Contract Manager

Contract Manager

Location: Kansas City, MO 64153

Must-Haves:

• Five years related experience in commercial contract management; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Adaptable to changing priorities.
• Experience in a large organizational setting.

Nice-To-Haves:

• Legal experience or knowledge.
• Project management experience.
• Industry specific experience.
• Strong communication skills.
• Strong negotiation skills.

Summary: Responsible for providing day-to-day commercial contract management such as reviewing and negotiating contract terms and conditions, preparing agreements, ensuring contract compliance, and identifying contract risk.

Time Utilization: Normal business hours are 8:00 am to 5:00 pm with occasional overtime needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned:

1. Draft, edit, review, negotiate, and finalize contract documents for Multivac Inc. customer and supply base, including but not limited to non-disclosure agreements, purchase agreements, sales order terms and conditions, local and global agreements, and supplier applications. Proactively handle a broad range of related transactional and legal matters.
2. Ensure compliance with local and global contract risk management criteria (e.g. policies, procedures, etc.).
3. Manage contract request process and ensure timely filing of executed agreements.
4. Monitor and track status of contract-related legal matters.
5. Meet with legal counsel regularly to ensure visibility of all active contract legal matters.
6. Gather, organize, summarize, index, and maintain contract documents from various sources.
7. Manage and maintain the organization's contract management software and reporting requirements.
8. Maintain organization's legal files including a library of pre-approved form documents, contract clauses, templates, and historical documents.
9. Provide support for litigation and regulatory-related matters as needed.
10. Perform contract-related legal research.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree in business or related field and five years related experience in commercial contract management; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Ability: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret legal documents, regulations, and instructional documents. Ability to effectively respond to inquiries from internal and external parties in verbal and written form.

Math Ability: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, and percentages.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should be proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel, and Power Point.

Certificates and Licenses: Current valid driver's license and the ability to obtain a passport for travel as required by position.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The associate must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The associate is frequently required to walk. The associate is occasionally required to stand; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.