Specialist, Contracts

4 months ago

Saskatoon, Canada K+S Aktiengesellschaft Full time

**This is Us**:
We enrich life through the sustainable extraction and refinement of minerals to indispensable products and through our working environment, which is unique. Because it stands for everything that really matters in life: Trust, team spirit and meaningfulness for 11,000 employees at 50 locations on five continents. Welcome to K + S.

**Your Responsibilities**:
Reporting to the Senior Specialist, Contracts, the Specialist, Contracts is responsible to provide contracting activity as it applies to the provision of major goods and services required by KSPC. The Specialist, Contracts will work with key stakeholders in order to understand their requirements, conduct contractor pre-qualifications, prepare and issuing of bid documents, prepare and distribute proposal addendums, prepare proposal clarifications and complete commercial evaluations, negotiate terms, write and issue award recommendations, write and issue contracts for execution. The position is also responsible for contract post-award activities such as executing contract amendments and supporting contractual conflict resolutions. Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Lead the full range of procurement processes for contracts in a cross-functional group environment
- Prioritizes work based on criticality and time requirements
- Develop and implement contract strategies, support and implement negotiating strategy, and execute successful contracts
- Guide internal stakeholders on Procurement Policies and Procedures including documentation requirements
- Understand and align strategies, priorities, and plans with the overall objectives of the contracts and key stakeholder groups, as directed
- Prepare and administer requests for proposals and/or quotations, ensuring compliance with competitive bid laws through to final award and execution of contracts
- Lead sourcing development for contracts, solicit and evaluate bidder proposals, negotiate commercial terms and conditions, provide recommendations for contract award and issue purchase orders and contracts for equipment, materials, service, and construction packages with a broad range of criticality and complexity levels
- Pre-qualify suppliers and contractors to reduce risk and increase ROI
- Develop RFP/RFQ documents, and work with End Users to align Scope of Work
- Develop RFP/RFQ Commercial evaluation criteria and weightings
- Complete commercial reviews and preparation of bid comparisons
- Lead bid review team and negotiations
- Prepare Letters of Recommendation
- Conform Contract Documents and issue for execution
- Participate in progress meetings and monitoring of procurement schedules
- Identify continuous improvement opportunities within the procurement process
- Evaluate contract changes to ensure effective change management and mitigate financial implications. Execute contract changes based on the post-award process
- Acts as the primary point of contact for any contract term disputes escalated by the contract owner or contractor
- Provides support to General Counsel, Insurance, and contract owner regarding dispute resolution, as requested
- Supports and advances internal KPI requirements for cost savings, PO cycle time, PO tracking, Inclusion and Diversity initiatives

**Benefits**:
**We enrich your life**:

- By living our common K+S values across all our locations in the world: We are optimistic about our future, we are collaborative in building it and with our entrepreneurial spirit, we aim to dig deeper and reach higher. We remain agile in an ever-changing world. We are innovative, turning obstacles into opportunities - and we do it all in ways that are safe and sustainable, protecting future generations. You can look forward to:

- Good People and Great Culture
- Have the opportunity to be part of a team committed to building a new and diverse culture. At KSPC we are growing our operations, delivering exciting new opportunities, and investing heavily in the communities where we live and work.
- Challenge and Growth
- We support your growth potential (support of professional development) and recognition of performance.
- Valuable Compensation
- Our total target compensation is competitive and benchmarked to the market. We have a Pay for Performance philosophy that includes two components, fixed (base) pay and short term incentive (bonus) that rewards employees for their contributions towards corporate, team and individual successes.
- Supporting Benefits
- A comprehensive, employer paid, benefits program which includes Life, Disability, Health and Dental as well as competitive Retirement benefits, Employee and Family Assistance Program PLUS great extras such as, paid work time to help out in your Community (volunteer with a sports team or a charity of your choice) and company money to allocate to your favourite charity A Health Spending Account for extras, like more expensive glasses, and the Wellness Account covers recreational items, like your park c

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