At Chain IQ, your ideas move fast. Chain IQ is a global AI-driven Procurement Service Partner, headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, with operations across main centers and 16 offices worldwide. We provide tailored, end-to…
Sourcing Professional Services - Senior Consultant
Chicago, North Dakota, United States · On-site
$110k–$145k/yr
Mid level
At Chain IQ, your ideas move fast. Chain IQ is a global AI-driven Procurement Service Partner, headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, with operations across main centers and 16 offices worldwide. We provide tailored, end-to…
Bei Chain IQ bewegen sich deine Ideen schnell. Chain IQ ist ein globaler, KI-gestützter Procurement Service Partner mit Hauptsitz in Baar, Schweiz, und Aktivitäten in den wichtigsten Zentren sowie 16 Niederlassungen welt…
At Chain IQ, your ideas move fast. Chain IQ is a global AI-driven Procurement Service Partner, headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, with operations across main centers and 16 offices worldwide. We provide tailored, end-to…
At Chain IQ, your ideas move fast. Chain IQ is a global AI-driven Procurement Service Partner, headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, with operations across main centers and 16 offices worldwide. We provide tailored, end-to…
Skills: Sourcing, Contract Negotiation, Contract Drafting, IT Procurement, ITO Sourcing
At Chain IQ, your ideas move fast. Chain IQ is a global AI-driven Procurement Service Partner, headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, with operations across main centers and 16 offices worldwide. We provide tailored, end-to…
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Full-time
Corporate Growth, Career Development
Posted 50d ago
Apply by Sep 1
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
Manage the end-to-end contract process for IT categories, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating terms in collaboration with legal teams. Provide guidance to sourcers and ensure all agreements comply with regulatory and client policy requirements.
Requirements
Requires over 3 years of experience in IT contract management with a strong understanding of procurement and compliance standards. Must possess excellent communication skills and fluency in English.
Full job description
At Chain IQ, your ideas move fast.
Chain IQ is a global AI-driven Procurement Service Partner, headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, with operations across main centers and 16 offices worldwide. We provide tailored, end-to-end procurement solutions that enable transformation, drive scalability, and deliver substantial reductions in our clients' indirect spend. Our culture is built on innovation, entrepreneurship, ownership, and impact. Here, your voice matters - bold thinking is encouraged, and action follows ambition.
Join our Team
It is an exciting time at Chain IQ and our team in Romania/Poland are looking for a Senior Consultant in IT.
Chain IQ generate value far beyond cost reduction. We transform our client’s indirect procurement towards a world-class, resilient, ethical and digitalized end-to-end function. We promote a culture of collaboration and shared excellence while encouraging an open and honest exchange of ideas. We offer the potential for significant corporate growth and career development.
Our ambition is to strengthen the existing highly experienced team to provide the best in industry support to our growing client base.
Role Purpose
The primary purpose is to deliver value-add sourcing services to clients in a structured, professional and consistent manner.
Responsibilities
We are currently seeking a Senior Consultant to join the Contract Specialist Team. The Contract Specialist needs to be a dynamic, highly client-focused individual with proven experience within IT Category.
Main responsibilities will include:
Accountable for end-to-end contract management process (elaboration, approval, signature) in close cooperation and under the guidance of clients’ legal teams.
Supporting the Sourcers in identifying the appropriate templates and in drawing up contracts based on client’s standard terms and conditions.
Assist & advise the Sourcers in the contractual negotiations of the terms and conditions, if needed, with the purpose of achieving optimal compliance and contractual outcomes in line with client’s standards and requirements – but also to accelerate the processing of contracts.
Review, approve and negotiate contracts in accordance with the terms and conditions as defined by client by identifying and raising risks associated with any agreement (in line with Chain IQ’s scope of responsibility).
Assist requesters with any question related to the contracting process.
Ensure that the contracts are compliant with regulatory, audit and policy requirements as defined by client.
Support the implementation of new regulatory or contracting policies and procedures for evaluating risk and approving contracts.
Identify improvements/ simplification or efficiency of the contract standard templates and flagging those to Chain IQ management for discussion with the clients.
Adhere to the client’s corporate standards including using the defined contract templates, pre-defined clauses and sourcing tools and processes in delivery of sourcing initiatives.
Provide training and guidance to the Chain IQ Sourcing community on contractual topics, as required.
Establish and maintain strong relationships with Chain IQ sources, client and supplier stakeholders, specifically client legal teams.
Ensure functional KPIs, SLAs and other performance objectives are met (if any).
Requirements
3+ years’ experience in Contract Management within IT Category
Strong understanding of end-to-end sourcing and procurement processes
Proven experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating IT contracts
Solid knowledge of regulatory, audit and compliance standards
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills• Ability to advise Sourcers and internal clients on contractual risks
Strong analytical mindset with ability to identify process improvements
Fluent English; additional languages are an advantage (DE, FR)
Join a truly global team.
We offer a dynamic and international environment where high performance meets real purpose. We're proud to be Great Place to Work-certified and even prouder of the people who make that possible. Let’s shape the future of procurement - together.
Chain IQ – Create. Lead. Make an impact.
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Related keywords
IT CategoryProcurementSourcingContract ManagementSLAKPIComplianceRisk ManagementIndirect SpendLegal TemplatesAudit StandardsStakeholder Management
An independent, global service company providing strategic, tactical and operational procurement for its clients.
Industry
Business Consulting and Services
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Founded
2013
Headquarters
Baar, Zug
LinkedIn followers
24,848
Chain IQ is a global AI-driven Procurement Service Partner, providing strategic, tactical and operational procurement for its clients. Chain IQ operates from 6 main centers and 16 offices around the world – headquartered in Switzerland with hubs in Zurich, New York, London, Singapore, Mumbai and Bucharest to service more than 49 countries (including Germany, Poland, China, Hong Kong, Japan and Australia) and over 60 clients.
Chain IQ’s growing team of 700 experts is known for generating significant value via 3rd party spend management through volume bundling from its global clients, digitalization of procurement processes as well as achieving latest ESG standards.
Offices: Neuhofstrasse 24, Baar, Zug 6340, CH · Vulkanstrasse 106, Zurich, CH 8048, CH · 71 Fenchurch Street, London, England, GB · 10 Exchange Pl, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302, US · 61 Robinson Road #17-01, Robinson Centre, Singapore, 068893, SG
An independent, global service company providing strategic, tactical and operational procurement for its clients.
Industry
Business Consulting and Services
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Founded
2013
Headquarters
Baar, Zug
LinkedIn followers
24,848
Chain IQ is a global AI-driven Procurement Service Partner, providing strategic, tactical and operational procurement for its clients. Chain IQ operates from 6 main centers and 16 offices around the world – headquartered in Switzerland with hubs in Zurich, New York, London, Singapore, Mumbai and Bucharest to service more than 49 countries (including Germany, Poland, China, Hong Kong, Japan and Australia) and over 60 clients.
Chain IQ’s growing team of 700 experts is known for generating significant value via 3rd party spend management through volume bundling from its global clients, digitalization of procurement processes as well as achieving latest ESG standards.
Offices: Neuhofstrasse 24, Baar, Zug 6340, CH · Vulkanstrasse 106, Zurich, CH 8048, CH · 71 Fenchurch Street, London, England, GB · 10 Exchange Pl, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302, US · 61 Robinson Road #17-01, Robinson Centre, Singapore, 068893, SG