Project Management, Strategic Contract Governance, Legal, Negotiation

MARIA POLLACK

Pointe-Claire, QC H*S *H* 514-***-**** ***********@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/maria- pollack-a83676a

CONTRACTS and RISKS MANAGER

Innovative bilingual leader with extensive expertise in Energy, Aerospace and Telecommunications industries. Recognized for deep expertise developing creative solutions that enhance performance, effect change strategy, and drive profits, cost savings and growth all while successfully preserving contractual and business relationships. Distinguished for unique ability to execute initiatives with speed and accuracy, optimize costs, drive many concurrent projects, and create synergy in teams. Result and goal-oriented leader, commended for participative leadership and resilience, to get jobs done effectively. Direct experience in project management, training methodology, sourcing strategies, and client and supplier management where contract drafting, negotiations, risk mitigation, and dispute resolution is involved. Key skills include: Strategic Contract Governance, Legal, Negotiation & Relationship Building Risk Mitigation Claim Disputes Reports Computer Skills: MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint Salesforce SAP SharePoint Documentum Teams Ariba DevOps EXPERIENCE

CAE Inc., Dorval, Québec 2023 - 2024

Contracts and Risks Manager

Collaborated with the Global Civil Procurement Organization, Legal Counsel, and various internal subject matter experts

(SMEs) to develop and support contract strategies, negotiating terms, and ensuring compliance with organizational and industry standards. This included supplier-facing agreements, purchasing agreements, consulting agreements, statements of work and claim settlement agreements. Proactively mitigated risks, supported negotiations, and elevated contract knowledge within procurement teams.

Partnered with internal SMEs to initiate and enhance insurance provisions in consulting agreements, successfully mitigating up to $2 million in potential financial risk; mitigated financial risk avoiding engagement in contractual business relationship with supplier recently terminated for performance issues, which had resulted in claim disputes.

Awarded Outstanding Contribution, 2024: Recognized for outstanding contributions to contracts and risks management, including successfully mitigating potential financial risks, streamlining processes, and ensuring high standards of contract delivery and supplier performance. Hitachi Energy (ABB), St-Laurent, Québec 2019 - 2023 HVDC Contract Manager

Primary point of contact with respect to the contractual relationship with a principal Canadian customer, Hydro Québec, on the largest international clean energy high voltage direct current (HVDC) projects in New England, USA: New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC). Constructed electric transmission line from Quebec to a new converter station in Maine.

Liaised directly and regularly with Senior Management, Sales, Project Management, Supply Chain, Risk Management, Finance, Project Controls, Engineering and Legal to provide guidance and support on contract related matters throughout the various phases of the project (sales and project execution phases).

Governed the change management process, updated the risk & opportunity register and analyzed the progress of actions to avoid risks and identify any potential claim, contributing to generating over $13M in profits.

Prepared contract agreements such as amendments, letters of intent, notices (i.e. delay, Force Majeur), claims and settlements in concert with Project Director and Legal.

Established a governance structure with the customer to optimize performance and presented regular progress updates on ongoing change management negotiations. Bombardier Aerospace, Dorval, Québec 2011 - 2019

Contracts Manager, Aircraft Sales Transactions and Fleet Accounts - Contracts and Legal Services, Business Aircraft, 2017 - 2019

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Primary point of contact with respect to the contractual relationship of business-jet customers across the globe. Work in partnership with Senior Management, Risk Management, Operations, Finance, Taxation and Legal Counsel to develop and support contract strategy on complex aircraft purchase transactions and governance solutions that optimized costs, proactively mitigated risk, and reinforced cross-functional alignment across the customer services and sales groups.

Supported more than sixteen (16) complex aircraft delivery transactions year-to-date contributing to profits of over

$550M; managed contractual relationships with International, Canadian, and Latin American customers.

Drafted contract amendments, restructurings, financing, service agreements and settlements as well as provide direction on provision interpretations and lead pre-delivery customer negotiation activities.

Developed a lean reporting mechanism in Salesforce to deliver reliable and punctual contractual information to the leadership team while optimizing the use of our resources (people, time, and tools) and ensuring compliance to contractual obligations.

Manager - Procurement, Contracts and Legal Services, Business Aircraft, 2015 - 2017 Built, trained, and managed new team of four (4) contract advisors, one (1) Legal Counsel and one (1) contract administrator. Worked in partnership with the procurement organization and Legal Counsel to develop and support best- in-class contract strategies on supplier facing agreements and training solutions that optimized costs and the quality of contracts, proactively mitigated risk, and heightened contract knowledge of the IT and product procurement groups.

Designed and implemented a new contract quality governance structure that effectively measured and improved the quality performance of contracts of the procurement groups; developed and implemented a project prioritization model for Procurement that in turn drove rigor, accountability, process, and visibility, all of which was sorely lacking.

Introduced process efficiencies and improved alignment of our department processes as well as how we work with the procurement organization which significantly enhanced quality control consistency and accuracy, team partnership as well as overall contract cycle time.

Developing Others (We Put People First) Commended by the Sr. Director of Legal Services for attributing assignments amongst the team while considering their opportunity to expand individual experiences, further develop business acumen and product knowledge, ensuring all team members are given the opportunity to grow and learn. Contract Strategy & Supplier Management (Procurement), 2011 - 2015 Managed the business relationship of sixteen (16) major fabricated metal parts procurement suppliers. Worked in partnership with the suppliers to identify and implement cost optimization opportunities while ensuring consistent, best- in-class quality and delivery performance as well as fostering a solid and long-standing commercial relationship.

With the support of Legal Counsel, successfully negotiated and executed several complex contractual agreements with top-spend procurement suppliers, contributing to annual savings of over $700K.

Lead a project to transition and offload specific manufacturing work to alternative suppliers, significantly reducing purchasing costs of the BOM by $1M annually.

Traveled to suppliers' facilities in North America and Canada to ensure quality and delivery governance and to progress on negotiation; led quarterly governance with the internal logistics groups at Bombardier to gather insight on supplier performance and present progress updates on ongoing negotiations as well as sourcing projects. PRIOR ROLES: Manager - Client Care Quality Assurance, Manager - Client Care Training Design, Project Manager, Performance Excellence & Campaign Manager, Marketing, Loyalty & Direct Sales Channels Bell Mobility, Dorval, Québec EDUCATION

LEAN SIX SIGMA -Green & Yellow Belt Certified, Montreal, QC 2007 - 2023 College Diploma, Pure and Applied Sciences, Vanier College, St. Laurent, QC Bachelor of Law (B. Law), Major in Law, Minor in Languages, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

Centraide Corporate Fundraising Events: Dragon boating Challenge, Moisson Montreal Food Baskets, 2023 BNI (Business Networking International) - 2022, Ski instructor / Monitor/Volunteer, Member of the Board of Directors CAM-X and TUG (Telecom User Group) Associations, Member of the West Island Chamber of Commerce

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