Manager, Commercial and Corporate Strategy
2 weeks ago
**BE PART OF THE TEAM THAT**
**BRINGS THE WORLD TOGETHER**
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**Job Opportunity**:Manager, Commercial and Corporate Strategy
Join an organization that plays a critical role in Canada’s economy. At the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, we focus on doing the incredible work it takes to become the world’s most sustainable port.
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The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is responsible for the stewardship of the Port of Vancouver, Canada’s largest and most diversified port. Our mandate as a Canada Port Authority, as set out by the _Canada Marine Act_, is to enable Canada’s trade objectives, ensuring goods are moved safely and responsibly through the Port of Vancouver. That means providing infrastructure and ensuring the safe and efficient movement of marine traffic and cargo within the port. It also means we carry out reviews of proposed activities and developments on federal port lands and waters to determine whether a project can go ahead without impacts to the environment and community that cannot be mitigated.
We are passionate about the work we do and what it contributes to our local communities, the region and our country. This is reflected in our values of collaboration, continuous improvement, accountability and customer responsiveness.
Be a part of a team that advances initiatives to promote economic prosperity through trade, a healthy environment and thriving communities for the future generations of Canadians.
It’s a workplace where the intrinsic value of your contribution to help foster the continued growth of the Canadian economy becomes a tangible reality. Bring your unique strengths, perspectives and experiences to the port authority and join us in charting a course toward a sustainable future.
**SUMMARY**
The Manager, Commercial & Corporate Strategy is responsible for:
**Strategic Planning**
Lead the port authority’s strategic business planning process. The Manager Commercial and Corporate Strategy plans and delivers planning workshops and retreats, conducts and oversees related research and analysis and stays informed on forces and factors impacting VFPA’s business.
With a focus on ensuring alignment of commercial and corporate strategies across the organization, this role is integral to VFPA realizing its vision of being the most sustainable port in the world.
**Commercial & Negotiating**
This role will also lead the creation of a Commercial Centre of Excellence to increase commercial awareness and execution across the organization. This includes working closely with the Executive Leadership Team regarding terms of reference for their engagement in business decisions, including developing processes to ensure decisions are made in a streamlined approach and given the appropriate level of scrutiny.
**Strategic Leadership & Management**
This position also provides coaching on strategic thinking and commercial acumen across the port authority, acting as a change agent and fostering a community of practice towards ensuring the port authority is successful in defining and executing its strategy.
The **Manager, Commercial and Corporate Strategy** will:
**Strategic Planning**
- Facilitate the planning and delivery of the port authority’s strategic business planning processes including conducting and overseeing related research and analysis.
- Facilitating identification of required human and financial resources for delivery of the strategic plan
- Manage the delivery of related activities, meetings, workshops and retreats
- Coordinate with other responsible departments the annual business planning activities with overall timelines and requirements for authorizations of annual budgets, headcount requests and the corporate balanced scorecard
- Identify lessons learned and best practices and provide recommendations to refine the port authority’s strategic business planning processes, identifying and implementing new tools and methodologies as appropriate
- Lead procurement processes for retaining professional consulting services and contractors and manage related contracts; oversee the work of external service providers to ensure timely delivery of quality work within established budgets
**Commercial & Negotiation**
- Responsibility for development of Commercial Centre of Excellence
- Responsibility for development of the Executive Leadership Team to ensure appropriate level of oversight at all levels of business on key decisions
- Responsible for the analysis and suggested resolution of key commercial issues, including:
- Developing presentations for Executive and Board; and
- Presenting and recommending strategy at Executive and Board level
**Strategic Leadership and Management**
- Actively lead and coach employees in strategic planning and systems thinking methods and approaches
- Responsibility for effective onboarding of new employees to understand the port authority’s strategic priorities and strategic business planning
- Develop strategy to assist other departm
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