Contract Management-Group Manager

HCLTech; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

10 paid time off days per year

Job summary

HCLTech is looking for a seasoned Contract Manager to lead the execution of complex contracts within the Global Supply Management department. You will oversee contracts in IT, Enterprise services, and MRO operations, managing a remote team of over 25.

This role requires a minimum of 10 years of Indirect Procurement experience and offers a salary range of $140,000 to $170,000 annually, along with comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and retirement plans.

Qualifications

• 10+ years Contract Management experience with global, complex corporate environment.
• 5+ years in IT Software and Professional Services/Labor required.
• 3+ years People Management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution of the contract lifecycle from creation to closure.
• Support assessment of renewals and new requests.
• Execute day-to-day contract operations and maintain quality control.

Skills

Contracting experience (Indirect Procurement)

Team Management

Open to Travel

Education

JD highly preferred

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Legal

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

The Global Supply Management ("GSM") Global Supply Chain ("GSC") Indirect Global Procurement ("IGP") organization seeks to leverage support for Services, working closely with IGP team and as applicable, other Functional Owners including but not limited to Business Owners, Business Owner's End Users as applicable), Suppliers, IGP, Accounting GSS, GSM COE, Legal, Privacy, Insurance, Cyber Security, Finance, and others. The role includes:

Key Job Responsibilities:

Contract Evaluation, Creation, Negotiation, Execution: Lead Execution of the life cycle of complex contracts, from creation to closure through the coordination of resources and processes necessary for the control and mitigation of business and other risks in partnership with relevant internal Business Owners, Functional Owners and Others as well as vendors. Create and draft contracts, in legal language as required, by gathering and vetting required inputs including but not limited to business and legal terms from business and functional owners. Facilitate, support, broker, and/or lead contract negotiations on behalf of and in partnership with Business Owners and vendors as key point of contact. Ensure timely review/ approval/ signature and detailed tracking/ approval of variations. Vet, organize, prioritize, and package contracts, calling out recommendations to Business Owners, Legal, and where applicable, strategic sourcing, to craft a final contract deliverable.

Contract Management: Support Procurement Category Leader’s Assessment of upcoming renewals and new requests to determine if Strategic Sourcing will be involved for vendor selection/ key price negotiation/ other. Execute routing/assessment of inbound passive requests as well as active outbound contract related requests such as renewals reminders. Train others on Contract Management best practice as needed. Lead departmental contract status/tracking meetings with Business Owners, Finance, and/or others as requested. Issue proactive reminders to support Business Owner and/other accountable parties of need to perform contract activities and fulfill contractual obligations throughout the contract term. Contract activities include but are not limited to audits, certifications, quarterly business reviews, service level agreement performance reporting, notices of termination, assignment, renewal, and others, strategic sourcing activities such as price benchmark and request for proposal preparation.

Contract Operations: Execute tactical Day-to-Day Tactical Activities including but not limited to contract approval/ approval prep/ follow up, contract signature/ execution facilitation/ other. Design, track, generate, validate, update data across various systems.

Contract Tracker(s)/Systems: Data Maintenance/QC/Reconciliation/Reporting-Validate and quality control check data relating to contracts including but not limited to renewals. Maintain and support design of tracker(s) to enable active contract management and connect request intake/routing (Case Management Tool; CMT and other inputs) and contract lifecycle management (Icertis) systems as well as other integrations to determine which contacts are expiring, required notice, payment terms before/after, research "contract ID reference" to identify which contract is being renewed. Run reports using accurate data. Tie reports to Spend and other metrics.

Other: Execute, support and lead Contract Management Team through contract review, approval, detailed/ tactical tracking and administration while enhancing SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) for and delivering Reports. Key Job Responsibilities are subject to change. Role may include additional duties as assigned, as well as ad hoc requests.

Requirements:

Short Job Description:

• 10 years + contracting experience (Indirect Procurement)
• Categories: IT, Enterprise services, and MRO operations,
• Team Management: Managing remote team of 25+ dealing with Indirect contracts of above categories
• Open to Travel - 5%

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE: 10+ years Contract Management experience with global, complex, strategic initiatives/ corporate environment required. Procurement preferred. Management consulting background preferred.

CATEGORY EXPERIENCE: 5+ years (3 years in IT Software required, 3 years in Professional Services/Labor required. Other Categories welcome.)

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE: 3+ Years

EDUCATION: JD highly preferred. Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Legal, Other Quantitative or Qualitative discipline.

COMPUTER: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook Expert Proficiency Required; CLM (Contract Lifecycle Mgmt)/ Case Mgmt Preferred

WORKING HOURS: 8:00am to 5:30pm (EST)

Pay and Benefits

Pay Range Minimum: $140,000.00 per year (or $67.31 per hour)

Pay Range Maximum: $170,000 per year (or $81.73 per hour)

HCL is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, religion, sex, color, age, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, physical disability or genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with federal, state, and/or local law. Should any applicant have concerns about discrimination in the hiring process, they should provide a detailed report of those concerns to [e-mail] for investigation.

A candidate’s pay within the range will depend on their skills, experience, education, and other factors permitted by law. This role may also be eligible for performance-based bonuses subject to company policies. In addition, this role is eligible for the following benefits subject to company policies: medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life, accidental death & dismemberment, and disability insurance; employee assistance program; 401(k) retirement plan; 10 days of paid time off per year (some positions are eligible for need-based leave with no designated number of leave days per year); and 10 paid holidays per year.