Senior Contracts Manager

Req ID: 141334 Remote Position: Yes Region: Americas Country: USA Summary We are seeking a detail-oriented and strategic Contracts Manager to oversee all aspects of our organizational contracts. The ideal candidate will be responsible for drafting, negotiating, and executing a wide range of agreements, ensuring strict adherence to legal standards and company policies. This role requires exceptional analytical and communication skills to manage risk, optimize financial outcomes, and foster strong relationships with both internal stakeholders and external vendors/clients. Detailed Description Participates in the negotiations of highly complex agreements and large global customer contracts (with values often exceeding $100M) as part of a multi-disciplinary team, including representatives from Business Development and Sales, Finance, Legal and various Global Customer Units. Identifies stakeholders and ensures that all relevant interests are represented. Requires ability to evaluate and prioritize often-divergent interests. Makes decisions with respect to balancing the need to be customer-responsive with that of protecting the company's interests. Evaluates risks associated with contract terms and provides management with contractual risk analysis. Liaisons with CLS legal counsel and senior management. Interprets legal advice and provides advisory and educational support to all participants in the contract process. Acts as an advisor to the VP GM Meta account owner and provides guidance to more junior department members. Works independently and develops extremely complex agreements with little input from the department Director. Knowledge/Skills/Competencies Excellent writing and communication skills, as well as significant experience and knowledge of legal concepts, contract development and negotiation practices. Ability to independently draft high complexity contractual documents is a key element of this position. Excellent attention to detail. Excellent negotiating skills, perception management skills and relationship management skills. Good HR skills as well as employee/team management skills and abilities Physical Demands Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment and remotely. Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data. Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required. Overnight travel may be required Typical Experience Eleven to Fourteen years of applicable experience Typical Education Bachelor’s degree in related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience. Educational Requirements may vary by geography Salary Salary Range: $123,000-153,000 USD/year Notes This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time. Celestica is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws. This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Celestica is an E-Verify employer. Location: This is a remote position, with travel as necessary. We are open to considering candidates close to any of our US locations in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Texas, Arizona, Oregon or California as well as locations near major airports such as the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and Pacific Coast. Company Overview Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud. Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers. Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted. 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