IT Procurement/ Contract Manager

The Procurement/ Contract Manager will play a pivotal role overseeing the lifecycle of multiple strategic 3rd party contracts. This role is responsible for ensuring that all parties adhere to the agreed terms, tracking key milestones, and managing renewals or amendments. The ideal candidate will be responsible for monitoring, analysis, compliance & reporting while working with other departments to ensure consistent compliance practices are followed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree or equivalent experience
• 9 years of direct experience in a similar role with ability to navigate complex sourcing strategies and contract compliance for large scale digital transformations (e.g. managing system integrator services and software professional services) while managing sophisticated contracts to minimize value leakage.
• Certification such as one of the following or related:
  - Project Management Professional (PMP)
  - Program Management Professional (PgMP)
  - Lean six sigma certification, green or black belt
• Experience with quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) regarding contract documents.
• Experience with process development, review, and continuous improvement.
• Experience in transmission pipeline construction.
• Utility industry experience.
• Subject matter expertise with composition, management, administration, and negotiation of contracts and change orders
• Ability to apply business knowledge, project management methodologies, and best practices.
• Ability to manage conflict constructively with a win-win resolution in mind.
• Knowledge of budget and resource allocation and formulation of contracts, bids, agreements, and RFPs.
• Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Analytical, critical, and technical thinking skills. Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Ability to develop reports, models, and simulations.
• Prioritizes workload independently based on department priorities and goals.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and contract information systems and applications (e.g. SRM, Ariba, SAP, scheduling software).

Responsibilities

• Leads supplier relationship management for critical system integration partners.
• Advises senior leadership (internal and external) on contracting strategy and negotiations.
• Negotiates complex contract issues independently.
• Leads the effort to identify, analyze, improve existing business processes, or create new ones within the department to meet new goals and objectives.
• Works closely with key stakeholders to ensure alignment.
• Acts as a primary liaison for the contracts team to Legal Department and other compliance departments (i.e. Risk).
• Provides active guidance, support, mentorship and training to less experienced contract management staff.
• Develops and delivers contract management training to all stakeholders.
• Keeps track of program contracts and their associated obligations
• Analyzes contracts for potential compliance issues.
• Identifies and resolves discrepancies or non-compliance issues.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of compliance programs and procedures.
• Conducts audits and inspections to verify compliance.
• Communicates compliance requirements to all relevant stakeholders.
• Provides training and guidance on compliance procedures.
• Prepares reports on contract compliance activities and outcomes.