Senior Sourcing and Contracts Specialist

Senior Sourcing and Contracts Specialist

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The Senior Sourcing and Contracts Specialist will work closely with the Operations team at Vancouver Shipyards to develop and execute effective sourcing and procurement strategies for both capital and operational expenditures. This role involves engaging with stakeholders to understand business requirements, translating them into comprehensive procurement strategies, and identifying and contracting with suppliers who can deliver optimal value, quality, and performance to meet organizational objectives.

The role is responsible for managing the sourcing, bid administration, contract drafting, contract review, negotiation, renewals and administration as related to the procurement of goods and services for Vancouver Shipyards.

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This position qualifies for an optional hybrid work schedule after 90 days of onsite work and onboarding. Employee will be subject to the terms of the Flexible Work Policy Agreement.

• Strategizes with the business to determine requirements and deploy strategic supply chain solutions, leveraging supply chain tools and processes to ensure the execution of key initiatives.
• Develop and administer competitive tendering processes (e.g. RFP) according to industry best practices, including analysis and summary recommendations of bids, while mitigating risks for Seaspan in support of the key initiates of the business.
• Executes day-to-day sourcing and contracting initiatives, including sourcing, market analysis, category reviews and risk mitigation strategy development.
• Review and negotiate contractual terms and conditions.
• Work with the legal and finance teams in seeking final approvals before agreements are executed.
• Identifies, develops, leads and implements strategic procurement opportunities.
• Implements contractual agreements reflecting all agreed pricing, schedules, payment terms and conditions to meet company’s expectations and needs.
• Establishes supplier internal approvals, purchase orders and transactional elements to enable agreement payments.
• Performs routine checks‑in, providing contract management support and evaluating supplier performance in accordance with agreement and other department KPIs.
• Utilizes cost‑benefit analysis to assess opportunities that reduce costs and better serve the business.
• Analyses spending patterns and business processes to recommend changes contributing to cost and operational efficiency.
• Leads sourcing and contracting initiatives to capture and implement identified strategic procurements.
• Provides leadership and technical expertise on supply chain management activities to internal customers, including sourcing and contracting advice and guidance on establishing agreements.
• Ensures the integration of procurement services processes across Seaspan and extended business partners (suppliers, customers, finance, operations, legal, risk, etc.).
• Provides coaching and mentoring on supply chain management best practices, including best‑in‑class research from various industries on processes, tools, and technologies.
• Act as a business partner to ensure compliance to Seaspan guidelines, purchasing policies and procedures.
• Supports the development of supply chain management training materials.

• A diploma or bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance or related field.
• Completion of Purchasing Management Association of Canada (PMAC) education program for the new Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP) or (former) Certified Professional Purchaser (CPP) designation, or American Purchasing Society or The Association for Operations Management (APICS) CPIM program is preferred.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in supply chain management with a combination of operational and strategic procurement. Including experience in managing projects from start to finish (e.g. major change initiatives, policy/procedure deployment, etc.); and
• Minimum 5 years of experience leading cross‑functional business teams in strategic sourcing, contract management, supplier relationship management, and supplier development; or an equivalent…