As a Contracts Lead at Honeywell Aerospace, you will be responsible for supporting Honeywell Aerospace’s Integrated Supply Chain by drafting, reviewing, interpreting, and negotiating complex supplier agreements and terms and conditions. You will work closely with internal stakeholders, including sourcing, legal, and finance teams, to ensure the successful execution of contracts and compliance with company policies and applicable laws and regulations. Your expertise in contract negotiation and risk assessment will be instrumental in driving successful business outcomes and mitigating legal and commercial risks.
You will report directly to our Senior Contracts Manager and work from our Aguadilla, Puerto Rico location on a hybrid work schedule.
The Contracts Lead will have a significant impact on Honeywell Aerospace's contracts function and overall business operations. Your ability to assess risk, negotiate effectively, and provide strategic contract guidance will help ensure compliance, reduce commercial and legal exposure, and support the company’s operational and business objectives.
ResponsibilitiesKey Responsibilities
- Draft, review, interpret, and negotiate complex supplier agreements
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand business requirements and advise Sourcing & Procurement
- Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and applicable laws and regulations
- Identify, assess, and mitigate contractual, legal and commercial risks
- Negotiate favorable terms and conditions with suppliers
- Support/manage the resolution of contract-related issues, claims and disputes
- Maintain accurate and complete contract records and documentation
YOU MUST HAVE
- 6+ years of experience negotiating and managing commercial contracts
- Strong knowledge of contract law and commercial terms and conditions
- Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills
WE VALUE
- Ability to analyze and interpret complex contract terms and conditions
- Ability to work effectively across functions and across geographically dispersed teams
- High attention to detail and strong organizational skills
- Process‑improvement mindset and ability to drive efficiencies
- Solid analytical skills and strong business acumen
- Ability to deliver results in complex, dynamic environments
- Consistent, timely decision‑making
- Clear, direct communication style
- Strong project‑management capabilities
BENEFITS
Beyond a performance-driven salary, you'll work alongside dedicated experts on technology that's advancing aviation. As a Honeywell Aerospace employee, you're eligible for a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- Employer-subsidized medical, dental, vision and life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts
- Employee assistance program and educational assistance
- Parental leave and 12 paid holidays
- Paid time off for vacation, personal and sick time
Explore your benefits: https://honeywellaerospacebenefits.com/
The application period for the job is estimated to be 40 days from the job posting date; however, this may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
Skills Required
- 6+ years of experience negotiating and managing commercial contracts
- Strong knowledge of contract law and commercial terms and conditions
- Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to analyze and interpret complex contract terms and conditions
- Ability to work effectively across functions and geographically dispersed teams
- High attention to detail and strong organizational skills
- Process-improvement mindset and ability to drive efficiencies
- Solid analytical skills and strong business acumen
- Ability to deliver results in complex, dynamic environments
- Consistent, timely decision-making and clear, direct communication style
- Strong project-management capabilities
The Aerospace Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about The Aerospace Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by The Aerospace Corporation.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) plan provides a company‑paid contribution of 8–12% based on years of service with immediate eligibility and vesting, and eligible employees can access retiree medical benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off includes 15 vacation days (rising to 20 after five years), nine paid holidays, and unlimited sick time for exempt employees with accruals for non‑exempt staff.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible work models include a 9/80 schedule with alternating Fridays off, supported by backup care services, an EAP, relocation assistance, and home‑office stipends where applicable.
The Aerospace Corporation Insights
What We Do
The space enterprise has been transformed by rapid change and growth. New vehicles for national security space, a more rapid launch cadence, proliferated satellite constellations, the pursuit of interplanetary exploration, and thriving commercial ventures are changing the nature of the space industry. The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) is a leading architect for U.S. space programs, shaping efforts to outpace threats to our national security while cultivating the technologies needed to further this new era of space commercialization and exploration. Aerospace works across the space enterprise in service of the public interest. In addition to supporting the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community, our customers include NASA, NOAA, numerous federal agencies, and commercial space — all of whom benefit from our deep technical knowledge. We only pursue business related to the space mission and complementary fields, operating as the nation’s trusted partner to solve the toughest challenges and develop reliable and innovative technologies. Innovation in space occurs when people have the freedom to imagine and do. At Aerospace, we take pride in our readiness to solve some of the most complex challenges in the space enterprise.
Why Work With Us
We are a non-profit corporation chartered by the government to work on the hardest problems in space. We employ technical experts in every discipline of space-related science and engineering who touch every part of the US space program. Come join us as we make an impact bigger than ourselves.
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