Contract Senior Specialist - Data Privacy (Hiring Immediately)

What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda
Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success. We strive to be a company that serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.”

We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.

If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!

Job Purpose

The Contracts Sr. Specialist is responsible for reviewing contract requests of high complexity, serving as a trusted expert, and collaborates with Legal, Category Management, Risk groups and Business groups to ensure that all contracts are compliant with company policies, and risk and governance requirements. Contracts Sr. Specialist is responsible to review, analyse, redline, assess risk(s) and negotiate with suppliers to obtain the best possible terms and delivery in support of business requirements with limited to no oversight from Contracts unit manager. Additionally, Contracts Sr. Specialist is the primary interface to educate business groups in understanding contract terms that will enable them to make sound business decisions, follow up with suppliers to ensure that the quality of service and/or deliverables are met and exercise signature commitment authority in accordance with corporate guidelines.

As SME, the Sr. Specialist is responsible for enhancing the efficiency, consistency, and effectiveness of end-to-end contracting operations. This includes partnering with technology teams to optimize systems and tools, driving the implementation of process updates, and ensuring sustainable adoption across the organization. This role will also support key business plan theme initiatives that relate to the contracting function.

Key Accountabilities

• Operations Improvement: SME -Responsible to lead and support business plan, optimization themes, and / or process improvements / efficiencies.
• Systems Optimization: Business product owner/lead for Contract Lifecycle Management technology suite (including QuickBase, Ariba, Icertis, and Adobe).
• Develop, lead, review, analyze, redline, risk assess risk(s) and negotiate Master Agreements with high complexity, including urgent and escalating contracts.
• Lead/manage auditing of all contracts and Contract Repository management
• Define and develop required Master Agreements based on engagement type, and support team-members in correct Master Agreement selection in the contracting process.
• Train and support for other team members and internal customers

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills

Minimum Educational Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business or closely related field or equivalency in procurement tenure and experience
• CSP, CPM or CPSM certification is desired

Minimum Experience :

• 5+ years procurement, project management, or contracting experience.
• Strong negotiation and analytical skills are required
• Computer skills (Microsoft Suite to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

Other Job-Specific Skills :

• Familiarity with procurement ERP system(s) (Ariba, SAP, etc.) and/or Contract Lifecycle Management tools (Icertis, Ariba, Adobe, etc.)

Job Dimensions

No. of Direct Reports : 0

No. of Indirect Reports : 1-4

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