Intermediate Vendor & Contracts Specialist to develop and support sourcing plans and to deliver vendor and contract management services.
Job Type: Contract
Positions to fill: 1
Start Date: Oct 02, 2023
Job End Date: Mar 01, 2024
Pay Rate: Hourly: Negotiable
Job ID: 132715
Location: Vancouver, Victoria
S.i Systems client is looking for an Intermediate Vendor & Contracts Specialist to develop and support sourcing plans and to deliver vendor and contract management services.
6 month contract with chances of extension. Primarily remote with occasional travel to Victoria.
Must Haves:
- 2+ years' experience in category management, strategic sourcing, and contract management, in IT supply category
- Experience with multiple components of the Source-to-Pay process and developing sourcing strategies
- Knowledge of contracting and vendor management for on-premise, cloud, subscriptions, and services
- Strong MS Office Suite proficiency
- Experience assessing supply sourcing categories for key services (staff augmentation, managed services, and vendor business process management)
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, or a related field with a background or education in Technology
Nice to have:
- Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP) or similar
Responsibilities:
- Engages with stakeholders to identify, understand, and capture sourcing and contracting needs for Technology categories of supply
- Develops sourcing strategies for key services including staff augmentation, managed services, and vendor business process service delivery models
- Coordinates Technology department stakeholders in the development and evaluation of RFPs, and leads the Technology department on other procurement activities operated by the Procurement team
- Collaborates, or leads, as the commercial SME on contracting activities
- Contributes to the development, implementation and maintenance of processes, procedures, and tools for vendor and contract management and administration operations
- Identifies risks and issues proactively, and proposes contracting and supply activities to mitigate such risks and issues for stakeholders
- Executes sourcing and contacting activities for assigned area(s) including pre-award, negotiations and post-award activities in an ethical, transparent, effective and efficient manner
- Monitors and tracks the cost savings, cost avoidance, and other benefits produced by contract management activities for assigned area(s) and develops reporting to demonstrate the results achieved
- Develops and maintains vendor profiles throughout the contract life cycle
- Collaborate with stakeholders to performance manage vendors to deliver outcomes
- Develops and delivers briefs and presentations to audiences at all levels of the organization
- Performs contract administration activities in alignment with Technology vendor management and corporate procurement procedures, tools, and templates.
- Undertakes special projects or assignments as required
- Identifies, assesses, and makes recommendations on process improvement activities
- Performs other related duties as requiredEngages with stakeholders to identify, understand, and capture sourcing and contracting needs for Technology categories of supply
- Develops sourcing strategies for key services including staff augmentation, managed services, and vendor business process service delivery models
- Coordinates Technology department stakeholders in the development and evaluation of RFPs, and leads the Technology department on other procurement activities operated by the Procurement team
- Collaborates, or leads, as the commercial SME on contracting activities
- Contributes to the development, implementation and maintenance of processes, procedures, and tools for vendor and contract management and administration operations
- Identifies risks and issues proactively, and proposes contracting and supply activities to mitigate such risks and issues for stakeholders
- Executes sourcing and contacting activities for assigned area(s) including pre-award, negotiations and post-award activities in an ethical, transparent, effective and efficient manner
- Monitors and tracks the cost savings, cost avoidance, and other benefits produced by contract management activities for assigned area(s) and develops reporting to demonstrate the results achieved
- Develops and maintains vendor profiles throughout the contract life cycle
- Collaborate with stakeholders to performance manage vendors to deliver outcomes
- Develops and delivers briefs and presentations to audiences at all levels of the organization
- Performs contract administration activities in alignment with Technology vendor management and corporate procurement procedures, tools, and templates.
- Undertakes special projects or assignments as required
- Identifies, assesses, and makes recommendations on process improvement activities
- Performs other related duties as required