Contract Senior Specialist - Data Privacy

Confidential; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Relocation assistance

Paid overtime

Health and retirement benefits

Education reimbursement

Job summary

Honda is seeking a Contracts Sr. Specialist to review complex contract requests and negotiate favorable terms with suppliers, ensuring compliance with corporate guidelines.

You will act as a SME, educate business teams, and lead end-to-end contracting improvements, leveraging CLM tech to optimize processes. The role requires 5+ years in procurement/contracting, strong negotiation and analytical skills, and familiarity with Ariba, SAP, Icertis, and Adobe suite.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or closely related field
• CSP, CPM or CPSM certification is desired
• 5+ years procurement, project management, or contracting experience
• Strong negotiation and analytical skills are required
• Familiarity with procurement ERP systems (Ariba, SAP) and Contract Lifecycle Management tools

Responsibilities

• Lead and analyze high-complexity master agreements and negotiate terms
• Educate business groups on contract terms for sound decisions
• Collaborate with Legal, Category Management, and Risk groups to ensure policy compliance
• Manage auditing of contracts and Contract Repository
• Drive process improvements and system optimization with technology teams

Skills

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Contracting experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in business

Tools

Ariba

Icertis

Adobe

Microsoft Office

Job description

What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a HondaHonda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one.

We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success.

We strive to be a company that serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.”We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!

Job Purpose

The Contracts Sr. Specialist is responsible for reviewing contract requests of high complexity, serving as a trusted expert, and collaborates with Legal, Category Management, Risk groups and Business groups to ensure that all contracts are compliant with company policies, and risk and governance requirements. Contracts Sr. Specialist is responsible to review, analyse, redline, assess risk(s) and negotiate with suppliers to obtain the best possible terms and delivery in support of business requirements with limited to no oversight from Contracts unit manager. Additionally, Contracts Sr. Specialist is the primary interface to educate business groups in understanding contract terms that will enable them to make sound business decisions, follow up with suppliers to ensure that the quality of service and/or deliverables are met and exercise signature commitment authority in accordance with corporate guidelines.As SME, the Sr. Specialist is responsible for enhancing the efficiency, consistency, and effectiveness of end-to-end contracting operations. This includes partnering with technology teams to optimize systems and tools, driving the implementation of process updates, and ensuring sustainable adoption across the organization. This role will also support key business plan theme initiatives that relate to the contracting function.

Key Accountabilities

• Operations Improvement: SME -Responsible to lead and support business plan, optimization themes, and / or process improvements / efficiencies.
• Systems Optimization: Business product owner/lead for Contract Lifecycle Management technology suite (including QuickBase, Ariba, Icertis, and Adobe).
• Develop, lead, review, analyze, redline, risk assess risk(s) and negotiate Master Agreements with high complexity, including urgent and escalating contracts.
• Lead/manage auditing of all contracts and Contract Repository management
• Define and develop required Master Agreements based on engagement type, and support team-members in correct Master Agreement selection in the contracting process.
• Train and support for other team members and internal customers

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills

Minimum Educational Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in business or closely related field or equivalency in procurement tenure and experience

CSP, CPM or CPSM certification is desired

Minimum Experience: 5+ years procurement, project management, or contracting experience.

Strong negotiation and analytical skills are required

Computer skills (Microsoft Suite to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

Other Job-Specific Skills: Familiarity with procurement ERP system(s) (Ariba, SAP, etc.) and/or Contract Lifecycle Management tools (Icertis, Ariba, Adobe, etc.)

Job Dimensions

No. of Direct Reports: 0

No. of Indirect Reports: 1-4

Financial Dimensions

Management of Master Agreements for $6B+ AHM/HDMA Indirect Spend

Decisions Expected

• Review, Analyze, Redline and Negotiate Master Agreements including mediation of problem resolution and for compliancy and adherence to corporate guidelines while additionally ensuring that the document support and process approvals are in accordance with AHM governance and compliance requirement in place.
• Risk Assestment of all Master Agreements for any Risk, be it through Data Protection, Personal Identifiable Information, Intellectual Property, S and A Ranked Data to mitigate risk for Honda.
• Review and Analyze processes & systems for inefficiencies and utilize PDCA and Agile methodology to improve current outcomes.

Working Conditions

Office environment, no more than 5 % travel required.Potential for 2-5 hours overtime weeklyPosition is On-site (80% on-site, 20% remote)

What differentiates Honda and make us an employer of choice?

Total Rewards:

• Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)
• Paid Overtime
• Regional Bonus (when applicable)
• Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
• Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown
• Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution
• Relocation assistance (if eligible)

Career Growth:

• Advancement Opportunities
• Career Mobility
• Education Reimbursement for Continued Learning
• Training and Development Programs

Additional Offerings:

• Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
• Lifestyle Account
• Childcare Reimbursement Account
• Elder Care Support
• Wellbeing Program
• Community Service and Engagement Programs
• Product Programs

Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.