Sourcing & Contract Management

TealEnergi; New London (CT); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Teal Energi is seeking a Sourcing & Contract Manager Consultant for an initial 6‑month engagement on the East Coast (Boston, New York or Rhode Island) with some travel. You’ll lead strategic sourcing, tender management, and post‑award contract administration in a regulated offshore energy environment.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in procurement and contract management, strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills, and proficiency with Microsoft 365 and contract systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in procurement, supply chain, or related field.
• Minimum of five years of procurement and contract management experience.
• Experience managing full procurement lifecycle from sourcing through post‑award administration.
• Experience sourcing complex professional services and technically defined scopes.
• Strong commercial negotiation skills and experience with RFPs, evaluations, and award recommendations.
• Experience administering amendments, extensions, notices, claims, and variations.
• Ability to interpret contractual terms and translate requirements into actions.
• Strong written and verbal communication; excellent organization and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic sourcing and tender management, including market research, RFPs, and evaluation criteria.
• Negotiate terms, price, schedule, and change control with suppliers; prepare award recommendations.
• Coordinate contract finalization, exhibits, pricing schedules, and milestones with Legal, Finance, and Procurement stakeholders.
• Administer post‑award contracts, monitor obligations, milestones, and supplier performance; manage changes and closeout.
• Support environmental, marine, and regulatory procurement activities with cross‑functional teams.
• Establish governance, ownership, and reporting; maintain procurement trackers and status reports.

Skills

Sourcing

Contract management

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Procurement lifecycle

Regulatory awareness

Document management

Microsoft 365

Communication skills

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft 365

Contract management systems

Job description

Sourcing & Contract Manager Consultant

Location: East Coast (Boston, New York or Rhode Island) with occasional business travel as needed Employment Type: Contract Contract Duration: Initial 6-month assignment with potential for extension Industry: Offshore Renewable Energy / Power Generation

Position Overview

Teal Energi is seeking an experienced Sourcing & Contract Manager Consultant to support procurement and commercial activities within a highly regulated offshore renewable energy environment. This position will combine front-end strategic sourcing with hands-on post-award contract management. The selected consultant will take ownership of multiple sourcing events from initial planning and supplier engagement through negotiation, contract execution, administration, and closeout. The ideal candidate will be a delivery-focused procurement professional who can work independently, manage competing priorities, and collaborate effectively with Procurement, Legal, Finance, Engineering, Environmental, Technical, and operational stakeholders.

Strategic Sourcing and Tender Management

Review business requirements, scopes of work, budgets, schedules, market constraints, and regulatory dependencies.

Develop sourcing, contracting, and negotiation strategies in partnership with procurement leadership and business stakeholders.

Prepare and manage procurement schedules aligned with required contract award and supplier mobilization dates.

Conduct supplier market research, capability assessments, and prequalification activities. Develop requests for proposals, commercial tender documents, pricing schedules, bidder instructions, and evaluation criteria.

Manage bidder communications, commercial clarifications, confidentiality requirements, and tender governance.

Coordinate technical, quality, legal, financial, and commercial bid evaluations.

Lead commercial negotiations covering pricing, schedule, liability, payment terms, performance requirements, and change control.

Prepare supplier recommendations and obtain required internal approvals.

Contract Negotiation and Award

Prepare award recommendations summarizing the sourcing process, evaluation results, negotiated position, commercial risks, and recommended supplier.

Coordinate the preparation and finalization of contracts, exhibits, scopes of work, pricing schedules, and milestone plans.

Partner with Legal, Finance, Procurement, and technical stakeholders throughout the contract review and approval process.

Manage contract execution and supplier award communications. Complete contract documentation, filing, quality checks, and formal handover activities.

Post-Award Contract Management

Serve as the procurement and commercial point of contact for assigned agreements. Administer contracts from execution through completion, closeout, or formal handover. Prepare, review, and negotiate variation orders, amendments, extensions, renewals, and other contract changes. Monitor supplier obligations, deliverables, milestones, dependencies, performance, warranties, and commercial risks. Draft contractual notices and other commercial correspondence in coordination with Legal and business stakeholders. Support payment schedules, invoice requirements, commercial milestones, and payment-related issue resolution. Manage or support claims, change requests, commercial disputes, and supplier performance concerns. Lead supplier kickoff meetings, contract reviews, performance meetings, and escalation discussions. Maintain accurate contract records, change registers, risk logs, decision records, and status reports. Support final account negotiations, lessons learned, contract closeout, and handover documentation.

Environmental, Marine, and Regulatory Procurement Support

Support sourcing and contract management for environmental consulting, monitoring, surveys, marine services, and other technically defined scopes.

Coordinate procurement activities with environmental, permitting, technical, operations, and asset stakeholders.

Ensure supplier mobilization and deliverables align with applicable approval, compliance, and implementation dates.

Identify long-lead requirements, unclear scope interfaces, approval dependencies, and procurement schedule risks.

Present practical recovery plans when sourcing or contracting activities fall behind schedule. Exercise professionalism and sound judgment when handling legally, culturally, commercially, or stakeholder-sensitive matters.

Stakeholder Coordination and Reporting

Establish clear ownership, decision points, approval paths, and required inputs for each assigned workstream.

Maintain a consolidated sourcing and contract management tracker. Provide regular progress updates covering upcoming decisions, schedule status, risks, dependencies, and required support.

Escalate material commercial, supplier, governance, or compliance concerns promptly. Maintain complete and well-organized procurement and contract records.

Prepare clear handover materials to support continuity at the conclusion of the assignment.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Commercial Management, Business, Law, Engineering, Construction, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

Minimum of five years of relevant procurement and contract management experience.

Demonstrated ability to manage the full procurement lifecycle, from sourcing strategy and tender development through award and post-award administration.

Experience sourcing complex professional services, consulting services, marine services, surveys, construction-related services, or other technically defined scopes.

Strong commercial negotiation skills. Experience preparing RFPs, commercial evaluations, negotiation strategies, award recommendations, and contract documentation.

Practical contract administration experience involving amendments, variation orders, extensions, renewals, notices, claims, or commercial issue resolution.

Ability to interpret contractual terms and translate requirements into clear commercial actions and controls.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Excellent organization, stakeholder management, and prioritization abilities. Ability to work independently while managing multiple concurrent deadlines.

Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and contract, procurement, document management, or reporting systems.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience within offshore renewable energy, power generation, marine infrastructure, utilities, oil and gas, construction, or another regulated asset-based industry.

Experience supporting environmental, permitting, compliance, mitigation, marine, or survey-related procurement activities.

Working knowledge of framework agreements, service agreements, construction contracts, and FIDIC or similar contract forms.

Experience working across Procurement, Legal, Finance, Engineering, Technical, Project Management, and Asset Management functions.

Formal certification in procurement, negotiation, contract management, supply chain, or project management.

Experience administering funding agreements or contracts involving public entities, community organizations, or other external stakeholders.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The successful candidate will be: Hands-on, organized, and delivery-oriented. Comfortable moving between strategic sourcing and detailed contract administration. Commercially astute while maintaining strong governance and documentation standards. Confident leading negotiations and supplier discussions. Proactive in identifying gaps, risks, and unclear requirements. Able to translate complex technical or regulatory requirements into clear, commercially manageable scopes. Capable of managing a high-volume procurement pipeline with limited supervision. Professional and discreet when managing confidential or stakeholder-sensitive information.

Assignment Details

Initial six-month consulting engagement. Potential for extension based on business needs, funding, and assignment requirements. Remote or hybrid working arrangement. Occasional business travel may be required. The consultant must be available to manage multiple concurrent sourcing and contract management workstreams.

About Teal Energi

Teal Energi is a technical staffing and workforce solutions provider supporting the energy, engineering, construction, and infrastructure industries. We connect experienced professionals with impactful opportunities while providing responsive support throughout the assignment lifecycle.