Hughes Collective, on behalf of our client, Catalyst Talent Solutions, is pleased to present an exciting opportunity.
Title: Senior Contract Administrator
Location: Saskatoon, SK
Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8-5
About Our Client
Catalyst Talent Solutions wasn’t built to fit into the temporary staffing space. It was sparked to stand apart.
Catalyst was created at the intersection of grit and growth. Catalyst talent is known for being hardworking, loyal, quietly fierce, and always ready to move. They weren’t built to be another vendor in the stack.
Catalyst exists to be the embedded edge that businesses trust when the pressure’s on
and the outcome matters. High trust execution. High performance talent. No fluff.
The Opportunity
This opportunity is for someone who brings order, momentum, and discipline to complex contracting environments.
As part of an embedded team, you’ll support contract execution from the inside, keeping documentation tight, processes moving, and issues resolved before they slow delivery. You’ll work closely with internal stakeholders, vendors, and contractors to ensure contracts are executed accurately, compliantly, and on pace with business needs.
This role requires precision and presence. You’ll be trusted to maintain clean, audit-ready contract records, support timely execution, and uphold company policies, legislative requirements, and health, safety, and environmental standards without compromise. You won’t just follow processes, you’ll help strengthen them, contributing to operational excellence and continuous improvement across the function.
If you’re at your best in environments where accountability is real, collaboration is expected, and execution matters, this role gives you the space to operate with trust and impact.
This role is best suited to candidates based in or near Saskatoon. A living-out allowance (LOA) is generally not applicable.
Key Responsibilities
· Leading Request for Proposal development and commercial evaluation. You’ll develop Request for Proposal packages, define contractual and commercial terms, and evaluate and support negotiation of vendor proposals with a clear focus on value, risk, and execution.
· Supporting contracts beyond signature. You’ll support project and contract owners post-award, supporting dispute resolution, performance management, incentives, liquidated damages, contract changes, and, when required, terminations.
· Building durable business relationships. You’ll cultivate and sustain strong working relationships with internal stakeholders, vendors, and contractors strengthening supplier performance, cost efficiency, and delivery outcomes.
· Ensuring disciplined, compliant execution. You’ll collaborate with stakeholders to ensure contracts are created, administered, and executed in full alignment with the policies, procedures, and applicable legislation.
· Keeping contracting on pace with the business. You’ll work closely with Contract Owners and key stakeholders to ensure contracting processes move quickly and effectively to meet operational and project requirements.
· Operating with safety and responsibility at the core. You’ll comply with all health, safety, and environmental policies, practices, and procedures—no exceptions.
· Stepping in where needed. Performing other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
· Degree or diploma in Administration, Business, Commerce, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related discipline
· SCMP designation or progress toward certification considered an asset
· Minimum 10 years of experience in contract administration, procurement, supply chain, or a related field
· Preference given to those with mining industry experience in both brownfield and greenfield operations
· Exposure to contracts, purchasing, or sourcing activities is preferred
· Advanced proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SAP
What Catalyst Offers
Work that moves. You operate in fast-moving environments where your judgment is trusted, your instincts matter, and you’re empowered to act.
Clarity, focus, and real standards. You’re supported by teams that value precision, preparation, and presence. No wasted effort. Just clear expectations and meaningful work.
True partnership, not placement. You’re embedded into teams where you’re aligned, supported, and treated like part of the operation, not a temporary add-on.
Momentum with follow-through. You join organizations that value execution. Things start, progress, and finish. Your work has continuity, visibility, and impact.
A culture that backs high performers. Catalyst invests in people who take pride in their work. High standards are the norm, excellence is expected, and strong performance is recognized and supported.
About the Collective
At Hughes Collective, we don’t just recruit—we transform how talent meets opportunity. We connect candidates with roles that challenge, inspire, and empower.
This isn’t recruitment as usual. This is Hughes Collective: bold, authentic, and unapologetically different. Your next move starts here.