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TEKsystems Contracts Specialist in San Francisco, California
Description:
As a Contracts Specialist within the Technology Finance organization, you will be responsible for supporting your business partners through every phase within the contracts lifecycle management (CLM) process as well as play a pivotal role in helping the business partners navigate through the vendor management and procurement process. You will have opportunities to work closely with various stakeholders of all levels both internally and externally as well as work on key projects that have high visibility across the company. The successful candidate will be a detail-oriented, organized, self-motivated individual who thrives working in a high energy , fast-paced, challenging environment under tight timelines.
Responsibilities
•Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of agreements (NDAs, MSAs, SaaS agreements), order forms, SOWs and amendments required to support business activities
•Manage vendor initiatives including sourcing activities (RFx), supplier selection, contract/pricing negotiation and spend tool administration
•Build strategic partnerships and serve as a procurement/contracting SME to our business partners by providing guidance on sourcing, contracting and vendor management strategies
•Analyze company spend regularly to appropriately determine and execute on sourcing initiative and cost saving opportunities
•Partner with Legal, Corporate Accounting, Risk and Compliance teams with respect to contract reviews, threatened and actual litigation, corporate compliance issues, and other similar matters affecting the supported business units
•Attend and/or lead team meetings reporting on contract status and metrics related to renewals, vendor spend, and cost savings
•Help create, deploy and maintain best in class procurement, contracting and vendor management processes and workflows for the Technology organization
•Educate and train our business partners on the VMO processes and other related content
Criteria
•Four-year undergraduate degree (preferably in Business, Accounting, Finance or related field)
•3-5 years of experience directly related to indirect procurement (strategic sourcing, category/supplier/spend management), contracts and vendor relationship management, preferably for technology companies or supporting technology organization
•Strong knowledge of procurement, contracting and vendor management principles
•Proficiency with MS Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat
•Experience with e-signature (e.g., Adobe Sign, DocuSign) and spend management (e.g., Raindrop, SAP, Coupa) tools
•Strong aptitude for numbers, finance basics and ability to multi-task
•Excellent attention to detail
•Excellent interpersonal skills
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills
•Excellent negotiation skills
•Excellent organizational, problem solving and analytical skills
•Ability to manage and resolve conflicts successfully
•Ability to perform work onsite in the office full-time pending state, local, and Company return-to-work guidance during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Skills:
SaaS, RFx, RFP, Software, contracts, procurement management, NDA, agreements
Top Skills Details:
SaaS, RFx, RFP, Software, contracts, procurement management
Additional Skills & Qualifications:
This role is needed to support both Lyn and Jeff. Ideally Rocklin is best location b/c Lyn is based out of Rocklin but will consider someone in SF. Submit resumes in tool but also send to Jeff via email. Max rate ideally around $90.
Experience Level:
Intermediate Level
About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.