Contracts Associate Jobs

Company Overview

At Empower Pharmacy, our people define who we are as a company. We strive to attain, train, and retain the best people in the industry. How we work is just as important as the work we do. We have become a leader in our industry by investing in the latest quality systems, facilities, and most importantly, our people. Together, we’re changing the way people approach personalized care and integrative treatments with innovative solutions for health and wellness.

Based in Houston, Texas, Empower Pharmacy is one of the nation’s leading compounding pharmacies. Empower Pharmacy, employing over 800 pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmaceutical engineers, and operational staff, provides a wide range of customized formulations to patients and prescribers. As an industry leader, Empower Pharmacy delivers innovative pharmaceutical solutions to patients and prescribers while expanding access to quality, affordable medication.

Position Summary

Empower Pharmacy has a career opportunity for a detail-oriented commercial Contracts Associate to draft, negotiate, secure, and maintain agreements for the company. The commercial Contracts Associate will also be responsible for innovating and streamlining the company’s contractual review process, and in doing so, will work in unison with senior leaders from across the company.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Assist and make recommendations in the establishment, implementation, and communication of formal policies, processes, and procedures to govern a supplier contract throughout its life cycle from sourcing through negotiation to termination.
• Draft, review, and modify, confidentiality agreements, letters of intent, credit agreements, service and supply agreements, equipment purchase agreements, and SAAS/BAA agreements.
• Amend standardized terms and conditions as needed, for customers.
• Assist with the on-going development and improvement of systems to support the contract life cycle management policies and process.
• Provide legal advice on transactional matters in support of the General Counsel.
• Review, analyze, modify, and negotiate complex contractual documents to achieve acceptable risk levels.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the work day and frequently use their hands and fingers to handle or feel in order to access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices. The employee is regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The employee is occasionally

required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Knowledge And Skills

• Excellent analytical, verbal, research, writing, and problem-solving skills.
• Superior contract negotiation, drafting and conflict resolution skills with a deep understanding of commercial contract provisions and contract structures.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate as an effective team member and with minimal supervision to maximize team results.

Experience And Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited law school.
• 3-6 years of commercial law transactional legal experience in a law firm and/or corporate legal department
• Experience with use of document/discovery databases.
• Understanding of legal terms vs. business terms, including recognizing, identifying and being able to explain business and legal risks, their implications, and solutions.
• Prior experience in developing and supporting process change across Legal and Business teams to centralize and standardize procurement and commercial contract work for a healthcare company preferred.

Benefits

• Paid PTO
• 401(k) with company matching
• Paid Holidays
• Health/Dental/Vision
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) or Health Retirement Accounts (HRA)