The Contracts Specialist will be responsible for contract negotiations with customers and business partners. The Contracts Specialist will require knowledge of contract law, contract drafting, Transport Canada Regulations, and have excellent negotiation and relationship management skills.
Key Responsibilities Include
- Support sales effort/bid preparation and negotiate contracts and amendments with the customer.
- Risk identification, management and mitigation strategies.
- Review contract change proposals and amendments and assist in negotiations regarding the contract with the customer. If required, the Specialist will consult with external legal counsel regarding interpretation of issues. This also includes review and assistance in negotiation of all changes to the contract, if required.
- Prepare, present and execute agreement documents covering various types of contracts with customers and business partners.
- Provide thorough and timely review of documents drafted by other parties, identifying, evaluating, and mitigating commercial and contractual risk to the company.
- Review and advise on contractual requirements expressed in Request for Proposals/Quotations.
- Liaise with customers and business partners and report on progress, any modifications required, and the subsequent impact on schedule and budget.
- Liaise with customers and business partners regarding contract deliverables, including documentation, plans, milestones and other unique contract requirements.
- Keep accurate, easily accessible, and complete records of the company’s contractual and business matters for the scope of work assigned to them.
- Keep documented records of commitments made between the company and its customers and business partners.
- Ensure that the business area is cognizant of the requirement to have these agreements properly expressed and executed in a timely manner to protect the interests of the business area as well as the company.
- Keep immediate Supervisor and the business area apprised of business risk issues.