Senior Contract Advisor

4 days ago

Calgary, Canada Parkland Corporation Remote Work Freelance Full time
Description

Competitive Benefits. Meaningful Extras. Unmatched Value.

  • A place where you can take your career in the direction you want to grow and go
  • Flexible work options and summer hours for eligible employees
  • Save on gas at stations across Canada, including Chevron, Fas Gas, Ultramar, and Pioneer

The Opportunity:

The Senior Contract Advisor (SCA) is a senior individual contributor role with focus on developing multi-year supply strategies to address large supply portfolios of both Parkland IT and other Corporate Services spend. The SCA will work with cross functional teams’ leadership in the execution of sourcing strategies and contracting for good and services and be accountable for long term, full lifecycle ownership of ongoing contract and supplier relationship management to ensure Parkland business goals are achieved.

The SCA has broad supply chain experience across the complete spend management lifecycle and deep subject matter expertise in specific areas of goods and services supply required by Parkland. This would include IT software, hardware and service contracts, as well as wider professional services agreements.

The SCA is capable of cross functional team leadership including collaboration, appropriate communication, with the ability to influence all levels of the Parkland organization including senior Parkland business leaders (Director level and higher).

Specific skills & knowledge:

  • Develops annual and long-term strategic plan to procure a stable supply of good and services for IT/Digital and Corporate Services categories.
  • Leads cross functional teams in strategic sourcing initiatives, develops associated negotiation strategies and completes recommendations for award.
  • Reviews and interprets legal and commercial contract terms including Parkland and supplier master agreements (specifically EULAs, SLAs), SOWs, NDAs, and other documents, partnering with legal counsel as required.
  • Leads commercial negotiations with suppliers to deliver maximum value to Parkland.
  • Collaborates with IT/Digital and business leadership or stakeholders, and external suppliers.
  • Ensures proper contract execution and maintenance including filing of documents in Parkland repositories.
  • Takes initiative and demonstrates professional judgement in ambiguous situations.
  • Ensures compliance with Parkland SCM and company policies, standards and regulations.
  • Proven ability to work across regions and functions to build trusted relationships with leaders to achieve results.
  • Experience in developing and implementing global procurement policies and procedures.
  • Proficient in MS Office applications, Ivalua, Icertis and internal enterprise systems.

Education & Experience:

  • 10+ years of progressive experience in supply chain management with a focus on spend management in complex supply portfolios spend; development and implementation of supply strategy; contract and supplier performance management.
  • 10 to 15 years of demonstrated experience with specific spend categories of:
    • IT/Digital Services / Software / Hardware
    • Professional Services / Corporate
  • Experience with a proven track record of influencing leadership at all levels in development and execution of spend management strategies.
  • Experience with spend analytics tools and/or e-procurement.
  • Experience in the application of Continuous Improvement principles would be considered an asset.
  • Positive, “can-do” attitude and customer focused approach that will enable you to deal with challenging and ambiguous situations with integrity, empathy and passion.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, or Law with a specialization in SCM.
  • SCMP or equivalent supply chain management designation or certification would be considered an asset.
  • Advanced business degree would be considered an asset.
  • Fluency in English is required; French or Spanish would be considered an asset.

Humble. Hungry. Smart. Does this sound like you?

Do others describe you as being a down-to-earth achiever? Someone who thinks outside the box and always strives to do more than what is required. Someone who sees the bigger picture? You sound brilliant to work with

We Want You To Shine:

We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants. If you require accommodation due to a disability, you will have an opportunity to notify us when scheduling your interview.

Belonging Matters. Because You Do:

We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from all qualified individuals.

Our ability to work as one team across Canada, the United States and the Caribbean is foundational to our success. We show up as our authentic selves each day and create space for one another’s unique contributions.

Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and Affinity Networks help us activate enterprise-wide strategies that power a proactive culture of diversity, equity, inclusions, and ultimately – belonging.

We respect the diverse cultures, traditions and perspectives of Indigenous Peoples and seek to achieve equitable partnerships and opportunities with Indigenous communities.

The Fine Print:

Candidates must be legally eligible to work in the country in which they applied. Regrettably, we are unable to sponsor employment visas at this time.

Please note that final candidates for this position will be required to undergo a confidential pre-employment background check, including but not limited to educational, criminal, credit, drug and alcohol, and/or fitness for duty testing.

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