Contract Specialist
Contract Length: 2 years
Location: Burnaby, British Columbia (Hybrid)
Raise is currently hiring a Contract Professional on behalf of our client. They’re expanding their team to meet growing needs, making this a unique opportunity to work with an industry leader. Our Client is one of the largest electrical energy suppliers in Canada.
Note: The primary pay rate is based on the rate for an incorporated contractor who owns their own business. However, we will also consider applications from candidates interested in a T4 arrangement, where applicable.
Description
The Contract Professional Level 3 will support our client’s Supply Chain and Contract Management function, overseeing complex, high-value contracts across multiple projects and operational initiatives.
You’ll be part of a growing team focused on ensuring supplier performance, mitigating risk, and enabling the successful execution of sourcing strategies. This role offers the opportunity to influence contract governance, strengthen stakeholder relationships, and contribute to the delivery of high-impact projects safely, on time, and within budget.
You will be responsible for the formal management of contracts with high complexity, including monitoring contract performance, ensuring compliance with organizational policies, forecasting and reporting on contract usage, and providing guidance to internal stakeholders. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, suppliers, and senior management to resolve issues, optimize contract delivery, and drive continuous improvement across the contract lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Perform contract management activities by applying expert knowledge of contract management practices while working effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Ensure organization and suppliers fulfill their contractual obligations by monitoring contract performance, identifying issues, taking timely action to resolve issues, and communicating with stakeholders to minimize risk and maximize supplier performance.
- Establish and maintain meaningful relationships between suppliers, stakeholders, and the supply chain organization through timely communication, resolution of issues, and relevant reporting enabling the successful implementation of sourcing initiatives.
- Forecast, monitor, and report on contract usage to ensure contract and finance control policies and budget requirements are met.
- Provide guidance and advice to client groups in the sourcing, procurement, and management of goods and services contracts using expert knowledge of public sector procurement law and supply chain concepts to get the best value.
- Ensure supplier relationships and performance are effectively managed, evaluated, and continuously improved, including identifying contract opportunities early to deliver expected benefits from sourcing strategies.
- Conduct analytics, develop strategies, and provide advice on contract delivery models and contract-related issues to senior management and other stakeholders.
- May fulfill the Representative Delegate role on Master Services Agreements to ensure contracts are executed in accordance with terms, conditions, and financial policies.
Qualifications
- 12 years of contract management work experience.
- Strong internal and external stakeholder engagement and management experience.
- Experience with high-value engineering design contracts.
- Experience with complex contract negotiations and dispute resolution is an asset.
- Experience with project management, including the development and management of departmental KPIs, is an asset.
- Experience with SAP is considered an asset.
Education and Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Law, Economics, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent.
- Certificate in Project Management, Supply Chain Management, or equivalent, an asset.
- Intermediate MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Advanced English skills for professional environment, written and spoken.
Additional Information
Every contractor must supply their own Windows 11 Laptop computer for the duration of the assignment.
Every contractor must supply their own “Smart Phone.” This is needed to gain access to the Organization’s network.
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