier performance
Provide compliance reports to stakeholders
Continuously seek self-professional development to sharpen skills and capabilities in a versatile and evolving digital landscape.
Foster active collaboration and relationships with employees across all levels and divisions in line with MTN’s VB and values.