What are the responsibilities and job description for the Contracts Specialist position at Steneral Consulting?
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Job Title
Contracts Specialist
Contract
Location
100 North Point, San Francisco, CA 94133
Start Date
ASAP
Screening Questions
Workload
Team Overview
The current team is 3 Contracts Specialists. This team sits within the Vendor Management Office (VMO) within the Technology Finance org.
Please be sure candidates understand (especially if someone with more of a legal background) that this role does NOT report into a legal org. This role supports IT contracts only.
Project Description
As a Contracts Specialist within the Technology Finance organization, you will be responsible for supporting your business partners through every phase within the contracts lifecycle management (CLM) process as well as play a pivotal role in helping the business partners navigate through the vendor management and procurement process. You will have opportunities to work closely with various stakeholders of all levels both internally and externally as well as work on key projects that have high visibility across the company. The successful candidate will be a detail-oriented, organized, self-motivated individual who thrives working in a high energy, fast-paced, challenging environment under tight timelines.
Duties/Day To Day Overview
(Must haves)
(Nice to Haves)
Must have valid LinkedIn with Profile Picture
Need DL and Visa Copy with Submission
Job Title
Contracts Specialist
- Related titles: could be procurement or vendor management, could be specialist, analyst, associate, manager (MSA, SOW, NDA, experience)
Contract
Location
100 North Point, San Francisco, CA 94133
Start Date
ASAP
Screening Questions
- Tell me about the contracts you worked on (needs to be software/hardware/professional services related)?
- What is the difference between a MSA and SOW?
- What type of vendors (specific names) have you worked with?
- What is the dollar amount of those contracts (hundred of thousands of dollars to multi-million dollar)
Workload
Team Overview
The current team is 3 Contracts Specialists. This team sits within the Vendor Management Office (VMO) within the Technology Finance org.
Please be sure candidates understand (especially if someone with more of a legal background) that this role does NOT report into a legal org. This role supports IT contracts only.
Project Description
As a Contracts Specialist within the Technology Finance organization, you will be responsible for supporting your business partners through every phase within the contracts lifecycle management (CLM) process as well as play a pivotal role in helping the business partners navigate through the vendor management and procurement process. You will have opportunities to work closely with various stakeholders of all levels both internally and externally as well as work on key projects that have high visibility across the company. The successful candidate will be a detail-oriented, organized, self-motivated individual who thrives working in a high energy, fast-paced, challenging environment under tight timelines.
Duties/Day To Day Overview
- Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of agreements (NDAs, MSAs, SaaS agreements), order forms, SOWs and amendments required to support business activities
- Manage vendor initiatives including sourcing activities (RFx), supplier selection, contract/pricing negotiation and spend tool administration
- Build strategic partnerships and serve as a procurement/contracting SME to our business partners by providing guidance on sourcing, contracting and vendor management strategies
- Analyze company spend regularly to appropriately determine and execute on sourcing initiative and cost saving opportunities
- Partner with Legal, Corporate Accounting, Risk and Compliance teams with respect to contract reviews, threatened and actual litigation, corporate compliance issues, and other similar matters affecting the supported business units
- Attend and/or lead team meetings reporting on contract status and metrics related to renewals, vendor spend, and cost savings
- Help create, deploy and maintain best in class procurement, contracting and vendor management processes and workflows for the Technology organization
- Educate and train our business partners on the VMO processes and other related content
(Must haves)
- 3 years of experience related to contracts management experience – specifically IT, SaaS and hardware contracts.
- Experience supporting a technology organization and partnering with different cross-functional teams to work through contracts (ie. legal, security, vendor partners, etc.).
- Retail technology experience is highly preferred.
- Experience with vendor negotiating and redlining contracts (MSA or SOW)
- Proficiency with MS Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat.
- Experience with e-signature tools and spend management tools.
(Nice to Haves)
- Adobe Sign for E-signature tool
- Raindrop for spend management tools
- Experience with indirect procurement (strategic sourcing, category/supplier/spend management), contracts
- Strong knowledge of procurement, contracting and vendor management principles
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Excellent organizational, problem solving and analytical skills
- Ability to manage and resolve conflicts successfully
- Four-year undergraduate degree (preferably in Business, Accounting, Finance or related field)
