Specialist-Corporate Contracts

Responsibilities

• Negotiate contracts with key suppliers, including costs, agreement terms of supply, service and quality.
• Influence collaboration between cross-functional stakeholders to identify cost savings opportunities, operational efficiencies and facilitate strong partnerships between BMHCC and its strategic vendors.
• Administers the “Request For” (RF) process from preparing the request to supplier award and implementation.
• Responsible for the beginning to end process for agreements from negotiations, drafting contractual documents, gaining approvals and signature.
• Utilize benchmarking tools (ex. mdbuyline and Group Purchasing Organization) to validate pricing and support lowest total cost negotiations.
• Act as liaison between internal stakeholders, legal, finance, risk and vendors to ensure compliance to sourcing and contracting policies and procedures.
• Request and analyze quotes, compiling a detailed assessment of cost breakdowns.
• Manage and coordinate multiple projects, sourcing events and contracts.
• Manage supplier relationships and ensure the ongoing management of performance, quality, cost, contractual commitments, etc.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, economics, finance, logistics, or in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Five (5) years’ experience negotiating contractual agreements preferably in a related industry.
• Experience in the sourcing process.
• Analytical skills with ability to collect and correlate information and data.
• Written and verbal communication skills and mathematical skill to calculate figures and amounts.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Sound time-management and organizational skills.