Contract Manager

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Busch Vacuum Solutions is a leading manufacturer of vacuum pumps, compressors, and blowers for use in industries such as semiconductor manufacturing, food processing, metallurgy, biomedical, and material handling.

Busch Vacuum Solutions has an immediate direct-hire opportunity open for a Contract Manager in Virginia Beach, VA.

Targeted Compensation:
The targeted compensation range for this position is $–$ annually, depending on qualifications, skills, and relevant experience. This role is also eligible for a 10% KEIP bonus.

The Contracts Manager is responsible for managing the Busch Group contracts function, with primary responsibility for the review, drafting, negotiation, administration, and lifecycle management of customer and supplier contracts, including government contracts. The position requires strong commercial contracting experience and the ability to identify and manage contractual, commercial, and compliance risks while supporting business objectives. The Contracts Manager will work closely with Sales, Procurement, Supply Chain, Finance, Service, Operations, Engineering, and Legal to ensure contracts are reviewed and executed in accordance with Busch contracting standards, approval requirements, and applicable laws and regulations.

• Responsible for the day-to-day management of customer and supplier contracts across Busch Group, serving as a primary point of contact for contractual matters and explaining contract terms, obligations, and risks to internal stakeholders.
• Manage the contract lifecycle from intake through review, drafting, redlining, negotiation, approval, execution, amendment, renewal, and closeout for customer and supplier agreements, including government contracts, non-disclosure agreements, purchase and supply agreements, sales and service agreements, pricing agreements, and other commercial arrangements.
• Draft, review, redline, and negotiate customer and supplier contracts to protect Busch’s interests, appropriately allocate risk, and support the Company’s commercial objectives and contracting standards.
• Review government contracts and related requirements, including applicable Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) clauses, and identify contractual and compliance obligations applicable to Busch.
• Identify FAR, DFARS, and other government-contract requirements that must be flowed down to suppliers and work with Procurement and other stakeholders to ensure required flow-down provisions are incorporated into supplier contracts and purchase terms.
• Assess key contractual provisions, including pricing and payment terms, warranties, indemnification, limitation of liability, insurance, intellectual property, confidentiality, cybersecurity, data protection, export controls, delivery, acceptance, termination, changes, audit rights, and other material commercial obligations.
• Lead contract negotiations within Busch’s established contracting standards and approval framework, developing negotiation strategies and coordinating required business, Finance, Compliance, and Legal input for material deviations or elevated risks.
• Collaborate closely with Sales, Procurement, Supply Chain, Service, Engineering, Operations, Finance, Quality, Compliance, and other stakeholders throughout the contract lifecycle to ensure business requirements, contractual commitments, and supplier obligations are appropriately aligned.
• Manage contract activities independently and efficiently, maintain appropriate contract records, support visibility into contractual obligations and renewals, and help ensure contracts are negotiated, approved, executed, and administered…