Contracts Administrator III – Technology Procurement 4P/780

4p-Consulting-Inc.; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Company Services in Birmingham, AL seeks a Contracts Administrator III to provide contracting, strategic sourcing, negotiation, and procurement support for services, software, SaaS, subscriptions, and hardware.

This role will manage sourcing and contracting from initial request through closeout, ensure favorable terms, legal compliance, risk mitigation, and alignment with procurement policies, and collaborate with Legal, Risk, Finance, IT Security, and business teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Experience drafting and negotiating contract terms and conditions.
• Knowledge of contract law, commercial terms, and dispute resolution.
• Strong negotiation and analytical skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts, amendments, and NDAs.
• Manage approximately 20–25 active sourcing and contracting projects concurrently.
• Lead sourcing for services, software, SaaS, hardware.
• Support the contracting lifecycle from RFI/RFP to closeout, including evaluations and cost/price analysis.
• Negotiate software license, SaaS, subscription, and technology equipment agreements.
• Identify and mitigate legal, cybersecurity, data privacy, and supplier risks.
• Collaborate with Legal, Risk Management, Finance, IT Security, and internal teams.
• Improve contract terms and procurement efficiency.
• Conduct market research to identify domestic and global suppliers.

Skills

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Project management

Communication

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Position: Contracts Administrator III – Technology Procurement

Location: Birmingham, AL

Duration: 1 Year

Client: Southern Company Services

Position Summary

Southern Company Services is seeking an experienced Contracts Administrator III to provide contracting, strategic sourcing, negotiation, and procurement support for services, materials, software, technology services, SaaS, subscriptions, and hardware.

This position will manage sourcing and contracting activities from initial request through contract closeout while ensuring favorable commercial terms, legal compliance, risk mitigation, and alignment with company procurement policies.

Key Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts, amendments, statements of work, master agreements, NDAs, RFPs, and other procurement documents.
• Manage approximately 20–25 active sourcing and contracting projects concurrently.
• Lead sourcing projects for low- to high-risk services, materials, software, SaaS, technology services, and hardware.
• Support the complete contracting lifecycle, including:
  • RFI and RFP preparation
  • Pre-bid meetings
  • Bid and proposal evaluations
  • Cost and price analysis
  • Commercial negotiations
  • Risk assessments
  • Contract administration and closeout
• Negotiate software license agreements, SaaS agreements, subscription agreements, and technology equipment purchase agreements.
• Identify and mitigate legal, commercial, cybersecurity, data privacy, and supplier-related risks.
• Work with Legal, Risk Management, Finance, IT Security, and internal business teams to resolve contract exceptions.
• Manage vendor relationships and improve contract terms, pricing, service levels, and procurement efficiency.
• Conduct market research and identify domestic and global suppliers.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies, contract requirements, and required terms and conditions.
• Support process improvements and cross-functional sourcing initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Strong experience drafting and negotiating contract terms and conditions.
• Knowledge of contract law, contract formation, commercial terms, and dispute resolution.
• Strong legal and commercial negotiation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, tight deadlines, and large workloads.
• Excellent written, verbal, analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills. Ability to work independently and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Strong customer service, problem-solving, influencing, and consensus-building skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Finance, Law, or a related field.
• Formal education or training in contract law and contract language.
• Experience negotiating technology-related contracts.
• Experience with software licensing, SaaS, subscription services, hardware, and technology procurement.
• Knowledge of IT security risks, data breaches, malicious code, vulnerabilities, and related contract protections.
• Experience with sourcing, procurement, category management, and contract management systems.