Senior IT Contracts & Procurement Specialist

Irving Oil•Saint John, NB

5d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior IT Contracts and Procurement Specialist, your role is to drive value in sourcing and IT contract management by identifying risks, strengthening controls, and optimizing contract and procurement processes. You will collaborate with internal stakeholders and vendors to support effective negotiations, ensure compliance, and enhance performance. Your success is measured by your ability to deliver cost savings, mitigate risk, improve vendor outcomes, and influence best practices, while contributing to team development through knowledge sharing and mentorship. If you are interested in this exciting opportunity with Irving Oil, please apply by June 12, 2026.

Requirements

Ability to incorporate industry best practices such as IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL Foundation)
Ability to develop strategic visions and create plans for implementation
Strong ability to work as part of a team, network, and build relationships
Strong interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills
Ability to multi-task and manage time effectively
Strong negotiation, influencing, and persuasion skills
Strong analytical, problem solving, and cost modeling skills
Strong contract drafting skills and knowledge of contract law
Ability to evaluate and mitigate commercial risks
Post-secondary education in business, or equivalent experience
Proven experience negotiating and managing IT contracts is a requirement
5-10 years of experience in Supply Chain Management
Proficiency in MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint (create, populate, update)

Nice To Haves

Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP) designation or other similar designation would be an asset
ITIL Foundation Certification would be an asset

Responsibilities

Strong understanding of IT systems and contracts, including vendor drafted contracts, licensing agreements, infrastructure and application contracting, professional services agreements, scopes of work, and other agreements
Develop and implement multi-year category sourcing strategies utilizing best practices
Manage the strategic sourcing process, including RFx initiatives, proposal evaluations, negotiation strategies, contract negotiations, execution, and maintenance
Understand and align markets, strategies, priorities and plans
Ability to judge complex situations, identify critical aspects of issues, creatively use data sources, structure complex analyses, think through solutions, develop recommendations and sell to stakeholders
Identify external and internal stakeholders and their requirements and engage appropriately in activities
Facilitate internal Total Cost of Ownership reduction initiatives and identify savings opportunities
Manage contracts and supplier relationships, including the development and implementation of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to drive continuous improvement and increased value
Implement supply management methodologies, processes, policies and procedures
Understand legal concepts as they pertain to proposals, contracting and executing on existing contracts
Assist with mentoring / learning / coaching with junior and intermediate members of the team
Identify issues, develop hypotheses, establish data frameworks, conduct analyses, draw conclusions and develop proposals

Benefits

Work onsite in our beautiful home office building with access to a fitness facility, onsite nurse, and a café
Competitive Compensation
annual bonus plan
pension plan
parking allowance
Flexible Benefits Plan – in effect from day one and offers three levels of coverage to select from to meet your unique, personal needs
Paid Vacation
annual option to purchase additional vacation
annual wellness allowance
paid personal care days
24/7 Employee & Family Assistance Program
Opportunity to give back to some amazing causes in our community
paid volunteer day
company volunteer opportunities
donation matching program