Contracts Manager, Global Corporate Procurement

Description

At Amazon, our vision is to be Earth's most customer-centric company.  Our passion for invention leads us to pioneer and globalize new  businesses and customer offerings daily. As we rapidly become the  world's largest consumer of corporate services in many categories, the  Global Corporate Procurement team is seeking a Contracts Manager to join  our team to manage negotiations and documentation of a variety of third  party contractual relationships in spend categories to include:  Professional Services, Benefits, HR Services, Travel, Tax, Legal,  Marketing, Technology, and Construction.

Contract Managers play an important role at Amazon, responsible for  managing the full end-to-end contract strategy, which will include  formulating the commercial deal terms, and representing the business  while interfacing with the Legal team through to the conclusion of the  contracting process. The ability to orchestrate multiple simultaneous  projects requiring frequent communication, organization, time  management, and problem-solving skills will be important in the day to  day responsibilities of this role within the Global Corporate  Procurement department.  

The Contract Managers are expert practitioners  in formulating strong legal positions both pre and post business award.  They will work efficiently and independently, managing a high volume of  tasks and projects with little guidance, react with appropriate urgency  to matters which require a quick turnaround, and think creatively and  proactively in order to solve problems.

This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a team that is having a  daily impact on company success.

Primary responsibilities of this role:

- Operates with significant autonomy and      discretion in  communicating with Legal, the Business and Global Category       Managers.

- Influences at all levels of leadership,      both internally and  externally, to deliver results.

- Serves as the principal subject matter      expert in all Amazon  standard contracts, and almost all external      contracts.

- Negotiates MSA, MHSA, MPA, PSA,      Statements of Work, Work Orders,  LOI, MOU, Term Sheets, used by the Global      Corporate Procurement  organization, including legal practice standards and      fallback  guidelines set by the Legal Department.

- Acts as a subject matter expert for the      organization in the  application of the Amazon Spending and Transaction      Policy and in  Amazon's contract approval processes.

- Proactively monitors major contracts for      renewals, SLAs, KPI  attainment and other time-based or performance-based      triggers that  could impact the business.

- Develops contract practice standards,      operating procedures and  systems that enable the broader team of Global      Category Managers to  scale and work more efficiently and effectively.

- Orchestrates the end-to-end process from      kickoff to full  execution. Communicate these results through weekly      metrics  reporting.

- Gaining executive stakeholder input on      complex projects, framing  issues simply and concisely to obtain buy-off to      move forward with  key decisions/initiatives.

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent

- 5+ years of relevant strategic sourcing including vendor negotiations, global contract management, process improvement, operational and financial analysis experience

- 7+ years of contracts management experience

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience negotiating complex agreements with a firm understanding of legal terminology and reasoning

- Experience managing and coordinating multiple projects simultaneously

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