Contract Manager Job Description
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Contract Manager Job Description
- Review opportunities for program wide procurement of products, materials, or systems
- Research architect, engineers, and other consultants active in the site-specific city
- Prepare a list of builders, or prime trade contractors whose experience would be appropriate for the project
- Review shop drawing procedures and monitor prompt submission by the contractors and subsequent approval by the architect and engineers
- Promote and ensure high standards of business ethics and integrity pertaining to the sale of goods and services to federal, state, and local government agencies, and ensure compliance with PAI’s contractual obligations and applicable government statutes and regulations, including the Federal Acquisition Regulation (e.g., TAA, BAA) and agency supplements
- Identify, communicate and advise concerning legal, financial, regulatory and business risk in commercial and government contracts
- Ensure all website registrations
- Maintain good level of public relations with outside suppliers strong partnership with internal users
- Collaborates with finance, legal and market access teams to ensure compliance of pricing contracts
- Proactively identifies potential issues and, in collaboration with finance and market access teams, solves problems that arise in the areas of rebate processing
- Strong Contract management experience (drafting and reviewing) and Legal Knowledge & experience (contract negotiations, review, risk asessment and mitigations)
- Must be fluent in German or French and English, preferably with regional foreign languages is a bonus
- Minimum five years of experience in Metro Projects, total experience - 8 to 15 years
- Should have good knowledge of construction contracts for metro projects
- Bachelor's degree in business or legal related field required
- At least 3 years of experience with litigation, or at least 3 years of experience with negotiations or at least 3 years of experience with contracts
Contract Manager Job Description
- Adjudicates invoices using validated data sources
- Manages pricing contracts including contract tracking, ensuring ongoing alignment with contract terms and contract renewals
- Proactively recommends and implements improvements to contract templates or other documents to align with compliance needs
- Leads price change communications and process
- Leads price reporting aligned with the PMPRB requirements
- Collaborates with market access team on pricing projects as required
- Ensure elaboration of the Contract Document Requirements List (CDRL) by the Project team members is launched in time, and ensure it is accurately communicated and updated
- In liaison with Sourcing organization ensure that terms and conditions are timely and wisely transferred to subcontractors and suppliers
- Provide transactional support for the day to day agency purchasing operations on an as needed basis
- Demonstrated ability to manage a large number of simultaneous tasks and keep on schedule
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects and to identify business process improvements
- Strong analytical skills demonstrated in either financial or commercial analytics
- Comprehensive knowledge of Canadian pharmaceutical pricing regulations
- Finance and/or business analytics and/or contract compliance background required
- Must have experience leading within/across a cross-functional team
- Market access and Biotech or pharmaceutical industry experience preferred
Contract Manager Job Description
- Demonstrated knowledge of “Tracking” or “Redlining” functions within Microsoft Excel and Word
- Experience interacting with Sales teams Legal/contract law/paralegal experience and Legal and Finance teams
- Experience interacting with local Engineering and/or Network Planning groups
- Experience with Microsoft Visio, BDMS, vSAP, VSS and other company systems
- Financial/Accounting and Marketing experience
- Proven ability to adapt to proprietary systems
- Provide guidance to the business on when to escalate risk issues to senior management and assist with the process to obtain internal approvals for proposal submission and contract execution
- Lead / direct product conversions and implementations resulting from savings opportunities
- Manage supplier performance and ensure resolution of issues related to accurate price management and service quality
- Develop and implement effective two-way communication strategies with relevant stakeholders
- Professional Certification (e.g., CACM, CCFM, CPCM) and Master’s Degree preferred
- Personal Training and Group Exercise certifications preferred
- Previous Contract Manager experience with a minimum of 3-7 years of contracts drafting, negotiation, and transactional experience and a strong understanding of legal principles
- Strong verbal and written communications skills with the ability to translate technical decisions/strategies into business terms and implications
- Demonstrated superior and organized customer service coordination working with multiple stakeholders
- Proven ability to work well as part of a team and support others on the team during high pressure deadlines
Contract Manager Job Description
- Manage timelines of proposal development, and assure that documents are complete, accurate, and sent on time
- Maintain weekly Quotes in Process (QIP) metrics
- Maintain weekly development pipeline report
- Responsible for the administration and management of North America Business Agreements and key global account agreements
- Support BD process for St Petersburg site and represent site capabilities to customers
- Promoting and enhancing new and existing business relationships with customers
- Responsible for in-house customer accounts
- Provide support as needed to the President of Softgel, the VPs/Directors of Business Development for the US, and Rx and Consumer Softgels Account Managers/Directors
- Gives guidance on general contractual issues, clarifying queries if required by referring to Legal Department
- Contract closure - Verifies that both parties to the contract have fulfilled their contractual obligations and there are no responsibilities outstanding
- Supports Legal handling formal dispute resolution, litigation and arbitration
- Risk management - Analyzes prime contract terms to highlight areas of potential opportunity and risk, such as ambiguities, omissions and conflicts, as work proceeds
- Liaise with company’s offices and directors, finance, legal and other corporate departments, external legal institutions as required
- Post-award hands-on contract management experience with a mix of government and commercial experience
- Able to resolve contract and pricing issues
- Experience with day-to-day management of complex outsourcing arrangements
Contract Manager Job Description
- Maintain skillful application of standard work processes (functional excellence), including Capital Project Management Process, engineering design standards, engineering operating procedures, value engineering
- Manage a contracting team consisting of 9 employees which executes CVG contracts, totaling more than $500 million in annual revenue
- Lead efforts to attract, develop and retain individuals who can make critical contributions to organizational success
- Champion an environment where the personal worth of employees is recognized and individual differences are respected and leveraged
- Manage contract compliance with standard operating procedures, legal templates and company policies
- Preparation and negotiation of research/IP related contract terms for a specified internal client group
- Providing advice to research staff on appropriate contracting pathways, agreement selection and other non-complex contracting matters
- Demonstrated experience in drafting and amending contract terms and conditions (preferably in research related contracts)
- Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills, including an ability to clearly communicate contractual issues and risks to relevant personnel
- Manage the area’s financial and business performance to meet agreed targets providing accurate monthly reports
- Contract Manager for Information and Reporting – in Federal Government practice, a great deal of internal and external data management and reporting consistent with company policy and laws and regulations is required
- Contract Manager – Acquisitions – in Federal Government practice, a Contract Manager may be responsible for all major acquisitions and management of the acquisitions process (sometimes on one large and complex engagement, sometimes across engagements)
- You have a solid experience in Offshore contract management
- At least 10 additional years of experience in project management, financial or commercial contract management
- Willingness and ability to travel for frequent travel
- 8 + years of demonstrated progressive responsibility and experience in Corporate / Commercial environment