Director of Contracts

THE TEAM YOU WILL BE JOINING:

• A $1.5 billion-dollar organization with a significant presence in the U.S. aviation industry, providing essential connectivity to various destinations across North America.
• Values that have a strong emphasis on values such as teamwork, diversity, and inclusivity, fostering a safe and respectful work environment.
• Mission of prioritizing safety while promoting stability, growth, and a forward-thinking mindset.
• Organization with a driven and accountable approach, emphasizing reliability and care in daily interactions with teammates, colleagues, and customers.

WHAT THEY OFFER YOU:

• Eligible team members enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, which includes travel privileges.
• A generous vacation plan is provided to allow employees to make the most of their travel perks.
• A 401(k) plan with a company match, as well as profit-sharing and bonus opportunities

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT:

• Manages the vendor selection process including analysis of vendor proposals in conjunction with key stakeholders in the maintenance and finance organizations
• Maintains industry visibility and engagement to source new partners utilizing innovative and approved techniques to drive cost savings, reliability, and lead times
• Negotiates vendor purchasing agreements, shipping and payment terms, fixed pricing, and approved company contacts
• Serve as liaison for purchasing contracts between internal stakeholders and external legal counsel (support)
• Find and facilitate new purchasing initiatives to drive costs down across the company.
• Develop and present business case and related ROI to senior management for justification of investment in upgrades or replacement of hardware/software
• Conceive solutions, build consensus and sell/execute solutions
• Maintains close relationships with current vendors, tracks issues, and helps to troubleshoot production issues and anticipates and raises potential concerns with vendor reliability, engineering techniques, or production capabilities and makes necessary corrections to mitigate impact to the company
• Partner with Finance to complete financial and productivity analysis on vendor contract or contract amendment proposals, to publish and review responses to RFP’s and RFQ’s
• Management of the Contract Analysts and their daily activities in the contract life cycle
• Engages across the organization at all levels of leadership to prepare commercial agreements and is prepared to make regular presentations to Senior Leadership up to and including the President
• Effectively manage and operate within the approved operating and capital budget, partner with Finance to complete analysis and forecasting to build the annual operating plan

THE BACKGROUND THAT FITS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations Management, Aviation Management or related discipline
• At least 6 years of experience in procurement, supply chain management and vendor relations
• Must have experience leading and managing complex negotiations
• Experience with managing multiple vendors, domestic and international
• Proven ability to handle operational issues effectively, understanding escalation, communication, and crisis management
• Previous development of budgets, forecasting and operational expenses
• Demonstrated leadership with strong abilities in relationship management
• Gained experience in managing resources to meet goals across multiple projects
• Gained experience in leading multi-disciplinary, high-performance work teams/groups
• Demonstrated competency in developing efficient and effective solutions to diverse and complex business problems