Contracts Specialist

Bell's AI Fabric program is a groundbreaking national initiative designed to position Canada as a global leader in Sovereign AI. By building a secure, high-performance, coast-to-coast compute fabric, Bell is creating the foundational infrastructure required to power the next generation of AI innovation while ensuring data sovereignty, resilience, and scalability at national scale.

The OFCI Sourcing, Contracts & Supply Chain Specialist is an integrated commercial and delivery role supporting critical Owner Furnished Contractor Installed equipment for data centre projects, including generators, switch gear, UPS systems, transformers, cooling equipment, and related infrastructure.

The role combines strategic sourcing support, contract administration and negotiation coordination, supplier management, manufacturing milestone tracking, and delivery assurance. Working with internal stakeholders, legal counsel, OEMs, and EPC partners, the specialist will help secure competitive commercial outcomes while ensuring contractual commitments and equipment schedules remain aligned with project requirements.

Strategic Sourcing & Commercial Execution

• Support sourcing strategies, RFx activities, bid evaluations, supplier recommendations, and award documentation for assigned OFCI equipment categories.
• Analyze supplier proposals, total cost of ownership, lead times, capacity, commercial risks, and delivery commitments.
• Support negotiation of pricing, production-slot reservations, payment milestones, warranties, freight terms, and other commercial conditions.
• Prepare purchase recommendations and coordinate requisitions, purchase orders, approvals, and supplier onboarding with procurement operations.

Contract Development & Administration

• Draft, review, and coordinate redlines for purchase agreements, master agreements, Statements of Work, amendments, and commercial exhibits in partnership with Legal.
• Maintain clear contractual requirements for scope, pricing, delivery milestones, acceptance criteria, warranties, title transfer, Incoterms, change control, and supplier remedies.
• Manage contract trackers, approvals, obligations, expirations, amendments, and audit records through the contract lifecycle.
• Identify supplier exceptions and commercial risks, summarize business impacts, and escalate items requiring leadership or Legal decisions.

Supplier Performance, Reporting & Governance

• Track supplier performance across cost, quality, schedule, responsiveness, and contractual compliance, and support business reviews and escalations.
• Prepare concise dashboards and reports covering sourcing status, contracting progress, manufacturing milestones, delivery outlook, key risks, and required decisions.
• Maintain accurate procurement and contract records and contribute to standard work, templates, controls, and process improvements.

Education & Experience:

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, Legal Studies, or a related field, with 5+ years of relevant experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, contract administration, supplier management. Experience with data centre infrastructure, capital equipment, EPC delivery models, or OFCI equipment is strongly preferred.

• Working knowledge of competitive sourcing, commercial proposal analysis, purchase orders, contract terms, change orders, supplier performance, and manufacturing or delivery schedules.
• Ability to review and coordinate contract redlines while recognizing when legal, financial, or leadership escalation is required.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, organization, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple equipment packages and deadlines.
• Proficiency with ERP, sourcing, contract-management,…