Job Title: Cost and Contract Specialist
Project: South Caucasus Pipeline Expansion
Work location: Baku
Reports to: Cost Control Manager
Responsibilities:
• Negotiates, establishes, and administers contractual arrangements and procurement proposals for the sale of physician services.
• Evaluates or monitors contractor performance to determine necessity for amendments or extensions of contracts, and compliance to contractual obligations.
• Analyzes and approves or rejects internal and/or contractor requests for deviations from contract specifications and delivery schedules.
• Analyzes price proposals, financial reports, and other data to determine reasonableness of prices; reviews and interprets contract provisions to achieve cost efficiencies and reductions where feasible.
• Assesses contractor service value and product/service reliability relative to cost; plans, organizes, and coordinates acquisition alternatives, as appropriate.
• Serves as a primary liaison with contracting representatives to ensure compliance with contract specifications and resolution of problems and issues, as they arise; arbitrates claims or complaints occurring in performance of contracts.
• Continually monitors and evaluates contractor performance against contract specifications, and recommends appropriate remedial action as necessary.
• May assist and/or provide input into the formulation, development, and/or revision of operating policies, procedures, and strategies for the organization, as appropriate.
Requirements:
• Minimum 3 years of experience as Cost and Contract Specialist
• Strong communication (both written and oral in Azerbaijani/English), analytical, negotiating, and organization skills
• Ability to resolve customer complaints and concerns.
• Knowledge of contract documents and specifications.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community.
• Ability to analyze and interpret financial data and prepare financial reports, statements and/or projections.
• Ability to analyze and solve problems.
• Ability to make administrative/procedural decisions and judgments.
• Knowledge of procurement rules and regulations.
• Creative cost analysis skills.
• Organizing and coordinating skills.
• Knowledge of costing and pricing methodology.
• Skill in the negotiation and establishment of contractual arrangements for goods and services.
• Ability to assess contract compliance and product/service quality.
• Knowledge of contractor compliance issues and procedures, as applicable to a public institution.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business administration or related field
To apply to this position kindly ask to email your CV in English to [email protected] and put Cost and Contract Specialist in the subject line.
Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. We may refer your resume for consideration for other vacancies in future.
