Senior Contracting Specialist - land
Listed on 2026-02-01
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Business
Business Development, Supply Chain / Intl. Trade, Business Analyst, Business Management
Overview
Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We’re guided by our culture of care and our core values: safety, inclusion, integrity, and results. When we say we care, we mean it. We’re creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels safe, has a sense of belonging, trusts one another, and acts with integrity.
What You ll Do:- Model our core value of safety by enabling a culture in which you and your team are actively contributing to a safe work environment.
- Partner with Category Managers and Specialists across Category Management to support the strategic sourcing process.
- Manage competitive sourcing events, build and negotiate contracts across multiple categories, technical categories and complex categories.
- Lead a mix of global and regional sourcing events, often with competing priorities and challenging timelines.
- Strong risk management and T&C skills with adequate commercial acumen to find creative and innovation alternatives and strategies.
- Expertise in contract formation and negotiation that would also include commercial aspects (should cost modeling, supplier market analysis, KPI’s).
- Lead stakeholder management in partnership with the corresponding Category manager.
- Lead the RFP evaluation and supplier selection.
- Bachelor’s degree required, ideally in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or similar discipline.
- 6+ years relevant experience in complex contracting supporting category management, strategic sourcing, supply chain management or equivalent.
- Analytical abilities and experience using quantitative insights to make decisions and influence stakeholders.
- Clear and solid understanding of, and practical experience with, enterprise asset management systems (SAP/Oracle), spend management tools (e.g., Ariba, Analysis & Reports), data management tools and source-to-pay systems (eProcurement).
- Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management capability.
The salary range for this role, in Loveland, CO, is between $87,000 - $149,100. While we provide this range as general guidance, several factors are taken into consideration when making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, candidate skill set, experience and training, licensure and certifications, work location, and other business and organizational needs. Actual salary and benefits may differ based upon location.
We provide an attractive benefits package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage, and life insurance and well as disability coverage for positions working more than 30 hours per week. In addition, we have a retirement program that encourages our employees to save for the longer term, with generous matching employer contributions. Our benefit package also demonstrates our culture of care with paid vacation, sick days and holidays as well as paid personal and maternity/parental leaves and an Employee and Family Assistance Program.
Details of the benefits package will be shared in the application process.
In addition to base pay, this role is also eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan, consistent with the terms of our program(s) where discretionary pay out of awards is reflecting components such as performance of the company and the employee. Details will be discussed through the application process.
This information is provided in compliance with applicable state equal pay and pay equity legislation and is the company s good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation range and benefits offered for this position. The compensation offered to the successful applicant may vary based on factors including experience, skills, education, location, and other job-related reasons. Nutrien also makes internal equity a consideration in all pay decisions.
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