Associate Contract Officer

HTRI seeks an individual to work as a team with Contract Officers, Senior Contract Officers, and Contracts Manager to input, update, and maintain information in SAP projects module, review and / or prepare contracts in which HTRI is the customer or vendor.

Principal responsibilities

• Post activities and create new records, involvements, and projects in SAP and Project Manager.
• Monitor compliance of external parties with all contract terms and receipt of expected
• products owed to HTRI. Close out contracts according to guidelines or agreement.
• Monitor HTRI compliance with all contract terms and delivery of expected products owed to external parties. Close out contracts according to guidelines or agreement.
• Develop, review, and update policies, procedures, and forms for assigned contract activities.
• Maintain database for assigned contract activity.
• Prepare monthly and special administrative analyses / summaries at the request of the Contracts Manager, Director, or Officers.
• At the request of the Supervisor, Director, and Officers, prepare and compile business
• information, data, and analysis for business development and planning.
• Prepare draft contracts based on HTRI standard templates for review and approval by Contract Officers.
• Review contracts received from third parties, noting items of concern based on HTRI standards. Discuss issues with Contract Officer.
• Perform export compliance reviews according to department procedures, determine if red flags are present, and prepare correspondence for review by Contracts Manager as required to properly disposition "red flag" items.
• Review and process Intellectual Property Violations according to department procedures, prepare cease-and-desist correspondence for review by Contracts Manager, and perform follow-up as needed to clear the violations.

Qualifications

equivalent experience

Preferred but Not Essential