Procurement Contract Specialist

Requisition Title: Procurement Contract Specialist

Hazelwood, MO

6+ Months Contract

Description:

• The Procurement Contract Specialist role is a collaborative and results oriented-role in a wide range of indirect categories to work within our Global Procurement Team.
• This position will support sourcing and contract management activities for various indirect categories including, commercial, IT, corporate services and S&T (Science & Technology).
• The individual will be part of the Indirect and Operations Procurement and will collaborate with Category Managers to execute supplier contracts within the contract lifecycle management tool (CLM).

Essential Functions

• Collaborate and support the documentation of a comprehensive set of processes to provide back-office support to category and contract management through the CLM
• Collaborate with Legal and Procurement Team to assure appropriate application of contracting guidelines for varying contract scenarios
• Strong Statement of Work (SOW) review and negotiation experience
• Clear communication with various stakeholders that partner with Procurement
• Maintain documents and document metadata within the CLM
• Promote corporate objectives and change initiatives, ensuring that the sourcing team is supporting overall company direction and growth
• Ability to work efficiently and prioritize work based on corporate objectives and needs
• Monitor Procurement and end user compliance

Minimum Requirements

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in finance or a related business field preferred
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in sourcing/procurement/contract management function preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in the field of indirect procurement preferred
• Experience with IntelAgree or other CLM preferred
• Project management experience in a corporate and/or professional services environment preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Ability to interface with internal stakeholders and suppliers via strong written and verbal communications skills
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Solid multi-phase project management skills

Skills/Qualifications:

• Must have intermediate to expert level skills with regard to CLM tool utilization, contract management, and deadline management.
• Must have initiative and independent thinking to prioritize workload and determine how to best accomplish various tasks with limited supervision.
• Organizational Relationship/Scope:
• Reports to the Procurement Operations Director. Partners closely with Global Procurement Team and internal stakeholders from varying departments.

Working Conditions: