Contract Specialist
Motion Recruitment
Phoenix, AZ, US
Full-time
Our client, a major financial institution, is actively looking for a Contract Specialist to join their team in Phoenix, AZ! This is a hybrid position, so candidates must be local to Phoenix.
This begins as a 1 year contract with an opportunity to extend or convert at any time
Responsibilities :
- Ensuring end to end delivery of market procurement strategy through to operational execution
- Be part of procurement professionals on the team to implement regional category management strategies and plans for related sourcing activity.
- Developing savings plans by developing and maintaining competitive market intelligence for all categories.
- Developing and accountable for the relationships across all Blue Box Business Unit leaders
- Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with M&A team and corp dev team
- Act as the coordination point for all M&A global engagements which will be project based.
- Maintain and promote Amex Blue Box Values by ensuring that work is completed to the highest professional, legal, and regulatory standards, and that the activities subject to review / procurement comply with the Company's stated business ethics.
- Thorough understanding of contract law, sourcing strategies, supplier development and complex negotiations.
- Successfully manage time pressure, work against deadlines, and deliver strong results on schedule; prioritize based on customer or business need, urgency, and / or importance;
effectively integrate and align with internal business partners.
Handling multiple and competing priorities both internally in procurement and within the business
Qualifications :
- Bachelors degree & MBA / Post graduate degree as a plus (or relevant experience)
- Minimum of 2-3 years of procurement experience in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Experience managing large complex contracts and commercial deals.
- Strong project management skills and financial management experience including development of CBA's, PowerPoint presentations and financial models.
- Solid knowledge and proven experience working with a cross-functional teams to develop and execute complex, time and commercial sensitive strategies
- Must be an independent self-starter and have proven ability to drive results and prioritize work activities
- Ability to work in a fluid, fast-paced, and at times unstructured environment and maintain flexibility to meet the changing needs of the customer, business units, and American Express
- Experience with various eProcurement tools like Ariba, Archer, R-Portal, AXPERT, Bridger, etc will be advantageous
3 days ago