Contracts Manager, Sourcing

Company: Bright Horizons
Location: Watertown
Posted on: June 13, 2021

Job Description:

Are you looking for a great career opportunity with a "Best Company To Work For", according to Fortune Magazine? If so, we're hiring a Procurement Contracts Manager, Sourcing. As a Procurement Contracts Manager, Sourcing, you will be responsible for supporting all aspects of various Procurement initiatives that include RFP development and contracting in support of corporate functions including IT, Education, Marketing, and Facilities, Office Services. You will be the initial point of contact for inquiries regarding vendor contract requests, facilitates "kick off" call with business owner, Procurement, and legal team to determine contracting approach. You will manage repository of supplier agreements, ensure compliance with Bright Horizons standard terms and conditions, summarizes basic agreements for review by VPs and business owners across corporate functions, Sourcing Managers, VP of Procurement, and obtains final approval by Bright Horizon's legal counsel.

What you will be doing:

• Negotiates major Bright Horizons agreements, develops contract summaries for review by key constituent groups. Interacts with both internal teams including IT, Facilities, Education, Marketing, Facilities, Office Services, and external personnel, both within bright horizons and with our vendor partners.
• Develops metrics that support business objectives and serves as the focal point for the procurement team to communicate the results to key constituent groups.
• Interfaces with communications team to support the development of content for the procurement web site.

What we hope you will bring to this role:

The ideal candidate must exhibit high intellectual acumen and curiosity, and should also demonstrate most, if not all, of the following skills and experience:

• College degree required, law degree preferred. A minimum of five years of contract administration or paralegal experience preferred.
• Must be detail oriented and have excellent interpersonal, organizational, analytical, problem solving, and written and oral communication skills.
• Experience required in basic contract review and interpretation of master services agreements, and implementation of contracts and service agreements
• Candidate must possess excellent desktop application skills including Excel, Word, Outlook, Access, PowerPoint, Adobe and Oracle.
• Must have proven ability to initiate and manage multiple tasks under competing deadlines and shifting priorities.
• Must show ability to work independently as well as function as a member of a team in a rapidly changing environment.

HAVING TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH YOUR APPLICATION?

Contact us at bhrecruit@brighthorizons.com or 855-877-6866

Bright Horizons is dedicated to creating a workforce that promotes and supports diversity and inclusion. We provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals without discrimination. Bright Horizons complies with the laws and regulations set forth in the following EEO is the Law Poster: EEO - English and EEO - Spanish along with information on the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA).

Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the recruitment helpdesk at 855-877-6866 or bhrecruit@brighthorizons.com. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

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