Contracts Manager

Lonestar State College; Sharonville (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Safran in Sharonville, Ohio is seeking a Contracts Manager to lead the contracting lifecycle for aerospace products and services. You will draft, review, and negotiate agreements, ensure compliance, and coordinate with legal, finance, program, and operations teams to drive timely execution.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in contracts within aerospace or a related field, with strong MS Office and document management skills, plus excellent written and verbal

Qualifications

• Draft, review, edit, and validate a variety of contractual documents.
• Perform analysis to identify opportunities and risks in contracts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage contracts for aerospace products and services.
• Coordinate with legal, commercial, program, finance and operations teams to execute documents.
• Maintain contract records, templates, and trackers.

Skills

Contract Negotiation

Analytical Thinking

Cross-Functional Collaboration

MS Office Proficiency

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Document Management Systems

Job description

Safran Electrical & Power

Contracts Manager

Company: Safran

Job Field: Legal

Location: Sharonville , Ohio , United States

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Duration: Full-time

Required Degree: Bachelor's Degree

Required Experience: More than 8 years

Professional Status: Professional, Engineer & Manager

Spoken Language: English Fluent

Salary: TBD

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Job Description

• Develop and manage contracts for products and services in all phases of contract lifecycle, in a commercial aerospace contracting environment.
  • Draft, review, edit, and validate a variety of contractual and business documents, including agreements, amendments, proposals, statements of work, confidentiality agreements, and related correspondence.
  • Perform analysis to identify commercial, contractual, operational, and process opportunities and risks and escalates issues as appropriate.
  • Assist with contract negotiations by preparing redlines, identifying non-standard terms, organizing open issues, and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Support the contract review and execution process by performing analysis, coordinating edits, tracking document versions, consolidating stakeholder comments, and helping move documents through approval workflows.
  • Partner with legal, commercial, program, finance, and operational teams to support efficient contract turnaround and issue resolution.
  • Understand and assist with management, tracking and implementation of payments, purchase order and engine deliveries, as well as all other financial transactions related to contract terms.
  • Create and maintain accurate contract records, templates, and trackers in document management tools or contract lifecycle systems.
• Support organization business initiatives and special projects:
  • Represent Contracts for specific company-wide projects and participate in cross functional teams.
  • Manage implementation of new processes in CFM organization with other functional leaders.
  • Support internal initiatives such as template updates, process standardization, reporting improvements, audit support, training materials, and other department projects.
  • Validate signature authority, required approvals, and execution readiness prior to final signature.
• Provide analysis and data for periodic reviews and various management reports.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 8+ years relevant work experience, preferably in an aerospace-related field
• Proven experience with drafting, negotiation and management of commercial contracts
• High Proficiency with MS Office tools, collaborations platforms and document management systems

But what else? (advantages, specific features, etc.)

• Proposal development and negotiation skills, including strategy development, position formulation, and execution.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing, preparing, and coordinating execution of legal or commercial documents, including familiarity with contract negotiation processes, document redlining, and version control.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills; ability to make recommendations and effectively bring projects to completion.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to use them in informing, presenting, and negotiating to all levels of management, internally and externally.
• Track record of process improvement across contracting and negotiation activities, including effectiveness, efficiency, metrics, and innovation.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross‑functional stakeholders (program, technical, finance, supply chain, quality, legal, property, data, and IT).

Company Information

Safran is an international high-technology group operating in the fields of aerospace (propulsion, equipment and interiors), space and defense. Its mission is to contribute sustainably to a safer world, where air transport becomes ever more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Present on every continent, the Group employs 110,000 people and generated €31.3 billion in revenue in 2025. Safran holds, either independently or through partnerships, leading global or European positions in its markets.

Safran was ranked second in the Aerospace & Defense sector in TIME magazine's "World's Best Companies 2025" ranking.

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