Contract Management Lead  

The Role: Contract Management Lead

The Team: This global function is within the Procurement Operations team under the Global Business Services domain, with expectations to closely coordinate with relevant teams in Category Management & Sourcing Support.

The Impact: The Contract Management Leadwill primarily lead and support contracting activities across all geographical regions.

What’s in it for you:

• Be part of a pioneering procurement operations team in Manila and manage a local team of procurement contracting legal specialists.
• Work in a global function for a growing organization that powers the markets of the future.

Responsibilities:

• End-to-end contract management including contract authoring, red-lining, negotiations and approvals
• Drive contractual standards and serve as a single point of contact to the business and intermediary with the vendor on client engagement on contract terms
• Ensure success against all contractual commitments at a category level (strategic and tactical).
• Liaise with the Category Management, Internal legal dept. and Vendors to get the contracts published once the Supplier is identified for award of business
• Resolve any existing contract conflicts
• Serve as a liaison between internal and external parties during contract development and negotiation stages
• Provide SME/ in-depth knowledge of a contracting strategy within a large corporation and be able to drive and identify additional opportunities with client
• Ensure SLAs around the contracting process like Turnaround time for contract, contract accuracy, etc.
• Maintain contract templates and manage the contract approval flow of executed sourcing activities.

What We’re Looking For:

• Extensive experience in relevant fields in line with the role expectations, with at least 5 years’ experience in Contracting
• Amenable to work to manage operations in the US hours (night shift).
• Possesses basic exposure to Procurement or has a background in end-to-end Procurement processes
• Basic understanding of indirect spend categories like MRO, IT & Telecom, Facilities, Purchased Services & their Buying Patterns

• Must have a least a Bachelor's Degree in Law / Juris Doctor.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office applications like Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Advanced proficiency in contracts drafting and legal review
• Strong customer centric focus and able to interact with VP level stakeholders and legal teams
• Proficiency in analytical & presentation Skills
• Advanced proficiency in contract knowledge, contract drafting & negotiation skills
• Proactive & persuasive relationship with client stakeholders
• Basic exposure to document management and contracting applications
• Willing to work in mid shift / night shft (US Operations). Amenable to work in Pasig Office