Senior Contract Manager: Global Logistics & Risk Lead

DP World; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

DP World Contract Logistics seeks a Senior Contract Manager in the United States to own contract lifecycle across warehousing, distribution, and value-added services. You will coordinate with Legal, Commercial and Operations to maintain contract inventories, monitor renewals, surface risk, and support negotiations.

The role requires 8+ years in contract management, sharp communication, and the ability to drive cross-functional alignment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of contract management, negotiation, and commercial/legal advisory experience.
• A law degree is not required for this role.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, legal studies, or related field is required.
• Experience managing Commercial agreements such as TSA, MSA, 3PL, Carrier, NDA, and SLA.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and mitigate legal risk.
• Experience with regulatory and trade compliance a plus.
• Strong communication and relationship-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Capture and maintain contract collateral for current business; ensure accessibility to Legal, Commercial, and Operations.
• Administer contract renewals end-to-end; brief teams on milestones, deliverables, and deadlines.
• Maintain regional inventory of contracts to manage expirations and scope changes.
• Support customer discussions and negotiations with Commercial owners.
• Serve as liaison between Commercial owner and Legal during negotiation and contracting.
• Support Legal on negotiation calls; balance collaborative tone with strong legal positions.
• Analyze contracts for risk and potential profit leakage; propose mitigations.
• Support procurement agreements for launches; draft, review, negotiate vendor and services agreements.
• Manage third-party vendor relationships through lifecycle; ensure launch timelines and risk positions are met.
• Resolve customer and vendor disputes; coordinate with Legal for timely resolution.
• Ensure all departments review risks and sign off prior to execution.
• Manage contractual obligations post-execution; track deliverables and milestones.

Skills

Contract management

Negotiation

Cross-functional leadership

Regulatory compliance

Trade compliance

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in business / supply chain / legal studies

Tools

Salesforce

DocuSign

Oracle

Legal AI / contract-review tools

Sirion Contract Management System

SharePoint

MS Office Suite

Outlook

Job description

DP World Contract Logistics seeks a Senior Contract Manager in the United States to own contract lifecycle across warehousing, distribution, and value-added services. You will coordinate with Legal, Commercial and Operations to maintain contract inventories, monitor renewals, surface risk, and support negotiations.

The role requires 8+ years in contract management, sharp communication, and the ability to drive cross-functional alignment.