Contracts Advisor - Charlotte

Summary

To perform third party supplier legal drafting and contracting work for the company. This role will focus on reviewing, drafting and negotiating procurement contracts.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
• Follows documented contracting processes, including engaging legal counsel and key stakeholders as necessary and leveraging technical understanding of the contracting process.
• Follows quality control processes to meet expected service levels, and maintains close working business relationship with company's commercial legal counsel.
• Educates key stakeholders about commercial, legal, policy and other considerations in support of the negotiation process.
• Interprets and communicates contract requirements, obligations, and risk exposures to key stakeholders, including sourcing professionals and business leaders.
• Ensure contracts are timely negotiated and executed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Timely and accurately enters contract data into applicable contract management systems.
• Understands service requirements across multiple business groups.
• Supports the sourcing function by reviewing, drafting and negotiating commercial contracts of medium complexity as it relates to risk (information security, intellectual property infringement, financial exposure), impact to enterprise (urgency, business stakeholder), dollar amount, sourcing owner for business negotiation, length of contract and existence of category strategy.

Qualifications

• Excellent client service and communication skills.
• We are not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
• Ability to collaborate closely with key stakeholders from different disciplines, and within a team.
• Technical understanding of contractual terms required.
• Excellent attention to detail and strong analytical, drafting, and communication skills
• Minimum of 5 years; experience in a fast-paced commercial contracting environment, including negotiating legal terms of contracts.
• Ability to lead commercial contract negotiations.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience required.