Senior Contracts Adviser – Corporate Services

Our client Woodside in Perth CBD are currently seeking Senior Contracts Adviser – Corporate Services to join them for a 12 month contract.

About the Role
The Senior Contracts Adviser – Corporate Services independently manages low-to-medium risk contracts across Woodside’s Corporate Services Contracting Category, delivering value-accretive outcomes across the full contracting lifecycle. The role operates within a globally connected C&P function and collaborates with C&P colleagues across Woodside’s international locations, requiring the ability to build effective working relationships across different teams, locations and time zones. 
Operating with moderate autonomy, the role applies sound commercial judgement within approved governance frameworks and in accordance with the Woodside Management System (Our WMS), the Pre-Award and Post-Award Guidelines, and associated Work Instructions.
The role supports a broad and dynamic stakeholder group across Marketing, Trading & Shipping; Sustainability & Climate & Energy Policy; Corporate Affairs; Legal; Human Resources; and Finance. The portfolio includes service-based, advisory, consultancy and support contracts that enable core corporate functions and strategic business priorities. This diversity provides exposure to varied commercial challenges, frequent stakeholder engagement and the opportunity to develop strong end-to-end contracting capability.
Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage low-to-medium risk Corporate Services contracts across the full lifecycle, including sourcing, tendering, negotiation, execution, operationalisation and close-out.
• Develop sourcing strategies and market documentation, coordinate evaluations and approvals, and ensure alignment with category strategies, governance, probity and HSE requirements.
• Lead negotiations and contract execution within delegated authority, engaging Legal and specialist functions where required.
• Guide stakeholders in administering contractual obligations and manage amendments, variations, extensions, claims and renewals through approval and execution.
• Monitor spend, commercial exposure, supplier performance and service delivery, identifying risks, savings opportunities and corrective actions.
• Build trusted relationships with stakeholders and suppliers, provide pragmatic commercial advice, and capture lessons learned to improve future contracting outcomes.
• Identify and implement value-enhancing, cost-saving and process-improvement opportunities across assigned portfolios.
• Provide commercial insights and market intelligence, and contribute to category planning, demand management activities and category strategy development across assigned portfolios.
• Support audits, assurance activities and governance reviews.
• Conduct supplier due diligence, including Anti-Bribery & Corruption and contractor assurance requirements.
• Uphold governance, compliance, confidentiality, probity and ethical obligations in line with contracting standards and guidelines.
• Maintain accurate contract records, work plans, forecasts, documentation and reporting to support compliance and decision-making.
• Deliver business needs to schedule, cost and quality while proactively managing commercial and contractual risk

Skills and Experience
We are seeking candidates who can demonstrate a combination of the following skills and experience:

• Tertiary qualification in Business, Commerce, Law, Supply Chain or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing contracts across the contracting lifecycle, including sourcing, tendering, negotiation, execution and post-award management.
• Ability to operate independently within a governed and regulated environment and to exercise effective judgement in the presence of uncertainty and risk.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, written and verbal communication, negotiation and commercial capability.
• High attention to detail and strong organisational skills, including record management, work planning and reporting.
• Ability to draft, review and manage contracting documentation, including sourcing plans, RFx documentation, evaluation records, approval forms and variation requests.
• Analytical and commercial acumen, including the ability to identify value opportunities and balance schedule, cost, quality and risk.
• Proficiency in contract management systems and standard business software, with the confidence to learn and adopt new digital tools and ways of working.
• Openness and curiosity in using AI, digital tools and emerging technologies in day-to-day work, with a willingness to explore how these tools can improve productivity, quality, insight and contracting outcomes while applying appropriate judgement and governance.
• Demonstrated ethical conduct, accountability, resilience and adaptability.

Recognition and Reward
Rate: $950 - $1,000 / Day including super (depending on level of experiance)
Duration of Assignment: 12 months 
Location: Perth

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