Michael Gaughan Email Address

Group Contracts and Procurement Manager

Tullow Oil plc is an oil & energy company that specializes in oil and gas exploration and production.

A Senior SCM professional with over twenty years experience in capital contracting/supply chain management and local content development (In-country value) on major projects, both onshore and offshore, in various international environments across EMEA and North America, spanning Oil & Gas, Civils, Construction and Fabrication. Significant leadership experience of building and managing high performing, cross functional, multi cultural teams, operating in geographically remote locations. MBA graduate of Strathclyde Graduate Business School and a graduate of Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, with a BSc in Quantity Surveying. Specialities: * Supply Chain Leadership * Sustainability, Diversity & Inclusion * Private Sector Development / National Content / In-country Value * Local business strategy development and funding * Governance & Compliance * Contracts Strategy Development * Continuous Improvement (Lean & 6 Sigma principles) * Skill pool / competency development * Capital projects contracting; EPC, EPIC, EPcM, PMSC, Alliance and Framework Contracts * New Country Entry and Organisation Start up * Process Improvement, technology, innovation * Supply chain analytics * Business process outsourcing * Life cycle management (pre & post contract award - category management, strategy development, tendering, contract management, cost management, claims, SRM, performance reporting, risk management, contract close out, lessons learned. * Pragmatic approach to solving complex problems * Strong negotiating skills * Materials management and logistics strategy development * Project Management - Managing multiple projects across diverse Business Units * Strategic Sourcing / strategic procurement * S2P, P2P * Business Process Improvement and digitisation * Training * Systems experience: SAP S/4 Hana, Coupa, Procon, MS Office, MS Project, SuccessFactors, Deloitte KYBP