Contract/Sourcing Specialist

Company Description KROGER

Qualifications

·         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. Additional Information 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.