What are the responsibilities and job description for the Contract Specialist position at Jefferies?
You'll be supporting 3 Senior Sourcing Managers, and Procurement Dept BA. Provide negotiation, correspondence, report generation and prep efforts to Sourcing Management. Orchestrate and prioritize incoming client requests/purchase initiatives as well as provide administrative communication coordination.
Experience Level: Experienced procurement professional with 1 years contract negotiation, commercial contract law experience; 3 years sourcing, supply chain management background.
Opportunity: To grow your skills of all aspects of contract analysis, negotiation, structure, and management; learn all aspects of Sourcing, Procurement and Supply Chain Management; Interact with all levels of personnel and ranks of management within the fast-paced Financial Services vertical.
Required Skills and Experience:
-Excellent verbal and written communication skills, command of colloquial, idiomatic English, as well as professional business writing and legal terminology.
-Previous purchasing or procurement experience
-Professional, Attentive, Alert, Customer Focused demeanor
-Comfortable interacting with C-suite level executives across all capabilities and with legal personnel
-An agile multitasker quick to adapt to ever changing demands.
-Fluent in standard office applications – O365 Outlook, O365 Word, O365 Excel, O365 PowerPoint, O365 SharePoint, O365 Forms, O365 One Note, Adobe Acrobat Pro, DocuSign (or other esignature platform).
-Highly organized, tracking diverse ongoing activities.
Additional skills (nice to have):
Experience with ERP/Corp Financial Management Software, especially PeopleSoft Financials
Contract Lifecycle Management concepts or administration
Familiarity with Universal Commercial Code
Familiarity with Contract Law basics
Familiarity with any other Source-to-Pay systems
