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Contracts Administrator III

ICONMA, LLC
  • New York, NY
  • $52.18–$57.18 Per Hour
  • Quick Apply
30+ days ago

Job Description

Our Client, a Mass Media and Entertainment company, is looking for a Contracts Administrator III for their New York, NY/ Hybrid location.
 
Responsibilities:
  • Manager will manage sourcing projects and will handle business and technical contract negotiations for mid-tier and top-tier technology transactions, including:
  • Gathering requirements from relevant client stakeholders.
  • Reading, interpreting, understanding, and communicating technology contract terms.
  • Partnering with legal to understand legal concepts and challenges, and problem solve to overcome challenges.
  • Working with Finance and Business Stakeholders to identify budgetary constraints and develop desired set of commercial terms.
  • Negotiating pricing and other commercial terms, as well as Statements of Work, Service Level Agreements, and other technical/operational documents.
  • Owning overall responsibility for delivering finalized agreements in accordance with applicable timing requirements and other relevant factors.
  • Deliver cost savings through daily work and through driving proactive cost savings initiatives as part of client Technology Sourcing team.
  • Act as liaison for Technology Business Unit Stakeholders across Legal, Finance, Security, and Procurement and other client departments throughout contract negotiation and relationship management process.
  • Implement knowledge of sourcing, contract negotiation and relationship management best practices and industry trends.
  • Identify areas of opportunity in partner categories e.g., supplier and technology rationalizations
  • Manager will act as an client business representative conducting relationship management for client mid and top tier technology vendors, including:
  • Managing client business relationships with vendors, focusing on business issues, escalations, and other non-operational matters.
  • Preparing and delivering briefing documents, status reporting, and other data/reports on key client technology relationships for senior management.
  • Building strong internal client relationships and serve as a trusted advisor and partner.
  • Maintaining accurate contracting data, vendor records, and transaction information.
  • Manager will provide support to the processing and operations functions of the TSS team, including:
  • Identifying and assessing technology vendors/products from a strategic perspective, to ensure that vendor/product selection is aligned with client Technology objectives and strategies.
  • Ensuring compliance with client sourcing & procurement policies.
  • Additional duties as assigned.
 
Requirements:
  • Contract drafting and redlining experience.
  • 5+ years of experience; Ability to evaluate contracts, redline, draft, and review Supplier redlines.
  • 5+ years of experience (not needing Project Management title or cert); Ability to manage multiple deadlines and projects within a fast-paced environment.
  • 5+ years; Ability to summarize contractual issues and communicate to stakeholders to interpret, summarize, and give guidance.
  • Advanced degree JD/MBA a plus.
  • Experience using Ariba, CLM tools, SpendHQ, and Agiloft preferred.
  • Experience in technology and media & entertainment; especially managing technical and professional services suppliers
  • Exceptional negotiation skills for both internal and external negotiations and the ability to coach and develop others to do the same.
  • Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
  • Exercises impartial judgment in selecting methods and evaluation criteria for obtaining results or evaluating supplier responses.
  • Stays current on market intelligence to assist in negotiation effectiveness.
  • Must be flexible and adapt to the ever-changing business needs of technology and advertising clients, be able to work well under pressure in a fast-paced and evolving environment
  • Ability to own and drive deals to execution and will need to build collaborative relationships in multi-functional teams and have a problem-solving mindset to do so.
  • Team player, self-starter, and quick learning with interpersonal and solution-oriented attitude and an ability to effectively operate with high energy and flexibility in a fast-paced cross functional environment; able to prioritize tasks and projects accordingly.
  • Keen analytic, organizational, and problem-solving skills that enable sound decision making.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communications/interpersonal skills, research/analytical skills, and presentation communication skills
  • Ability to work across global teams and work non-traditional hours, as needed
  • Advanced proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint.
  • BS/BA degree (business/technology) required
 
Why Should You Apply?

Numbers & Facts

LocationNew York, NY
Salary$52.18–$57.18 Per Hour

Skills

  • Advertisingunmatched
  • Agiloftunmatched
  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Aribaunmatched
  • Best Practicesunmatched
  • Budgetingunmatched
  • Business Administrationunmatched
  • Coachingunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Competitive Analysis/Strategyunmatched
  • Contract Managementunmatched
  • Contract Negotiationunmatched
  • Cost Controlunmatched
  • Cross-Functionalunmatched
  • Customer Relationsunmatched
  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)unmatched
  • Customer/Client Researchunmatched
  • Data Analysisunmatched
  • Data Qualityunmatched
  • Entertainment and Mediaunmatched
  • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
  • Financeunmatched
  • Health Planunmatched
  • Industry/Trade Analysisunmatched
  • Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
  • Legalunmatched
  • Maintain Complianceunmatched
  • Microsoft Excelunmatched
  • Microsoft PowerPointunmatched
  • Microsoft Wordunmatched
  • Negotiation Skillsunmatched
  • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
  • Pricingunmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • Professional Servicesunmatched
  • Project Management Certificationunmatched
  • Project/Program Managementunmatched
  • Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
  • Relationship Managementunmatched
  • Research Skillsunmatched
  • Sales Managementunmatched
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA)unmatched
  • Statement of Work (SOW)unmatched
  • Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)unmatched
  • Team Playerunmatched
  • Technical Services Managementunmatched
  • Technical Strategyunmatched
  • Technical Writingunmatched
  • Technology Analysisunmatched
  • Time Managementunmatched
  • Vendor/Supplier Evaluationunmatched
  • Vendor/Supplier Relationsunmatched
  • Vendor/Supplier Selectionunmatched

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