Job Title: Lead, Contract AdministratorJob Location: Mirabel, QC or Enfield NSJob Code: 44756Job Schedule: Day ShiftCompensation Range: Between $88,500 - $138,500 CDN annuallyThe Lead, Contract Administrator reports to the Senior Manager of Contracts. The successful incumbent is 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.
Essential Functions: - Upon receiving requests to bid, review proposed terms and conditions to identify contractual and legal implications and provide appropriate comments to management.
- Manage large, complex project initiatives of substantial importance to the organization with minimal oversight or direction.
- Negotiate terms and conditions of each contract and document each step.
- Write contractual clauses and various project administration correspondence
- Ensure the follow-up of MAS billings and customer bill payments.
- Communicate/liaison with clients to gather comments on the company's performance.
- Contribute to identifying and developing new business opportunities.
- Ensure that risks in each project are covered by terms and conditions.
- 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.
- Draft, review and negotiate non-disclosure agreements.
Qualifications: - Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or Law and minimum 10 years of prior relevant experience or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 6 years of prior related experience.
- Strong negotiations skills and knowledge of legal terms and conditions.
- Bilingual, French and English (oral and written).
- Business acumen and strong business writing skills.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- 10 Years experience in reviewing, negotiating, drafting, and summarizing contractual agreements and terms.
- Experience with development contracts, production, sustainment, and services.
- Contract management experience in the Aerospace and Defence, international contracting, Canadian Government and US Government.
- Strong negotiations skills and experience including terms and conditions, requirements, pricing, Intellectual Property, data rights.
- Proficient in providing risk mitigation plans to programs related to source selection.
- Able to work and communicate effectively across internal and external 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).
