Contract/Sourcing Specialist

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.