Government Contracts Specalist

TBWA\\Worldwide; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

TBWA in Chicago seeks a Contract Specialist to manage contract administration on assigned projects, under supervision of a Contracts/Subcontracts Manager, ensuring compliance with federal government contracts and corporate policies. Candidates must negotiate terms, review SOWs, and manage subcontract pricing, with experience in FAR/DFARS and familiarity with FFP, CPFF, and T&M.

Required: a bachelor’s in business, 3+ years’ related experience, proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe; US

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field.
• At least 3 years of direct contract administration experience.
• FAR and DFARS knowledge.
• Experience with government contracts and subcontracts.
• Proficient in MS Office and document management.

Responsibilities

• Own contract administration on assigned projects.
• Support development and administration of contracts and subcontracts.
• Ensure adherence to federal government contracts and corporate policies.
• Coordinate with Contracts/Subcontracts Manager.
• Negotiate terms and final prices with suppliers.
• Review statements of work and related documents.

Skills

Contract administration

Negotiation

Government contracts

SOW review

Procurement process

Communication

Deadline management

Vendor relations

Policy compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or related field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

Agency

TBWA

Job Function

General Legal

Job Subfunction

Legal

Job Description

Contract Specialist

In this role, you will be responsible for all aspects of contract administration on assigned projects. Under the supervision of a Contracts/Subcontracts Manager, you will support and/or perform all activities related to the development and administration of contracts and subcontracts, ensuring adherence to the federal government contract, overall business strategy and corporate policies.

Required Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Review of proposal and proposal requirements, analysis of terms and conditions; negotiating and executing contracts.
• Experience in the administration of federal government contracts, or subcontracts, under a federal government prime contract and with knowledge of commercial subcontracts.
• Review and assist in the preparation of Statements of Work.
• Negotiating the terms and conditions of subcontracts; negotiating final prices with suppliers.
• Familiarity with all contract types including FFP, CPFF, and T&M.
• Candidate must be articulate, demonstrate excellent communication, negotiation, people and organizational skills. Must be comfortable and confident in dealing directly with all levels of internal and customer management.
• The successful candidate must possess a demonstrated ability to deal with project deadlines and ambiguity.
• Candidate must be well versed and have an in-depth understanding of all principles of the procurement process in a government environment, from inception of a requirement to the close out of the file.
• Candidate must be self-motivated, resourceful and organized, taking ownership of all assigned work.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in a business discipline
• A minimum of three (3) years, full-time, contemporary, directly related experience
• Knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR); and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS)
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Adobe, and PowerPoint
• US Citizenship required. Must also be able to satisfy federal government requirements for access to government information.

The Salary range for this position is $60,000.00 - $75,000.00.

Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

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The Salary range for this position is $60,000.00 - $75,000.00.