Contract Manager-100% remote but must work PST hours

Contracts Manager : 100% remote, must work PST hours. Long term role.

Comfortable reading and recommending business unit level provisions in contracts to increase control and value for money.

Capable of doing several contract reviews per week, guiding the business unit through their list of pain points and able to recommend items they should consider provisioning in the contract, and possibly helping them with redlines before a contract goes to Legal for review.

Oversees and guides processes surrounding contract submissions, redline / revert process with vendors, continuous improvement of processes and workflows.

Assist the BU’s with standard RFx process, response forms, evaluation process and down-selection to finalists.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION :

This is in the Vendor Management Office working alone in IT SPACE

Responsible for sourcing, procurement and vendor management.

The business is starting to understand need for contract management and Supply base managers-and the need to control competitive engagement and need for business units to stick to set of requirements and follow process.

HARD SKILLS :

Negotiate contracts-know how to read contacts understands and articulate it. know any provisions mean

Redline an agreement, to Increase control and productivity, penalties and etc. help business understand why these are critical and that they need to slow down until those provisions are set and good in contracts.

Contract manager-contracts specifically with IT, tech or software. Ideal-the person had software or IT services contacts. Doesn’t have to be hardware or software. Software SAAS Agreements or Managed service Agreements or professional agreements for implementation

For contact negotiation be able to apply redlines. And say “here are provisions you want in here”. Walk business unit though the provisions they should want. Does not have to be 100% airtight from a court of law sense (their lawyers can handle this), more of a general overview, delivered confidently.

On phone quite a bit as well.

Responsible for 98% of legal work with business mgmt-

Will speak with Business Unit and say, “here are things you need to consider on this Contract, that will make it in your favor, sample redlining and walk through. What to include. We are federated and business led contracts under mgmt.

They have to be able to Review contract and comfortable with a couple of contracts a day.