Abubakar Tijani

Reviewed and standardised the template that shortened the contract cycle time (High and Medium Risk Contract with the JV partners) and delivered contractual obligations to various stakeholders to meet project time lines

• Managed high risk contracts in subsurface, Geophysics, community development, well heads and equipment, well completions and many more from strategy development to commercial Award for CIRCA valued over one billion dollars with the active engagement of the stakeholders like NIPEX, NAPIMS and the JV partners, Total and Agip in the Joint Venture arrangement with Shell
• Managed Supply Chain Budget and planning with NAPIMS and the JV Partners, this includes budget build up, allocating cost based on established functional requirement, obtaining approval from the line and JV partners and defending spend in line with the approved budget before DEVCOM members at the annual budget presentation and defence sessions
• Inter-Tech Systems Nigeria Limited, -
• Managing several Million spend annually on a newly acquired oil mining Lease (OML)
• Developing Service Contract for Constructing Platforms for mounting rig derrick and building concrete platform for placing fabricated accommodation and office containers for out field operations
• Developing annual logistics contract for the movement of men and materials in the field locations, determining the daily rate / car / buses , truck for equipment movement and the consumption of diesel / KM of distance
• Providing day-to-day contract administration support and managing the full life-cycle of the procurement and contracts processes
• Drafting complex legally binding contracts, agreements or instruments such as non-disclosure, teaming and lease agreements, purchase orders, contracts and subcontracts utilizing terms and conditions
• Assessing, evaluating, analysing, and interpreting contract terms and conditions and recommending solutions which help in resolving supplier risk compliance, and performance issues
• Developing and negotiating contracts, and providing technical advice and guidance which minimize risk, ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and policies, and realize operational effectiveness and efficiency in these functional areas
• Proffering subject matter expertise, advice, recommendations, training and guidance to staff and management on contractual and procurement related issues, policies, procedures, issues, and systems, to country based staff
• Overseeing procurement process and supporting various procurement functions such as strategic sourcing, subcontracting, vendor file management, and assist staff in drafting of requests for proposals, specifications, terms of reference, evaluation criteria and sole source justifications
• Providing quality assurance and oversight to global contract and procurement-related functions by evaluating and identifying gaps in legal instruments, policies, procedures, processes, and recommend and implementing improvements which ensure organizational effectiveness and standardization
• Establishing and maintaining healthy relationships with internal and external clients and stakeholders
• Generating RFQ / RFP based the requirement of the User dept and floating to vendors
• Developing both Technical and Commercial evaluation criteria for vendor selection
• Presenting and in conjunction with the user dept agree a final award selection strategy

• Supply Chain Operations Management Improvement, Led improvement in Supply Chain Operations in warehousing, stock accounting and auditing, and total cost of material ownership
• Liaised with procurement managers and buyers in optimising supply chain processes
• Initiated and coordinated the training of most Supply Chain Management staff on the effective use of the Nigeria Petroleum Exchange Portal system for monitoring contract performance
• Negotiated contracts with suppliers and ensuring best deals are secured
• Planned and implemented logistical strategy, and ensuring targets are met
• Worked on forecasts and inventories, and kept an accurate record of the process
• Improved the overall supply chain performance by developing innovations to the process
• Oversaw budget planning for both operating and capital expenditure for Shell Supply Chain Management.

• Material Requisition Planning (MRP) Controller
• Material, Inventory and Ware House Management, Ensured material scheduling strategy and processes were in place and material supply met production requirements with minimum stock levels, whilst optimising costs
• Managed inventory risk and ensured contingency plans are in place
• Devised solutions which solved material requirements problems and addressed operational risks
• Ensured materials planning processes are applied across the business
• Ensured Material Requirements Planning and IT systems is effective and data is accurate/up to date
• Initiated the integration of the Material Management Key Performance Indicator.

• Managed the company’s supply portfolio ensuring transparency of spend
• Generated and implemented efficient sourcing and category management strategies
• Analysed and calculated costs of procurement and suggested methods which decreased expenditure
• Invented negotiation strategies and secured profitable deals
• Optimised sourcing procedures, estimated risks and applied risk minimizing techniques
• Performed cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking
• Selecting a strategy that helps in picking technically and commercially efficient vendors both locally and internationally.

• Formulated, negotiated, established, and administered high-value contractual arrangements and procurement proposals for a range of products and services in Geo-physics, Well-head and Equipment, Subsurface, Development (Hydro-Carbon- Exploration and Producing Wells ) , Geo-Technical activities involving the JV Partners (NAPIMS, TOTAL and AGIP)
• Evaluated and monitored contractor performance and determined necessity for amendments and extensions of contracts, and compliance to contractual obligations
• Developed Contract templates that reduced JV related Contract Life Cycle from Initiation to Completion for high and medium risk contract from 36 months to less than 6 Months
• Formulated RFQs/RFPs/PI for Various contracts in conjunction with stake holders and JV partners designed to ensure the best fit contractors are selected for Material procurement and Services.

• Managed and developed procurement strategies for a number of product categories in well head and equipment for both oil and gas wells , undertook Category analysis and offered innovative solutions that reduced cost, and drove efficiencies in well head integrity actualisation
• Developed full contracting cycle for WELL CONSTRCUTION components, Drilling Chemicals, Drilling Rigs, drilling platforms planning in conjunction with WELL Engineering dept
• Well Completions and testing , Wireline and Slick line Services , Planning of Drilling sequence with the Wells Teams, Procurement of LLM items , such as OCTG, Casing , Pipes to meet the drilling sequence
• Interfacing with the main EPIC contractor and sub-contractors for the Engineering, Procurement , Installation and Commissioning of projects, for both exploratory, Development and Producing Wells in both Gas and Oil space
• Led the full range of procurement support for these categories including contract specification, tendering, evaluation and award decisions following strictly, Shell’s Contracting procedure manual (CPM)
• Developed Category Strategy excellence, that led to maximisation of value, efficiency, quality, and innovation, as well as mitigating risk across all procurement and services functions in WELL CONSTRUCTION
• Category Strategy for WELL CONSTRUCTION resulted in Spend data consolidation, Cost saving Oopportunities, more value from vendors, iincreased customer satisfaction, aaccurate accounting and bbetter spend visibility
• Equally Provided Contracting Services for Oil and Gas maturation studies.

• Providing guidance and advise on commercial issues associated with both production and maintenance Tenders to tender board members to enable take both commercial and business decisions
• Plan key stages of commercial tender development, including technical and commercial parameters for the material or Services being tendered in the market and set appropriate deadlines and ensured deadlines are met in line with internal and client submission deadlines date
• Developing and presenting to tender board members MoM of tender board decisions and follow up directives on business and commercial decisions issued to functional discipline .
• Adviser to the Major Tender Board, (MTB), Technical Supply Council (TSCC) and Non Technical Supply Chain Council (NTSCC)
• Preparing the Tender Board Agenda, Reviewing the Commercial and Technical Submissions for QA/QC , Preparing the MOM , ensuring that tender board directives are closed out by the respective lines dept in line with board directives on time and giving feedback to the tender board members .

• Providing tactical and operational support for local suppliers, empowering local suppliers financially with the ‘SHELL KOBO FUND” inline with FED GOVT DIECTIVES on the NCDMB act
• Holding Regular meetings with both Local and Foreign suppliers with a view to exploring functional relationship with the suppliers and effective category management
• Update contracts and establish new supplier agreement letters as a pre-condition for linking supplier products to categories.

• Overseeing the bank's daily operations, including customer service delivery, transactions, loans and other services and adherence to the bank’s regulations and policies, advise bank customers on financial investments, handle customers professionally, Knowledgeable in banking products to respond to related customer queries
• Monitor staff duties like ledger entries, payment and trade authentication, Supervise bank processes such as CLS, MISYS and FXAL