Head, Contracts, Planning & Control

Job Title: Head, Contracts, Planning & Control

Job Reference: 2026-44369

Location: Lagos

Job Type: Contract

Activities

Contracts Strategy & Governance:

• Define and maintain the FM&A contract strategy, including consolidation, sourcing models, and lifecycle planning
• Ensure all FM&A contracts are established, renewed, or exited in full compliance with the Company Management System (CMS)
• Act as FM&A focal point for Contract strategy definition, CFT preparation & evaluation and Contract performance governance
• Ensure contractual alignment between Scope of services, Asset criticality, Service level agreements (SLAs) and Performance indicators (KPIs)

Financial Control & Cost Assurance:

• Ensure strict control of FM&A commitments, invoices, and payments
• Monitor budget consumption, variances, and risks
• Support contract cost optimization, value engineering, and savings initiatives
• Actively prevent Unplanned spending, Emergency contracting, Payment delays and reputational exposure
• Drives Duet meetings. Conducts weekly meetings with sectional heads and coordinates Purchase to Payment (P2P) meeting with CPNC, Finance, and technical departments to reduce/eliminate delays in the internal processes before invoicing/payment.
• Performs over-sight functions on the activities of eJPC creators and ensures FM&A contractors are paid on time.
• Supervises the interface with Internal Control and the Decentralized Purchasing Persons (DPP) to ensure that all POs and SPRs processed are in line with the DOA.
• Manages the presentation of monthly reports of FM&A budget performance in liaison with Cost Control team and discusses with Budget Responsible to identify areas to strengthen.
• Works with Partners & Authorities Relations (PAR), Finance & Control (F&C) and NUIMS teams to review yearly financial performance. (General Investments and Common Cost for Facilities, Projects and Supply Chain entities).
• Contributes to the preparation of Five-year Budget plan for FM&A Division (Pluri-annual budget plan).
• Actively supports and works with sectional Heads/Managers in the preparation and monitoring of their budgets.
• Develops, formulates, and recommends budget defense strategies to address concerns and facilitate resolutions.

Planning, Forecasting & Work Program Control:

• Develop and control short, medium, and long term FM&A work programs
• Lead multi year contract planning for Estates. Power generation. High rise buildings (EKT1, EKT2, KBR), Fleet, travel, catering, technical services etc.
• Ensure budget realism and phasing, in coordination with Finance and PAR
• Anticipate contract cliffs, asset risks, and resource bottlenecks using forward planning tools
• Responsible for negotiating and obtaining from NUIMS yearly, approved Work Programs (WP), for the FM&A division as well as the defense.
• Defends yearly financial performance during Sub-Com and Quarterly FM&A Division Meetings with NUIMS.

Profile

HSE Objectives:

• Coordinate and participate in all quarterly FM&A HSE CODEP Committee meetings and safety / emergency drills.
• Ensure inclusion of all company HSE standards/requirements in contracts and follow-up with audits.
• Identify and prepare, with user departments, bridging documents to cover HSE gaps in contracts.
• Ensure good understanding and adherence to company HSE objectives.
• Report anomalies yearly and attend HSE trainings.

Qualifications/Experience Required

• Good University Engineering Degree preferred, Contracts working experience desired; at least 10 years post NYSC working experience in a simi