Contract Administrator

SUPPLY CHAIN
**Job Title: Contract Administrator / Contract Specialist**

**Department**: Performance Improvement

**Reports To**: Project Manager

**Status**: Independent Contractor

**Environment**: Drug Free Workplace

**ROLE OVERVIEW**:

- **Location**: Kincardine, Ontario, Canada
- **Travel**: Must be able and willing to travel to Kincardine, Ontario, and surrounding area, as needed
- **Support**: In addition to working with extremely high caliber colleagues, our

**MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS**:

- Position: Contract Specialist / Supply Chain Program Lead
- Education: four-year degree from university
- Leadership skills: experience leading a team of up to (5) people
- Relevant experience: at least 15 years' experience, with minimum of 10 years in Supply Chain and 2+ years working in Canada
- Industry experience: Nuclear, Construction, Oil and Gas, Industrial, or similar sector
- Experience with $10MM+ contracts and $50MM+ projects
- Technology skills: excellent computer skills
- Superb communication (verbal, presentation, negotiation) and report-writing skills
- Ability to manage challenges at an enterprise level
- Ability to deliver results under pressing timelines

**ENGAGEMENT SPECIFICATIONS**:

- Typical workweek is 40 hours a week with additional hours to sustain schedule,

(this is a Mega Project Environment), Monday through Friday.
- Some roles may require travels to visit supplier locations when travels are permitted.
- Mileage and expenses reimbursed for business-related travels
- Must be willing and able to pass strict and high-level security background screening.

SUPPLY CHAIN **JOB PROFILE SUMMARY**:
The **Contract Administrator/Contract Specialist/Supply Chain Lead **provides focused on leading enterprise-wide Supplier Management Programs and delivering results. Lead should have previous experience with purchasing products and services, lifecycle process of contracting activities including the development and execution of contract strategies, contract administration, change and claims management and contract closeout. Assists in developing methodologies and performing detailed analyses of market trends to identify over or under capacity within the global supply base.

**REQUIRED SKILLS**:
Leadership, Management, Computer, Communication and Negotiation skills with an ability to develop, recommend, and lead implementation of various strategies for management of suppliers. Preference will be given to those with Law
Degree/education and/or knowledge. For example, in depth experience interpreting complex commercial contracts or a degree/diploma in Canadian Business/Corporate
Law. (Master of Law (LLM), Juris Doctorate (JD).

**OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Assists the Department Manager in the operation and supervision of contract formation and administration.
- Leads or facilitates teams comprised of staff pertinent to the procurement category/service to perform the tasks necessary to establish a master agreement with one or more suppliers/vendors.
- Assists in the development and execution of Contract Services strategies with strategic suppliers.
- Assists in development of bespoke contract terms and conditions.
- Assembles, negotiates, and administers long-term and/or strategic agreements for services and assists in negotiating complex contracts.
- Creates and manages real-time processes and metrics for continuous improvement related to Supply Chain strategy affected by changing trends and patterns.
- Utilizes computerized programs: Maximo, and Ariba or other Contract Lifecycle

Management Software, Power BI, Microsoft Power Apps tolls as related to customized tools (i.e.: Project Management Information Systems (PMIS)) and related modules for contract execution and management.
- Assists in developing methodologies and performs detailed analyses of market trends to identify over or under capacity within the global supply base to effectively manage supply strategies.
- This includes sourcing, supplier integration, performance, and new technologies that drive innovation.
- Assists in developing methodologies and analyze Supply Chain to segment

Suppliers into appropriate strategic quadrants that impact the business.
- Identifies innovative links to and/or impacts to the business and structure value-add total cost partnering strategies through multiyear relationships that

SUPPLY CHAIN JOB DESCRIPTION are measurable by positively impacting: safety, availability, risk reduction, price, security of supply, life cycle, and process efficiencies.
- Negotiates for selected strategic, high/low-risk services and/or materials or asset disposal transactions.
- Assists in developing, validating, and implementing supply strategies; validate with more senior levels within organization.
- Assists in developing methodologies and performing strategic Demand

Forecasting for all Service requirements between all major business groups within organization to segment spend and identify opportunities for service aggregation