Contract Specialist

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA); Winnipeg; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health authority in Winnipeg seeks a Contract Specialist to lead contracting strategies for healthcare delivery. This role involves managing significant contract values, guiding stakeholders through processes, and ensuring compliance and innovative solutions. Ideal candidates will have a degree in supply chain management and experience in contract management within a public sector environment. The position offers a hybrid work model with a dynamic team dedicated to improving healthcare across Manitoba.

Benefits

Health benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• 5+ years of contract management experience in a supply chain system.
• Proven ability in strategic tendering and contract execution.
• Active membership in a relevant regulatory body.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of contracting strategies.
• Guide stakeholders through contracting processes.
• Provide expertise on contract management plans.

Skills

Contract management services

Strategic tendering

Leadership capabilities

Stakeholder influence

Supply chain management

Education

Post-secondary degree in supply chain management or related field

Tools

Great Plains

SAP

Job description

Requisition ID: 396253

Position Number: 20059259

Posting End Date: February 9, 2026

City: Winnipeg

Employer: Shared Health

Site: Shared Health - Health Sciences Centre

Department / Unit: Category Management - 3

Job Stream: Non-Clinical

Union: Non Union

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

FTE: 1.00

Anticipated Shift: Days

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Daily Hours Worked: 7.75

Annual Base Hours: 2015

Salary Is Commensurate With Education And Qualifications.

Shared Health leads the planning and coordinates the integration of patient-centered clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba. The organization also delivers some province-wide health services and supports centralized administrative and business functions for Manitoba health organizations.

Position Overview

The Supply Chain Management Shared Service (SCMSS) is a new organization that supports healthcare delivery across Manitoba by contracting, procuring and distributing supplies, equipment, and services to service delivery organizations (SDOs) across the health sector.

Additionally, the SCMSS leads the category management Health and Population Cluster for the Government of Manitoba and is responsible for establishing contracts for in-scope items that can be used by stakeholders across the Government of Manitoba and other public sector partners.

The Contract Specialist is a key role in the new SCMSS within Shared Health providing on-going leadership to drive innovation, mitigate supply risk, and improve supplier performance.

Main Function

Contract Specialists support contracting activities within the health and population cluster, by:

• Leading the development and execution of contracting strategies and plans for assigned categories with approximately $ 15-50 million of annual spend including coordinating the tendering process which includes drafting of tender documents, facilitating evaluation and leading negotiation and contract execution;
• Guiding stakeholders including administrators and clinicians through contracting processes to effectively implement and execute contracts in compliance with internal standards;
• Managing risks, resolving issues around contracts and maintaining a high level of client service;
• Providing expertise on and effectively implementing all aspects of contracting strategies, strategic contracting initiatives, contract management plans, and the tendering cycle;
• Collaborating with the work area colleagues and integrating with the value analysis teams to develop robust contracting strategies based on research;
• May directly guide working groups including government stakeholders through a contracting management process.

Experience

• 5 years of progressive experience providing contract management services in an enterprise-wide supply chain management system including contracting, strategic tendering using defined methodologies and processes such as the category management methodology for contracting in a large publicly funded organization, preferably in the health sector, including:
• 5 years of experience developing, drafting, evaluating and awarding tenders using a wide variety of tendering formats such as RFPs, RECs, RFIs and RFQs and experience with contract management and different contracting approaches while ensuring compliance with trade agreements and legislation.
• 3 years of experience influencing senior management, key stakeholders including senior clinicians.
• 3 years of experience working with supply management modules in enterprise resources planning systems and/or contract management software applications in contracting and procurement (e.g., Great Plains and SAP).

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Post-secondary degree in supply chain management, business administration, commerce or a related field from an accredited post-secondary education institution.
• Additional specialized training in contracting and strategic tendering an asset.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Active member in good standing of an associated regulatory body as appropriate.
• Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP) Level III, completion of the Certified Purchasing Professional; or related a designation in Logistics or Supply Chain are assets.

Qualifications And Skills

• Demonstrated leadership capabilities at the staff level. The provincial health system in Manitoba has adopted the LEADS in a Caring Environment framework.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to work safely in a typical computerized office environment with frequent meetings at multiple client sites, and to lift and carry items of up to approximately 10 kg.
• Interruptions to respond to questions are common dedicated and focused time for planning and concentration can be scheduled.
• Travel throughout the province requiring a valid Manitoba driver’s license and use of a personal motor vehicle.

We have a unique ability to work together to make health care better. If you want to make a difference and contribute to supporting the health of your family, friends and neighbours, please apply today.

Interested candidates should select the "Apply" icon below to upload their cover letter, resume and copy of licenses/certification.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions in Shared Health that combine to equal more than 1.0 FTE.

Shared Health values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

Manitoba healthcare employers, in partnership with the Indigenous community, are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous People within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.