Commercial Contract Specialist

Gerdau; Cartersville (GA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Gerdau in the United States seeks a Commercial Contract Specialist to support scrap purchase and sales contracts and related processes. The role works with the Recycling Commercial, Operations, Logistics and Accounting teams to deliver timely results and maintain strong internal controls.

The incumbent will coordinate cross-functional activities, ensure accurate pricing, and manage contract administration from setup through dispute resolution.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years related field experience preferred.
• Excellent knowledge of accounting and finance principles.
• Advanced Excel and SAP are an asset.
• Excellent communication skills to interface with customers and personnel.
• Customer service focus.
• Strong liaising and networking skills.
• Excellent time management and analytical/problem-solving abilities.
• Self-driven, collaborative, and able to prioritize conflicting demands.

Responsibilities

• Primary contact for vendors/customers coordinating cross-functional teams.
• Coordinate end-to-end processes to ensure optimal customer experience.
• Validate pricing and reconcile statements; support audits and documentation.
• Manage purchase contracts and vendor/customer accounts; support issue resolution.
• Oversee sales orders from setup to receivable reconciliation.
• Prepare periodic customer reviews and reconciliations and drive process improvements.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Customer service

Education

Business Administration degree

Tools

SAP

Job description

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Commercial Contract Specialist

Date: Aug 14, 2026

Location: CARTERSVILLE, Georgia, US, 30121

At Gerdau, we empower our people to grow, thrive, and make a difference—together. With a culture built on trust and teamwork, we offer meaningful work, continuous development, and opportunities to shape your future. We invite you to come work with us, where your contributions are valued, your voice is heard, and your career is forged with purpose

Job Summary:

The incumbent will be responsible for all aspects of account coordination to support scrap purchase and sales contracts, and other scrap related business processes for Metals Recycling. The Business Support Analyst will liaison with the Recycling Commercial, Operations, Logistics and Accounting teams to provide accurate, reliable and timely results to exceed customer service expectations. The Business Support Analyst will report directly to the Business Support Supervisor.

Principal Accountabilities:

Main point of contact for vendors / customers. Coordinate and orchestrate, cross-functional teams to deliver an optimal customer experience.
Build partnerships & maintain positive relationships, coordinate business & information, effectively address and resolve inquiries & issues promptly.
Collaborate with various teams and business areas to coordinate, guide and oversee end to end processes.Identify and close gaps, guide processes and policy compliance, while maintaining strong internal controls.
Proactively assess and advise of any potential risk(s) or non-compliance issues related to a process or transaction.
Uphold and promote mitigating controls to support E2E processes, streamline process flow, while securing all supporting documentation for record retention and satisfy routine audit requirements.
Validate pricing, process payables, reconcile statement of accounts. Audit scrap tickets and reconcile with vendor payment schedules, SAP reports and coordinate with Shared Services.
Facilitate periodic (weekly, monthly, quarterly) customer reviews and reconciliations, analyze business requirements, troubleshoot issues, and share best practices.
Create, maintain and analyze purchase contracts, coordinate account adjustments related to pricing and dispute resolution, maintain cost recovery programs.
Manage sales orders from set up, credit utilization, receivable reconciliation and dispute resolution to minimize business disruptions.
Coordinate new account set up and maintenance of vendor & customer accounts, grant access to eligible vendors to self-service portal.
Manually manage daily activity, cost processing and summary validation for multiple offsite inventory locations.
Disseminate large volumes of confidential and time sensitive information.
Maintain tax documentation requirements and validate application to processed billings for compliance, audit review, and government reporting.
Export sales coordination, tracking and reporting.
Meet with decision-makers and end-users to define operational requirements, systems goals and improvements as well as identify and resolve systems issues.
Provide subject matter expertise, assist with the implementation of system changes and upgrades.
Coordinate special projects to strengthen and streamline process, mitigate risk and controls, minimize errors and drive data integrity, validation and overall compliance.
Coordinate the review and update of all process documentation and manuals for the activities of the department.

The Individual:

Business Administration University Degree or College Diploma is preferred.
1 to 2 years related field experience is preferred. Excellent knowledge of accounting and finance principles. Advanced Excel and SAP is an asset.
Excellent communication skills are a necessity to interface with customers and personnel. Customer Service Focused. Strong liaising and networking skills.Exceptional time management skills and excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Self-driven, collaborator, problem solver and able to prioritize conflicting demands.

Gerdau believes in equal employment opportunity related to all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of Gerdau that there will be no discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. All external applicants must be legally eligible to immediately work in the country of hire without current or future sponsorship.

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