The Senior Sourcing and Contracts Specialist develops corporate-led procurement programs designed to deliver benefits to the organization by leveraging cross-business unit spend and Seaspan ULC’s position in the marketplace. This includes significant efforts to understand the business’ needs, capture all relevant requirements and pair with the supplier suited to provide Seaspan best value. 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.

• Executes day-to-day sourcing and contracting initiatives, including sourcing, market analysis, category reviews and risk mitigation strategy development.
• Determines and applies appropriate competitive bid methods to ensure bid processes are conducted in a fair and timely manner while mitigating Seaspan’s exposure to risk.
• Develops competitive tendering (e.g. RFP), administration, analysis and summary recommendation from inception to completion.
• Reviews and negotiates contractual terms and conditions.
• Seeks approval and financial authority to execute agreements.
• 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.
• Identifies, develops, leads and implements strategic procurement opportunities.
• 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 established 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.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.