What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Contracts Specialist position at Waters Corporation?
Overview
This position will be responsible providing critical support to our field sales organization related to review of customer sales/service agreements, non-disclosure agreements, formal bid responses, and other general customer correspondence. You will business partner regularly with our legal, senior management, strategic accounts and risk management departments as well as our order services, finance, and sales teams. This is a hybrid role with three days a week onsite at our Milford location.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Draft, evaluate, propose and negotiate alternative terms taking into account both the needs and expectations of our customers while minimizing our business risk and meeting our corporate objectives.
- Negotiate directly with customer’s contracts/procurement staff ensuring incorporation of input from legal and other respective groups within the company and ensure timely review, approval and turnaround of contracts.
- Work with Finance and order services to ensure adherence to broader requirements such as revenue recognition, pricing and discounting policies, compliance with internal controls, etc.
Qualifications
- BS degree and 5 years of related experience in contract negotiations preferably in a sales organization.
- Strong ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects.
- Organizational and interpersonal skills, including written and verbal communications as the position interacts regularly with customers, cross functional teams and management.
- Proficiency with MS Office applications.
Company Description
Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for over 60 years. With approximately 8,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.
Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We’re the problem solvers and innovators that aren’t afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We’re all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow.
Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status.
