Job Description:

Job Title: Sr. Contract Specialist

Job Location: Hybrid 2days/week at Lancing, MI

Job Type: Contract

Job Summary: The position will be involved in Request for Proposal and Statement of Work preparation, review and organize area contracts, ensure contract compliance and deliverable adherence for contracts, ensure compliance with deliverable review and acceptance processes for fiscal accountability through the correct approval process of vendor invoices, tracking and renewing of annual license.

Skills Required: 8 years of experience as a Contract Analyst performing the following procurement activities:

• Development of Statements of Work (SOW) including review and validation with customers, vendors, and procurement staff.
• Review contracts for compliance with DTMB Procurement standards.
• Leading and providing updates and status on procurement related tasks to project managers, management, and others as needed.
• Ability to analyze business needs and solutions to determine deliverables to be included in SOW's or RFPs (e.g. Contract legal terms and conditions, disaster recovery).
• Monitors, reviews, and validates IT contract and procurement documentations for the agency.
• Maintain the procurement tasks and maintain work status in Azure DevOps. Develop reports, dashboards, and metrics for tracking status of procurement work items.
• Experience in Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Requests for Change (RFCs), Invitations to Negotiate (ITNs), Proposals for Change (PFCs), Contract Change Notices (CCNs).
• Prepare templates, standards, and documents to improve procurement processes.
• Thorough understanding of purchasing processes.
• Research, compile, and analyze data on new and existing contracts and provide recommendations for problem resolution.
• Maintain the log of payment made on the vendor invoices.
• Knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures within information technology, specifically, system development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Experience in dealing with customer, vendors, conflict analysis, and resolution.