Contract Specialist, US & CA Government

The Government Contract Operations Specialist is responsible for coordinating and administering all phases of service contract management within the Government Contracts team, including quoting, contract review, order creation, modifications, and ongoing contract administration across federal, state, and local government customers.

Your Role:

The greater impact of this role is to ensure compliance with internal policies and government regulations, support accurate revenue recognition, maintain audit readiness, and enable a seamless customer experience through efficient and high-quality contract execution.

This role works closely with Sales, Finance, and other internal stakeholders, acting as a key operational partner to ensure contract solutions are executable within ERP systems and aligned with business and customer needs.

The position requires strong ownership, autonomy, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a high-volume environment.

What are the professional and personal opportunities for development within this role?

This role offers strong exposure to complex government contracting environments, developing deep expertise in contract lifecycle management, compliance, and ERP-driven operations. It also provides opportunities to participate in process improvements, cross-functional projects, and informal leadership through coaching and collaboration with peers.

From operational excellence to strategic business partnership, a career at Philips comes with all sorts of wonderful benefits. Be sure to speak to your recruiter about benefits in your region.

You're the right fit if: 

• Experience. You bring 3–5 years of experience in sales support, customer service, contract administration, or proposal development in a high-volume environment.

• Skills. Strong knowledge of contract lifecycle management, including quoting, compliance review, order processing, invoicing, and contract modifications, with proficiency in SAP, Salesforce, and Microsoft Office. An intermediate Excel level is required.

• Education. High School Diploma or vocational education required; Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field preferred (or equivalent experience).

• You are proactive, highly organized, and capable of working with autonomy, managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining strong attention to detail and a customer-first mindset.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. On-site roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

This is an office role.

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Philips Transparency Details

The pay range for this position in Nashville, Tennessee, is $24.00 to $37.00, plus overtime eligible.

The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.   

In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered.  Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more.  Details about our benefits can be found here. 

At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case. 

Additional Information

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position.  For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Nashville, TN.,On-site

This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates.  Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.