Job Description

Requisition ID: 169085 Career Group: Corporate Office Careers Job Category: Strategic Sourcing Contract Management Travel Requirements: 0 - 10% Job Type: Full-Time
Country: Canada (CA) Province: Ontario; Alberta; British Columbia; Nova Scotia; Québec City: Mississauga, Stellarton, Calgary, Dartmouth, Montreal, Victoria Location: Tahoe Office, Bureau de Montréal-Nord, Calgary Office, Dartmouth Office, Foord St. Office, King St. Office, Victoria Office Postal Code:
Our family of 134,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.
A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1500 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawton’s Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.
All career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting.

Overview

Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities and we are looking for top talent to join our team! We have a short term contract opportunity for a Contract Management Specialist who will provide cross functional and business decision support to the Strategic Sourcing and Management team at Sobeys. The role can be based out of our offices in either Mississauga, ON, Victoria, BC, Stellarton, NS, Dartmouth, NS or Montreal, QC. The ideal candidate has the ability to think strategically and build long-term relationships with key partners, draft and/or redline contracts, manage multiple complex projects simultaneously and have a strong understanding of contract trends in IT, Marketing, and retail environments.
This is a three (3) month contract with the possibility of extension.

Individual Responsibilities:

• Support contract management process across all lines of business.
• Develop and maintain contract terms database based on existing and new contracts and ensure better visibility is brought to contract terms, including scope, risk, spend etc.
• Develop monthly reporting to monitor and flag contract terminations to Strategic Sourcing Managers and the business.
• Develop best practices for contract KPIs and Service Level Agreements (SLA’S) to ensure proper tracking and alignment with Contract language
• Review RFP documentation to ensure it meets our internal Legal requirements and provide feedback to Strategic Sourcing team and the business on appropriate template use for RFx and contract.

Key collaborative functions:

• Provide insight to Strategic Sourcing team and Business Units on contract status, risk, expiry etc.
• Work with functional leaders to draft and negotiate contract terms, SoW, SLAs etc.
• Provide leadership updates on contracts status, expiry, risks.
• Collaborate in category review processes by providing trends in market, risks, opportunities.
• Engage and collaborate with Suppliers on contract revisions.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, Strategic Sourcing team and business units to properly manage the contract process.

Job Requirements

• Undergraduate Degree and 3-5 years of relevant experience in contract management
• Experience in contract drafting, and online integration of Ariba

• Solid analytical and problem solving skills
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills (particularly Excel)

• Being Bilingual (English and French) is a bonus

This is an outstanding opportunity to join a leading Canadian company with a clear vision and focus. If you feel that this describes the kind of work you want to do, and you are excited about what Sobeys has to offer, then we look forward to reviewing your application. Please ensure that you take the time to ensure your profile shows us why you’re the most qualified applicant for the role.
Sobeys offers our employees many valuable benefits such as:

• Growing organization
• Competitive salary
• Ongoing Training & Development
• Opportunity for internal mobility to other departments and/or promotions (for employees who are strong performers)

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