Senior Contract Manager Harris County Office of Purchasing Agent

Under broad supervision the Sr Contracts Manager oversees contractual agreements for Harris County entities and supervises supporting staff. Individuals in the position will be responsible for managing the vendor contract development process through planning negotiation and addition this role involves guiding and mentoring Contract Managers ensuring performance development and compliance with daily strategies and approaches related to contracts.

The Sr Contracts Manager is expected to demonstrate robust leadership communication negotiation and decision-making abilities including the ability to foster teamwork and development.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Contract Management: Manages a portfolio of active contracts and leads to the development execution and administration of vendor contracts ensuring proper contract utilization and minimizing addition to establishing strategies approaches negotiations awards amendments and expirations.

• Process Improvement: Identifies opportunities for improvement in contract management

• processes procedures and workflows. As well as recommending adjustments to commercial strategies and targets including contract close-outs and extensions to support Harris County departments.

• Compliance and Quality Control: Ensures compliance with contracts strategy and process requirements.

• Leadership: Manages leads and guides the Contract Management team assessing

• development needs and providing coaching to foster a high-performing team.

• Strategic Planning: Provides support to Category Managers and Sourcing Managers in

• negotiating sourced projects within a spend category for various commodities; provides

• contractual insights to support strategy development.

• Collaboration: Partners with multiple entities within Harris County including the Purchasing and Legal departments to manage vendor contracts and establish remediation activities for contractual breaches.

Other Duties:

• This Job Description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Management may at its discretion assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Harris County is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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This position is subject to a criminal history check. Only relevant convictions will be considered and even when considered may not automatically disqualify the candidate.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors Degree in a directly related field and five (5) years of experience in sourcing purchasing contract negotiation and management and vendor management

OR

• Associates degree in a directly related field and seven (7) years of experience in sourcing purchasing contract negotiation and management and vendor management

OR

• High School Diploma/GED and nine (9) years of experience in sourcing purchasing contract negotiation and management and vendor management.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of contract management tools processes and analysis.

• Proficiency in contractual structures terminology and negotiating.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Excellent problem-solving conflict resolution and analytical thinking skills.

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Suite programs (Outlook Word Excel PowerPoint).

• Ability to manage a portfolio of contracts across multiple stakeholders.

• Ability to establish strong relationships with Departments and vendors to achieve best outcomes.

• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks with competing deadlines.

• Ability to lead a high-performing team.

NOTE: Qualifying education experience knowledge and skills must be documented on your job application. You may attach a resume to the application as supporting documentation butONLY information stated on the application will be used for consideration. See Resumewill not be accepted for qualifications.

• Procurement experience is preferred.

Position Type and Typical Hours of Work:

• This is a full-time position with the typical work hours of: Monday - Friday from 8am-5PM.

• Occasional weekends holidays and overtime may be required based on the specific needs and demands of the department.

Location:

• Harris County Purchasing Office Building - 1111 Fannin St 12th Floor Houston TX 77002

Compensation:

• Annual Salary Range: DOE

Work Environment and Physical Demands:

• This position is based in an office environment where the use of standard office equipment such as computers phones scanners and filing cabinets is routine.

• The physical demands associated with this job are minimal with occasional lifting and moving objects weighing up to 10 pounds.

• The role is predominantly sedentary involving mainly sitting with occasional standing and walking.

Reporting Relationships:

• Reports To Position: Director Sourcing and Contract

• Supervises Positions: Contract Managers

Employment may be contingent on passing a drug screen and meeting other standards.

Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.