Job Title: Contracts AdministratorJob Location: Mirabel, QC or Enfield, NSJob Schedule: Day ShiftCompensation Range: Between $70,000 - $120,000 CDN annually Essential Functions: The Contract Administrator reports to the Manager of Contracts. He/She is mainly responsible for:
- Influencing successful business outcomes in order to achieve key business and financial objectives for orders, revenue recognition, operating income and free cash flow for new and continuing programs.
- Providing business, contractual and risk mitigation strategy guidance.
- Analyzing new laws, regulations and contract trends for potential impact on business unit goals and objectives.
- Protecting the interest of the company by understanding and interpreting contractual terms and conditions.
- Analyzing significant and/or unique contract requirements, special provisions, terms and conditions to ensure compliance with appropriate laws, regulations and corporate policies and procedures.
- Managing the contractual review of solicitations, proposal development, contract change control process and overall contract administration.
- Establishing and maintaining primary contractual interface with the customer.
- Maximizing cash through innovative contract formation and negotiation to achieve business objectives.
Your Responsibilities:
- Upon receiving requests to bid, review proposed terms and conditions to identify contractual and legal implications and provide appropriate comments to management.
- Ensure that risks in each project are covered by terms and conditions.
- Negotiate terms and conditions of each contract and document each step.
- Write contractual clauses and various project administration correspondence.
- Ensure the follow-up of billings and bill payments.
- Communicate regularly with clients to gather their comments on the company's performance.
- Contribute in identifying and developing new business opportunities.
- Manage large, complex project initiatives of substantial importance to the organization with minimal oversight or direction.
- Communicate within and outside of the organization to explain and influence changes to practices, processes and approaches.
- Make significant improvements in processes, systems, or products.
- Explain, interpret, and gain cooperation on policies, procedures and practices.
- Provide input into new products/processes and implements operational plans that have measurable impact on business or functional results.
Qualifications: - Bachelor's Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience;
- Strong negotiations skills and knowledge of company legal terms and conditions;
- Bilingual, French and English (oral and written);
- Business acumen and strong business writing skill.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Experience with development contracts, production, sustainment, and services;
- Previous experience within the aerospace industry;
- Contract administration experience with military, international, domestic and US Government;
- Strong negotiations skills and experience including terms and conditions, requirements, pricing, IP, data rights, etc.;
- Proficient in providing risk mitigation plans to programs related to source selection;
- Able to work and communicate effectively across functions;
- Able to work in a high-pressure environment, able to meet deadlines and expectations, able to multitask.
Eligibility Criteria: - Must be eligible for registration with the Controlled Goods Program;
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a government of Canada Reliability status and Secret Level 2/NATO Secret security clearance;
- Must be eligible to meet the requirements for U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
