Position Summary:
Local Contracting Team Member- Contracting Services. The local contracting team member is responsible for helping understand and document the contract execution process, from receipt of the contract request through supplier signature, including interfacing with the business partner (internal and external customers) at a highly detailed level for specific countries/operating companies. They will be the primary resource to execute due diligence activities required to transform contracting from the as-is to the to-be process. In addition, local contracting team member is responsible for assessing as-is and to-be processes and documents, performing fit-gap assessment and gathering any additional required information while ensuring compliance with company policies while engaging the appropriate support as needed. This individual will develop strong, value-added working relationships with internal stakeholders. This individual will support and drive the clause and template harmonization process through development of strong relationships with the law department and collection of existing templates and contracts. They will support the launch of a new contracting technology by ensuring all processes and content are documented in an actionable format. This individual will be responsible for ensuring local requirements are met by the future-state process while simultaneously reducing deviations from the global process.
Major Duties & Responsibilities
• In order of importance, briefly describe, in sentence form, the major responsibilities of this position (principal duties and responsibilities of the position) as it exists today. Describe the job, not the person in the job. Each item listed below should be a major responsibility of the position, not a day-to-day activity.
• Understanding and documenting the local contract execution process, from receipt of the contract request through supplier signature, including selection, harmonization, and escalation of various contract types/processes.
• Identifying country/operating company specific requirements and/or regulations to ensure needs are met at a local level
Other Duties & Responsibilities
• The local contracting team member will participate in decision making exercises as well as manage and prioritize a high volume of complex business matters in a highly matrixes and team oriented environment. They will also provide SME escalation support as needed and expertise to business partners and associated teams.
• This individual will demonstrate a sound understanding of the contract preparation, review and negotiation process.
• They will collaborate with Contract Attorneys, Procurement, HCC, Finance, and other support organizations in order to accomplish this task.
• The Contracting process lead will assist in establishing, maintaining, and training on processes for contract review and approval and other internal audit and HCC requirements.
• This individual may also assist in identifying solutions that resolve long cycle times as well as deviations to policies and associated activities.
• The local contracting team member should possess strong team work skills such as relationship management, interpersonal, communication, negotiation, problem solving and organizational skills.
• They must be able to lead and manage cross functional teams. Good problem solving ability and administrative skills are required.
• The local contracting team member must be comfortable with ambiguity and demonstrate persistence in navigating a matrixes environment to gather needed information.
• They must be detail-oriented in documentation and demonstrate an intellectual curiosity enabling them to ask questions, challenge the status-quo, and discover un-stated processes and requirements.