Contracts Specialist

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for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate. We need to parse the job description. Let's extract sections: - About the role: The description includes introductory paragraphs about CMS, Contracts organization, looking for experienced Contracts Specialist, role on M88 Hercules team, support existing production program and future business opportunities, work with other functions, etc. Also mention hybrid position, onsite 3 days a week, 9/80 schedule, every other Friday off, open to candidates in Sterling Heights, MI. That could be "About the role". Also maybe "Schedule" separate. - Responsibilities: The bullet list of duties: "As a Contracts Specialist, You Will Work on and support the M88 Hercules program requiring independent action and a high degree of initiative to resolve issues as well as an understanding of and compliance with company policies and procedures;Interact with other functions to gather, interpret, analyze, and develop recommended strategies and present information on assigned contracts;Maintain an in-depth knowledge and working understanding of US Government contracting trends and information, US Department of Defense Acquisition and Procurement environment, the BAE Systems Contracts function and relevant company policies and procedures, Defense contracting methods and export;Support proposal activities including, but not limited to: analyzing solicitations, preparing summaries and developing strategies and recommendations based on the analysis, with attention to the financial and business risk of the proposed effort, participating in all proposal team meetings, preparing the terms, conditions and assumptions upon which the proposal may be submitted, reviewing the technical and pricing proposals for accuracy and consistency, conducting overall business risk analysis and preparing the proposal documents for submittal to the Customer;Research and make recommendations on proposal and contract language. Ensure that all necessary reviews, recommendations and terms, with minimal direction and guidance needed;Lead contract negotiations and collaborate with customers in definitizing and completing the contract under general guidance;Advise management of contractual rights and obligations, risk mitigation alternatives and business strategy;Perform all aspects of assigned contract or purchase order-processing including, but not limited to: accuracy of order entry data, contract funding, scope changes, contract amendments, receipts and delivery schedules, legal requirements and other commitments;Participate in final stages of assigned contracts by: (1) verifying completion of all commitments, and (2) performing assigned activities associated with contract closeout;Maintain logs of proposals and other data as required and assist in data collection for monthly/quarterly reporting to Management;Compile and maintain all required contractual records and documents in accordance with contract requirements and Company policies and procedures;Act as primary point of contact between the Company and the Customer for all contractual matters on assigned contracts. Develop and maintain professional and dependable relationships with external Customers;Support Program Managers, Product Line Directors, and Business Area leads and provide contracts advice and counsel to Company management, as required. May work extended hours or weekends. Occasional travel, both domestic and international, as necessary to support the business. May manage personnel, their workloads and their development plans for future growth;" We need to break into list items. - Requirements: "Required Education, Experience, & Skills This position will lead the day-to-day management of complex proposal and contract activities in accordance with company policies, legal and customer requirements with limited guidance or supervision from the Contracts Manager. Interpret and communicate business commitments and alternatives to program team and management. Position requires an extensive knowledge of government and commercial contracting methods, applicable laws and regulations. May guide work of lower grade contracting employees. Develop and maintain professional and critical relationships with both internal and external customers. Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook);" - Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills: list of items. - Pay Information: "Full-Time Salary Range: $101398 - $172377 Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience." - Employee Benefits: paragraph about benefits. - Schedule: "Schedule will be 9/80 work week. **Must be able to be onsite for 2-3 days a week**" Also earlier: "This is a Hybrid position that would require being on-site 3 days a week. This position has a 9/80 schedule that you will have every other Friday off." We need to avoid duplication. Provide schedule section with specifics. We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to output only HTML fragment, no or . Use

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  for prose. We need to decide which sections to include: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications (maybe Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills could be Qualifications), Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. But we must not create thin sections. We can combine some. We have required education/experience/skills (Required) and preferred (Preferred). Could treat "Requirements" as required, and "Qualifications" as preferred? Or "Skills" separate. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Skills). They gave examples. We need to include a section only when posting has real specific content. Thus we can have:

  About the role

  with prose summarizing role description.

  Responsibilities

  with
  • items.

    Requirements

    with required education/experience/skills (including proficiency in MS Office, etc.) as list.

    Qualifications

    with preferred education/experience/skills (Bachelor's, NCMA certification, etc.) as list.

    Skills

    maybe we could list specific skills like Microsoft Office Suite, contract negotiation, etc. But we already have those in requirements/qualifications. Might be redundant. Better to omit Skills section if content already covered.

    Benefits

    with list of benefits.

    Pay

    with salary range paragraph.

    Schedule

    with schedule details. We must avoid duplication: Ensure we don't repeat same info across sections. Let's extract precise content. About the role: Should include: Combat Mission Systems (CMS) focuses on development, production, integration of systems for ground, amphibious, maritime platforms. Contracts organization within CMS is trusted business partner managing customer relationships, negotiating deals, creating innovative solutions, providing regulatory knowledge. Committed to employee growth. Looking for experienced Contracts Specialist to assume role on M88 Hercules team. This open Contracts Specialist position will support existing M88 Hercules production program and future business opportunities for the M88 Hercules vehicle. Work with other exceptional professionals across many functions and business areas. At BAE Systems, value workforce, providing competitive salary and benefit packages, flexible schedule, resources for career growth. Committed to inspiring culture where people can authentically reach full potential. Hybrid position requiring onsite 3 days a week. 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off. Open to candidates in Sterling Heights, MI. We should not repeat schedule details in About the role if we have separate Schedule section; but we can mention hybrid nature briefly. However to avoid duplication, maybe keep schedule details only in Schedule section. About the role can mention hybrid position but not specifics? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep the specifics somewhere. If we put schedule details in Schedule section, we can still mention that it's a hybrid position in About the role without specifics? That would be summarizing away detail (the specifics of 3 days onsite, 9/80). Better to include schedule details in Schedule section and not repeat them elsewhere. About the role can mention that it's a hybrid position (without specifying days) but that would be losing detail. However we could keep the detail in About the role and not have a separate Schedule section, but the instruction says to include Schedule section only if posting has real specific content for it. It does have schedule content (9/80, 2-3 days onsite, every other Friday off). So we should have a Schedule section with those details. Then About the role can still mention hybrid position but we risk losing the detail of days/hours. But we could mention that it's a hybrid position requiring onsite work (without specifying days) and then Schedule section gives specifics. That preserves all info: the hybrid nature is in About the role, specifics in Schedule. That's acceptable. Now Responsibilities: need to list each duty as
  • . The responsibilities list is long; we need to break into items based on semicolons and periods. Let's parse: - Work on and support the M88 Hercules program requiring independent action and a high degree of initiative to resolve issues as well as an understanding of and compliance with company policies and procedures; - Interact with other functions to gather, interpret, analyze, and develop recommended strategies and present information on assigned contracts; - Maintain an in-depth knowledge and working understanding of US Government contracting trends and information, US Department of Defense Acquisition and Procurement environment, the BAE Systems Contracts function and relevant company policies and procedures, Defense contracting methods and export; - Support proposal activities including, but not limited to: analyzing solicitations, preparing summaries and developing strategies and recommendations based on the analysis, with attention to the financial and business risk of the proposed effort, participating in all proposal team meetings, preparing the terms, conditions and assumptions upon which the proposal may be submitted, reviewing the technical and pricing proposals for accuracy and consistency, conducting overall business risk analysis and preparing the proposal documents for submittal to the Customer; - Research and make recommendations on proposal and contract language. Ensure that all necessary reviews, recommendations and terms, with minimal direction and guidance needed; - Lead contract negotiations and collaborate with customers in definitizing and completing the contract under general guidance; - Advise management of contractual rights and obligations, risk mitigation alternatives and business strategy; - Perform all aspects of assigned contract or purchase order-processing including, but not limited to: accuracy of order entry data, contract funding, scope changes, contract amendments, receipts and delivery schedules, legal requirements and other commitments; - Participate in final stages of assigned contracts by: (1) verifying completion of all commitments, and (2) performing assigned activities associated with contract closeout; - Maintain logs of proposals and other data as required and assist in data collection for monthly/quarterly reporting to Management; - Compile and maintain all required contractual records and documents in accordance with contract requirements and Company policies and procedures; - Act as primary point of contact between the Company and the Customer for all contractual matters on assigned contracts. Develop and maintain professional and dependable relationships with external Customers; - Support Program Managers, Product Line Directors, and Business Area leads and provide contracts advice and counsel to Company management, as required. - May work extended hours or weekends. - Occasional travel, both domestic and international, as necessary to support the business. - May manage personnel, their workloads and their development plans for future growth. We'll turn each into
  • . Now Requirements (required): includes: - This position will lead the day-to-day management of complex proposal and contract activities in accordance with company policies, legal and customer requirements with limited guidance or supervision from the Contracts Manager. - Interpret and communicate business commitments and alternatives to program team and management. - Position requires an extensive knowledge of government and commercial contracting methods, applicable laws and regulations. - May guide work of lower grade contracting employees. - Develop and maintain professional and critical relationships with both internal and external customers. - Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook); We can make each a
  • . Now Qualifications (preferred): includes: - Maintain an in-depth knowledge and working understanding of the US Government Acquisition