Supply Chain Contracts Manager

Job Summary

The Supply Chain Contracts Manager is responsible for drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing supplier agreements and commercial terms that support the company’s supply chain and procurement operations. This role partners closely with Strategic Sourcing, Legal, Finance, and Operations to ensure contracts effectively balance cost, risk, compliance, and operational requirements. It plays a critical role in strengthening supplier relationships, reducing contractual risk, and enabling consistent, enterprise-wide contracting standards across direct materials, indirect spend, and service agreements.

• Contract development and negotiation:
  Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of supply chain agreements including MSAs, LTAs, Purchase Terms & Conditions, NDAs, and SOWs. Lead negotiations of commercial terms such as pricing, lead times, payment terms, liability, warranties, indemnification, and service levels. Partner with Strategic Sourcing and Commodity Managers to align contract terms with sourcing strategies and business objectives.
• Commercial terms and negotiation:
  Lead negotiation of key commercial terms, including pricing models, escalation clauses, delivery obligations, working capital optimization, warranties, liability, and indemnification provisions. Establish acceptable fallback positions and risk thresholds in partnership with Legal and leadership. Support complex supplier negotiations and contracting strategies.
• Flow down requirements and compliance:
  Ensure all required contractual flow-down provisions are incorporated into supplier agreements, including customer and prime contract requirements, regulatory obligations (e.g., ITAR, EAR), quality, cybersecurity, and ESG requirements.
• Risk management and compliance:
  Identify and mitigate contractual, financial, and operational risks within supplier agreements. Ensure compliance with corporate policies, regulatory requirements, and export control laws. Maintain standardized contract templates and fallback positions.
• Supplier and team collaboration:
  Serve as a key advisor to Supply Chain, Procurement, and business stakeholders on contract terms and negotiation strategy. Support supplier relationship management by establishing clear, enforceable agreements. Interface with suppliers to resolve contract disputes and ensure adherence to terms.
• Process improvement and governance:
  Support the development and implementation of standard contracting processes and best practices. Drive consistency in contract language and commercial terms across categories and business units. Maintain contract repository and ensure accurate documentation and version control. Support internal and external audits related to supplier agreements and compliance.
• Financial, sales and operations interface:
  Work closely with Sales Operations to ensure customer and government flow-down requirements are implemented within the supply chain. Collaborate with Finance and Procurement to optimize payment terms, cost structures, and working capital outcomes. Align contracts with cost savings initiatives and value capture objectives. Provide input on total cost of ownership and commercial models.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Legal, Finance, or a related field (MBA or Master’s degree highly preferred).

Experience:

5–7+ years of progressive experience in contracts management, procurement or supply chain roles. Proven experience in drafting and negotiating supplier agreements and leading complex vendor negotiations.

Travel:
Ability to travel up to 25% as needed.

• Experience in aerospace, defense, electronics or other regulated industries.
• Knowledge of export control regulations (ITAR, EAR) and government contract flow-down requirements.
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP) and Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) tools.
• Professional certification such as CPCM, NCMA, CPSM, CSCP.
• Experience building contract templates and enterprise contracting frameworks.

• Excellent negotiation, analytical, and risk-based decision making skills.
• Strong…