## Lead-Procurement ContractsApply: EDC Rockwell Business Center Tower 3: Full time: Posted 5 Days Ago: JR00004741## Unleash your energy within! Be a part of the EDC Team!**Collaborates with Category Manager to develop and execute negotiation strategies that achieve business objectives. Performs the following Contract Management activities:******Contracting Plan***** **Assists the Category Manager in effectively communicating contracting and negotiation strategies for proper execution.******Creates Contract***** **Develops and formulates contracts and amendments with appropriate Terms and Conditions (T&C), Service Level Agreements and agreed monitoring indeces, by leveraging corporate standards, policies, templates and best practices.*** **Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders on the contracting terms.*** **Prepares required contractual and agreement background data to support sector contract negotiations of major contracts.******Contract Review***** **Reviews contracts for completeness and collaborates with legal, insurance, risk management and finance to address concerns and risks.*** **Identifies risks and assesses the impact related to contract execution and implementation to avoid unnecessary financial exposure of the company.*** **Ensures that the contract is signed by appropriate approving authorities and by vendors.******Contract Adjustments***** **Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders on the renegotiation and modifications of contracts as the need arises, e.g., market changes or supplier requests.*** **Documents business justification for the adjustment.******Contract Status***** **Reviews contracts based on an annual contracting plan in order to determine if the contract should be extended, renewed or terminated. Documents business justification.*** **Ensures compliance to contract requirements on bonds and insurance.*** **Implements and monitors ‘audit monitoring system” to ensure compliance with company’s performance standards.****Ensures the on-time delivery in full (OTIF) by conducting the sourcing activities in line with Company’s Procurement policies, standards and procedures.*** **Implements Demand Planning and Management Process by identifying opportunities for best value transactions, switching to lower cost alternatives and minimizing change orders.*** **Reviews and validates recommended commodity specifications, statement of work, performance terms, acceptance criteria and budget availability*** **Implements negotiating strategies for purchase of materials/equipment and services not covered by Supply Agreements/Service Providers’ Agreements.*** **Secure and analyze bid quotations, make recommendations and endorsements to the Proponent for Technical Evaluation.*** **Prepares, issues, approves and endorses for approval Purchase Orders and contracts within spend threshold.*** **Monitors delivery of materials/equipment and services and ensures proper documentation.*** **Coordinates with concerned parties on the resolution of issues related to undelivered POs, PO with no exact delivery date, indent deliveries, unserved Purchase Orders, short shipments, non-TAR trade receivables, settlement of rejection items, among others.****Monitors and ensures compliance to international and local agreements and contracts.*** **Collaborates with the Legal Department on contract’s terms and conditions, performance standards, warranties, performance bonds and maintenance requirements and negotiates contracting terms with suppliers/vendors.*** **Monitors and assesses supplier/vendor performance, recommends and implements measures on supplier’s discipline and provides inputs to the Contract Management team.*** **Provides assistance in resolving issues related to implementation of agreements/contracts and coordinates with Contract Management, Category Managers and other concerned stakeholders.****Utilizes vendor base and implements contracts to eliminate maverick buying across the enterprise. Optimize Local and International Sourcing*** **Utilizes the vendor base and ensures the use of contracts or service agreement for all transactions.*** **Utilizes vendor/service providers’ agreements to increase savings and future negotiating ability.*** **Collaborates with Category Managers in the identification of opportunities for leveraging for local, international and enterprise-wide sourcing opportunities.*** **Establishes and maintains good business relations with Local and International vendors/service providers.****Ensures compliance to Service Level Agreement between the Proponents. Works in synergy with different internal stakeholders to achieve high customer service satisfaction.*** **Collaborates with internal stakeholders and proponents towards the achievement of the service level agreements and monitors compliance through KPI’s.*** **Continuous review and improvement on the processes to reduce cycle time and improve customer satisfaction.*** **Facilitates performance review of vendors and provide input to Category Managers and Contracts Management on vendor performance and performance issues.**