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Senior Contract Specialist – Cloud/SaaS (financial asset management exp.)  (2 open roles) (Hybrid, 3 days onsite or FULLY REMOTE, must work PST time zone)

16-month contract (potential extension) 

Irvine, CA 92618 or Los Angeles, CA 90071

Overview: 

• The Senior Contract Specialist provides support to the Strategic Sourcing department, which provides services to the Client on an enterprise level.
• The department collaborates closely with internal customers and colleagues to understand business requirements for goods and services and to fulfill those needs; this primarily includes information technology and professional services.
• The Senior Contract Specialist will focus on the administration, management, and negotiation of complex and/or high dollar engagements for Infrastructure, Cloud, Networking, Tech Labor, and Global Asset Management Delivery Services.

Responsibilities: 

• Partners with the business to determine objectives of negotiation (e.g., additional services, optimal value, favorable contract terms, etc.).
• Develops, scopes, constructs, issues, and coordinates requests for Information, Quotation, and Proposal, based on the business requirements.
• Develops negotiation strategies and leads negotiations of complex contract provisions.
• Partners closely with the business and other subject matter advisors to ensure that the best interests of our Organization are represented in negotiations.
• Evaluates and manages RFX vendor responses and provides analysis and recommendations to the business area.
• Coordinates with Legal, Insurance, and Risk departments to develop complex Statements of Work (SOW) or contracts for sourcing engagements or projects.
• Ensures the terms and conditions in the contract meet the business requirements; helps Business Partners understand contractual implications.
• Responsibilities may also include working with the business areas in developing overall vendor strategy including spend analysis, vendor and product/service research, benchmarking, vendor viability and risk mitigation.

Qualifications: 

• Requires a minimum of 5-6 years of advanced contracting/sourcing experience with mastery of strategic and tactical procurement principles, practices, and models.
• Bachelors degree preferred
• Ability to work effectively with customers, colleagues (e.g. Investment Operations, IT, Legal, Risk, etc.) and Suppliers to deliver consistently excellent results and value for stakeholders.
• Ability to manage ambiguity and change while working in a highly collaborative and fast-paced environment.
• Ability to manage individual project timelines and drive completion of projects under limited supervision.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; strong presentation skills to all audience levels, including the ability to effectively conduct complex project/program meetings and influence others.
• Experience in other disciplines is highly preferred but not required (e.g., Finance, Sales, Operations, etc.).

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