head/manager of contract services

looking for new challenges in the oil and gas industry

•A highly efficient, mature & outgoing professional with 30 years of rich & varied experience in Contracts, Purchasing, HR, QA/QC/HSE, Training & Development and Maintenance.
•Effective communicator & leader with proficiency in managing people. Adroit At: Contract Management, Procurement & Contracts tendering processes, HSE/QA/QC, Human Resources Management, and Maintenance/Technical Support throughout career.
•Management & Administration of Multi-Million Dollar SLAs & call off contracts in the Petrochemical industry
•Experienced in playing a supportive and reconciliation roles to internal end-users& outside contractors alike
•Good negotiator and believer in building partnerships through long term relationships and NOT one sided gains
•Effective in the administration and professional running of the Tendering process functions within any organisation while maintaining and ensuring high level of confidentiality in accordance with company policies and Tendering procedures.
•Moreover ensuring that all Contracts, Work Service Orders/Purchase Orders are awarded in a fair and objective manner, and that the services and purchases are obtained at the most advantageous terms to the company
•Experienced in contract post award follow ups such as variations, change of requests and contract extentions
•Extensive experience in HR functions that had delivered strong ROI and supported strategic corporate concerns.
•Successfully managed Manpower Requirements, Recruitment, Training & Development, Performance Management Systems &Tools, Compensation Management, formulation & implementation of policies/ procedures.
•Experienced in setting up coordination campaigns and awareness programmes in QA/QC, Health & Safety and Environment issues.
•As Quality Manager acted as Coordinator/Project Manager between BSI auditors, senior management and company managers & employees during ISO 9000 certification and later for ISO 14001 Certification.
•Able to perform a broad range of supervisory activities and apply environmental quality regulatory programmes.
•Fully aware of BSI 9000 & 14001 standards and the British Environmental Protection Act (EPA 1990).
•Previous experience at writing Environment Management System policies & procedures.
•Experienced Electrical Engineer in the Maintenance/Service of CNC Machine Tools.

French and Arabic primary and secondary education in Algeria, moved to the UK in 1975 and graduated in Engineering, followed later by Post graduate Diploma and Master of science in Management in the UK.

Date: January 2013

From: Lakhdar Barka
To: Whom it may concern
Subject: Cover letter for a job opportunity

Dear Sir/Madam

Armed with nearly 30 years of varied experience in different disciplines gained in different countries around the world and topped up with 20 years of man and resources management; I am aspiring for senior assignments in the following areas Supply Chain Management namely Tendering & Contracts, HSE/QA/QC, HR Management or Maintenance and after Sales Support Management with a reputed organisation.
I have worked in the UK and France in the Machine Tool Industry as a service engineer and my work took me all over Europe and Asia. I worked for the same employer for a span of nearly 14 years and worked my way up to Manager.
I worked in Algeria and Qatar in the Oil & Gas Industry for 12 years as Human Resources Manager and for the last 7 years in Qatar where I currently work in the supply and chain management namely in Tendering and Contract Management & Administration.
Having had an Arabic & French education in my primary and secondary schools and later a Masters’ degree from a British University means I am fluent in 03 languages spoken and written and this has proved to be a very useful asset in my Management career and job opportunities around the world.
If the reading of the above has been of interest to you so far, I would be more than happy to take this further.
Thank you.

Yours Faithfully,
L. Barka