Contract/Sourcing Specialist

KROGER

·         Read and interpret lower risk technology contracts and facilitate redlining and negotiation of business terms in accordance with established policies and guidelines for the same.

·         Review incoming requests for contract, contract renewals, and negotiation to determine the appropriate sourcing personnel to manage the request.

·         Run comparisons of documents to record changes that were made, if any, and coordinate with sourcing ASP to get finalized contracts launched for digital signature.

·         Draft contract summaries to accompany requests for electronic signature, identifying key metrics for compliance that must be recorded upon upload to contract database tool.

·         Meet regularly with Contract Manager to review workload and progress as well as discuss challenges and identify areas of learning opportunities.

·         Serve as liaison between technology partners and legal, when legal review is required.

·         Review product/service quality and vendor performance as part of contract compliance.

·         Identify areas of non-compliance.

·         Observe, learn details and provide evaluations and summaries to communicate findings/recommendations to include measurements allowing for cost impact evaluations.

·         Report savings and cost avoidance achievements through sourcing department tools when achieving savings/cost avoidance as a result of contract negotiations.

Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Minimum Position Qualifications:

·         3 years’ experience establishing supplier contracts using: technology and business standards, RFPs, and other specifications (L6).

·         Proven ability to frequently make significant decisions with supervision (L6).

·         Proficiency of relevant tools (i.e. Comparison/redline tools in MS Word, Docusign, Access)

·         Ability to learn various operating systems (i.e. Business Objects, Site Folio).

·         Good communication skills.

·         Strong prioritization skills.

·         Ability to travel independently

Desired Previous Experience:

·         Bachelor degree in business or legal-oriented major

Experience with contracts, in particular technology agreements ll be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.