Contracts Administration, Senior Manager

Overview

This Contracts Administration, Senior Manager role is responsible for negotiating, structuring, and/or administering contractual documents that establish business relationships with vendors, customers, and/or partners. The position works with sales and service teams, as well as the legal department, to structure contracts and analyze contract terms to ensure compliance with company policy, government specifications, and other applicable requirements.

Responsibilities

• Confer with procurement staff, legal staff, and management on legal matters.
• Inspect and review contracts for compliance with certification requirements, laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Develop short- and long-term strategies and goals for administration of assigned contracts.
• Establish operational objectives and work plans; delegate assignments to subordinates.
• Review objectives of other managers to determine operational success.
• Develop, modify, and execute company policies that affect immediate operations and may also have company-wide effect.
• Lead the work of others.
• Oversee contract documents and ensure management understands and authorizes contract terms involving multiple statewide contracting programs.
• Oversee development, writing, revision, and/or preparation of highly complex contracts, amendments, subcontracts, procedures, forms, related documents, and provisions and reports.
• Oversee maintenance, updating, and compilation of detailed data, reports, summaries, files, records, logs, statistics, or specific contracts, including procurement documents and revisions.
• Oversee writing of routine and unique correspondence.
• Oversee administration of complex agreements and contracts.
• Provide advanced technical and administrative support, including reviewing, processing, answering questions, assisting with contract-related matters, and handling complaints and resolution of discrepancies and problems regarding contracts, billing, payment, and warrants.
• May conduct training on complex contracting issues of statewide significance.
• Perform other duties as required.

Required Qualifications / Skills

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S/B.A) from four-college or university and 8+ years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Regular interaction with senior management or executive levels across several functional areas, divisions, and/or customers.
• Ability to change others’ thinking or gain acceptance from others in sensitive situations without damaging relationships.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Exercises logic and reasoning to define problems, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; makes decisions that support business objectives and goals.
• Public relations skills to maintain effective working relationships with individuals and groups.
• Ability to lead, assign, review, and monitor the work of others.
• Ability to analyze complex business, technical, and managerial problems and develop, recommend, and implement effective solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• No additional preferred qualifications listed.

Physical Demand & Work Environment

• Ability to perform office-related tasks, which may include prolonged sitting or standing.
• Ability to move from place to place within an office environment.
• Ability to use a computer.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Some positions may require occasional repetitive motion or movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.