Job Title: Contract Advisor
Location: Calgary, AB (Onsite)
Estimated Duration: 12 Months
Contract Advisor – SCM (X5)
Our client is a Canadian integrated energy company. There operations include oil sands development, production and upgrading; offshore oil and gas; petroleum refining in Canada and the US. They also have a retail energy distribution network
They are currently looking for a Contract Advisor for their Calgary location
Overview
Our client is looking to build out their Supply Chain Management Category Business Team. The Contract Advisor will focus on material and/or service contracts. They will negotiate and manage the life cycle of contracts to deliver measurable cost, risk and efficiency improvements
Responsibilities:
- Partner with internal stakeholders to define business requirements and translate them into sourcing and category strategies that align with asset plans and corporate objectives, with a strong focus on cost efficiency, total cost of ownership and value optimization
- Identify cost-reduction opportunities through market analysis, supplier collaboration, demand management and monitoring of category spend
- Apply data driven insights to challenge specifications, service deliver models and commercial structures to achieve sustainable cost savings
- Lead sourcing-to-contract events for complex services, ensuring commercial outcomes balance cost efficiency, performance and risk mitigation
- Design innovative commercial models and negotiate strategies that drive competitive advantage and cost reduction
- Manage contract planning, contract strategy development, sourcing and negotiation management activities through to contract formation and approval and claim / warranty
Education and Experience:
- A related post-secondary degree in Business or Supply Chain.
- A minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience with material and/or service contract management
- Experience negotiating and managing the lifecycle of contracts
- Proven track record on cost optimization, cost modeling and total cost-of-ownership analysis
- Experience communicating effectively verbally and in written form to various levels of audiences including Senior Leaders.
- Experience with high-value engineering multi-year service based contracts.
- Strong internal and external stakeholder engagement and management experience.
- Proficiency in SAP, Ariba and spend analytics tools
The pay range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for this position is between CA$50.00 and CA$100.00
Our voluntary benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.
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