Contracts Administration, Senior Manager

What this Job Entails:

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

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Establishes operational objectives and work plans and delegates assignments to subordinates.

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Reviews objectives of other managers to determine operational success.

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Involved in developing, modifying and executing company policies that affect immediate operations and may also have company-wide effect.

Your Roles and Responsibilities:

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Confers with procurement staff, legal staff and management on various legal matters; inspects and reviews contracts for compliance with certification requirements, laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.

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Develops short and long-term strategies and goals for the administration of assigned contracts.

- Leads the work of others.

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May conduct training on complex contracting issues of statewide significance.

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Oversees contract documents and ensures management understands and authorizes contract terms involving multiple statewide contracting programs.

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Oversees development, writing, revision and/or preparation of highly complex contracts, amendments, subcontracts, procedures, forms, related documents and provisions and reports.

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Oversees maintenance, updating, and compilation of detailed data, reports, summaries, files, records, logs statistics or specific contracts including procurement documents and revisions; oversees writing of routine and unique correspondence.

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Oversees the administration of complex agreements and contracts.

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Provides advanced technical and administrative support to include reviewing, processing, answers questions, provides assistance and handles complaints and resolution of discrepancies and problems regarding contracts, billing, payment and warrants.

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Other duties as required. This list is not meant to be a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities assigned to this position

Required Qualifications/Skills:

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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

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Regularly interacts with senior management or executive levels on matters concerning several functional areas, divisions, and/or customers. Requires the ability to change the thinking of, or gain acceptance from, others in sensitive situations, without damage to the relationship

- Ability to communicate effectively

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Exercises logic and reasoning to define problems, establish facts and draw valid conclusions; makes decisions that support business objectives and goals

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Public relations skills for maintaining effective working relationships with individuals and groups

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Ability to lead, assign, review and monitor the work of others

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Ability to analyze complex business, technical and managerial problems and develop, recommend and implement effective solutions

Preferred Qualifications:
Physical Demand & Work Environment:

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Must have the ability to perform office-related tasks which may include prolonged sitting or standing

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Must have the ability to move from place to place within an office environment

- Must be able to use a computer

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Must have the ability to communicate effectively

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Some positions may require occasional repetitive motion or movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers

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