Public Records Procurement Specialist

LexisNexis Special Services Inc.; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 54,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Benefits

401(k) with match

Wellbeing platform

Job summary

LexisNexis Special Services Inc. in Oklahoma City is seeking a Contract Specialist to identify and engage contract workers, independent contractors, and small businesses that provide public record data and related services.

You will negotiate terms, support procurement strategies, manage contracts, and serve as a subject matter expert on court systems and procedures. The role requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and 3–5 years in a related field, with travel up to 5% and strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent related work experience.
• Three to five years of experience in a related role such as vendor management or strategic sourcing.
• Understanding of negotiation theory and sourcing concepts, strategies, and practices.
• Strong business and financial acumen including experience structuring deals, drafting agreements, mitigating risk, and negotiating.
• Strong coordination, attention to detail, problem-solving, planning, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategies to establish and sustain a service-provider network for public record data and document acquisition, verification, and related services.
• Identify and implement cost-containment and cost-reduction strategies.
• Manage procurement processes for contract workers, independent contractors, and small businesses, including RFIs, RFPs, RFBs, bid vetting, negotiations, evaluation against vendor-selection criteria, bid approval, and contract award.
• Draft, administer, and manage contracts, ensuring service-level agreements are met.
• Serve as the ongoing point of contact for communications between internal stakeholders and service providers.
• Monitor service-provider performance against service-level agreements, including service volume, quality, and timeliness, and address non-compliance.
• Manage contract renewal, renegotiation, recertification, cancellation, and breach-of-contract processes.
• Act as a subject matter expert on court systems, processes, and procedures, and build and maintain relationships with government entities.
• Resolve court-access issues that inhibit public record collection.
• Identify procedural and system process improvements.
• Build cross-functional relationships and collaborate across departments and business units.

Skills

Negotiation

Vendor management

Sourcing concepts

Financial acumen

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

LexisNexis Special Services Inc. in Oklahoma City is seeking a Contract Specialist to identify and engage contract workers, independent contractors, and small businesses that provide public record data and related services.

You will negotiate terms, support procurement strategies, manage contracts, and serve as a subject matter expert on court systems and procedures. The role requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and 3–5 years in a related field, with travel up to 5% and strong