Contract Management Specialist

HCLTECH is hiring for Contract Management with Indirect Global Procurement:

Key Responsibilities:

Categories looking for: Temp Labour & Marketing

Contract Evaluation, Creation, Negotiation, Execution:

Lead Execution of the life cycle of complex contracts, from creation to closure through the coordination of resources and processes necessary for the control and mitigation of business and other risks in partnership with relevant internal Business Owners, Functional Owners and Others as well as vendors. Create and draft contracts, in legal language as required, by gathering and vetting required inputs including but not limited to business and legal terms from business and functional owners. Facilitate, support, broker, and/or lead contract negotiations on behalf of and in partnership with Business Owners and vendors as key point of contact. Ensure timely review/ approval/ signature and detailed tracking/ approval of variations.

Vet, organize, prioritize, and package contracts, calling out recommendations to Business Owners, Legal, and where applicable, strategic sourcing, to craft a final contract deliverable.

Contract Management:

Support Procurement Category Leaders Assessment of upcoming renewals and new requests to determine if Strategic Sourcing will be involved for vendor selection/ key price negotiation/ other. Execute routing/assessment of inbound passive requests as well as active outbound contract related requests such as renewals reminders. Train others on Contract Management best practice as needed. Lead departmental contract status/tracking meetings with Business Owners, Finance, and/or others as requested.

Issue proactive reminders to support Business Owner and/other accountable parties of need to perform contract activities and fulfill contractual obligations throughout the contract term. Contract activities include but are not limited to audits, certifications, quarterly business reviews, service level agreement performance reporting, notices of termination, assignment, renewal, and others, strategic sourcing activities such as price benchmark and request for proposal preparation.

Contract Operations

Execute tactical Day-to-Day Tactical Activities including but not limited to contract approval/ approval prep/ follow up, contract signature/ execution facilitation/ other. Design, track, generate, validate, update data across various systems.

Note: This role is based in Chennai, with an option for remote support.

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