Senior Contract Specialist - Temp

Senior Contract Specialist - Temp to Hire

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Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc. (TABS) is an industry leader in equipment, digital displays, document security, and software solutions that keep businesses running brilliantly and efficiently. We have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Contract Specialist at our corporate headquarters located in Lake Forest, CA. Our people bring creative, real-world solutions for our client's print management needs; we help cut costs, secure documents, and reduce the environmental footprint.

We are a growing, dynamic organization that has a need for people who are driven to contribute their professional best.

This position will lead on negotiating, managing and supporting the contract management life cycle activities to ensure contractual obligations, proper revenue recognition, and company policies are met; analyze and mitigate risk on behalf of the company; and participate in developing programs for awarded contracts. Responsibilities include supporting activities to secure business with regional and national buying consortiums, Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs), state and local government, federal, enterprise commercial consortiums/accounts;

design and craft statements of work and other contract-related documents or programs as assigned.

• Review and analyze bids, proposals (RFx) and participate in developing bid responses and drafts written input on customer-facing contractual terms and conditions while adhering to company policy.
• Mitigate corporate risk and meet financial requirements and policy obligations.
• Work closely with Proposal Specialists, Sales, Management, Legal, Finance, Risk, Pricing, Implementation, Operations and Client to implement awarded contracts ensuring business risks are identified and compliant with policies.
• Works directly with third-party funding partners to solidify funding arrangements.
• Provide consultative expertise regarding internal and external clients to assist with total sales and marketing initiatives to contract personnel.
• Perform, coordinate, negotiate and manage moderate to complex cooperative purchasing contracts and statements of work with minimal oversight; write and provide the contract briefing that includes arrangements and obligations to cross-functional teams post-award.
• Ensure accurate implementation and administration of contract obligations.
• Understand Toshiba's systems to support ordering, inventory and unique coding requirements associated with consortium/GPO buyers for tracking and reporting.
• Escalate problems, research solutions and make recommendations and implement approved solutions; develop and provide training for sales, operations and other field staff on consortium/GPO contract programs.
• Perform and oversee day-to-day management of activities supporting awarded contracts: negotiating contracts, creating addenda, amendments, statement of works, etc.
• Develop content for awarded contracts and collaborate with sales and marketing on field announcements, website material and launch statewide marketing campaigns, design the website for internal and external contract users and provide guidance on contract interpretation (cooperative purchasing) and compliance issues; lead cross-functional teams and consult with subject matter experts.
• Research and identify best practices and develop pre-sales and post-sales contract workflow, agreements and statement of works and activities for National Buying Consortiums, Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOS), State and Local and Federal Government; build relationships with clients and key vendors as the subject matter expert for the awarded contract.
• Drive and participate in strategic positioning of GPO management and government contracting by considering company climate, competitive environment, systems and risks.
• Responsible for identifying gaps, making recommendations, and championing improvements to maximize sales under the awarded contracts.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
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