The Contract Management Department oversees the entire lifecycle of business agreements, from drafting and negotiation to execution, monitoring, and renewal. They mitigate risk, ensure legal compliance, and manage supplier relationships to maximize operational efficiency and cost savings. Key duties include reviewing, updating, and storing contracts while facilitating communication between legal, finance, and internal stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Drafting and Negotiation: Preparing, reviewing, and negotiating contract terms, including specialized clauses, bids, and proposals, to ensure favorable terms.
- Compliance and Risk Management: Identifying potential risks and ensuring all contracts adhere to local, state, federal, and internal company policies.
- Performance Monitoring: Tracking key dates, deliverables, obligations, and renewals to ensure all parties comply with the contract.
- Stakeholder Liaison: Acting as the primary contact between vendors, clients, and internal departments (legal, finance, sales) to resolve disputes and manage relationships.
- Contract Administration: Using contract management software to maintain accurate records, oversee documentation, and manage invoices.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Experience: Preferred previous experience in contract administration, procurement, or legal compliance, often with knowledge of FAR regulations.
- Communication: Exceptional negotiation, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Attention to Detail: Meticulous approach to reviewing complex legal and financial documents.
Typical Qualifications
- Strong organizational skills and experience with CLM (Contract Lifecycle Management) tools.
- Ability to manage multiple contracts simultaneously and work under tight deadlines.
Skills Required
- Preferred previous experience in contract administration, procurement, or legal compliance
- Knowledge of FAR regulations
- Exceptional negotiation, verbal, and written communication skills
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Strong organizational skills
- Experience with Contract Lifecycle Management tools
- Ability to manage multiple contracts simultaneously and work under tight deadlines
What We Do
Larkin Community Hospital is an integrated healthcare delivery system accredited by the Joint Commission with locations in South Miami, Hialeah and Hollywood, Florida. Our network of acute care hospitals provide a complete continuum of healthcare services, including a full range of inpatient and outpatient services, home health agencies, Skilled Nursing facilities, Rehab centers and Assisted Living facilities in Miami-Dade and Broward County. Our South Miami campus consists of a 146 bed Statutory teaching hospital (the 3rd largest in Florida, offering 32 different training programs for physicians) and is the home of the state of the art Miami Neuroscience Center at Larkin, the Center for Advanced Orthopedics at Larkin, the Cancer Center at Larkin and the Florida Academic Dermatology Center at Larkin. Our Palm Springs Campus, is a 247 bed acute care hospital located in a 15 acre campus in Hialeah Florida, and includes a 7 story Medical Office Building. Larkin Community Hospital Behavioral Health Services, our hospital located in Hollywood, Florida, includes an inpatient behavioral health unit and also offers comprehensive behavioral health services.
