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Skill required: Contract Services - Contract Management
Designation: Delivery Operations Team Lead
Qualifications:Any Graduation
Years of Experience:7 to 11 years
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What would you do? Accenture is currently seeking a Contract Specialist who is looking for an exciting and challenging career with Accenture – an employer that enables you to make a real difference. The Contract Specialist will facilitate the development and execution of a variety of third-party commercial contracts in accordance with our client’s policies and procedures, applicable laws, and other requirements. The Contract Specialist may provide guidance to the client’s business units and project teams on contract management and policy compliance matters and may lead more than one engagement. Depending on the size and complexity of the agreement, the Contract Specialist may be full-time on a single engagement. This is a non-attorney position. This role will be primarily based in Accenture India
What are we looking for? What skills, qualifications and competencies do I need? • Law degree or equivalent professional qualification with a minimum of 8 years of overall professional experience, including at least 6 years of relevant experience in Commercial Contract Management and Procurement Contracting. • Be able to identify legal risk in various contract types; • In depth experience working with a variety of contract types (i.e. preparing, reviewing and negotiating) and contract execution processes. • Must be able to recognize, identify and clearly be able to explain business and convey legal positions; • Impactful experience working within cross-functional and/or global teams of contracting and / or procurement professionals and aligning with established performance expectations; • Internal stakeholder management, data/information management, category management, process design and continuous improvement initiatives, project management and performance measurement skills; • Procurement process knowledge, contract management, market analysis, supplier analysis, supplier diversity, technology utilization, strategic planning, and integrated supply chain experience is an advantage; • Experience with contract reporting necessary (i.e. total number of contracts, number of suppliers under contract, and other indicators) to assess progress and effectiveness of the contract function; • Experience responding to inquiries regarding contract obligations and redlines/revisions; • Demonstrated a results driven approach, in a team setting where team members are not directly located within the same geography; • Strong client management skills; • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word.
Roles and Responsibilities: •• Draft and negotiate contracts based on both client templates and supplier templates, in a timely manner with appropriate legal support to ensure compliance with client standards; • Strong subject matter expertise in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements, including IT, technology, procurement of goods and services, marketing, professional services, consulting, facilities management, logistics, staffing, and HR-related contracts. • Coordinate and perform contract analysis, including redlines and negotiations with client legal and other stakeholders, as well as suppliers to: ? Negotiate business terms and collaborate, coordinate, and be able to explain risks and implications of contract terms to the business and other stakeholders. ? Complete gap analyses, review, redline, and understand contract language, risks and implications of such language. ? Draft commercial terms as needed. • Prepare and disseminate information regarding contract status, compliance, modifications, with the ability to work within cross-functional teams to maintain contracting procedures and ensuring adherence to regional/goal category strategies; • Consulting and escalating positioning issues which are not solved satisfactorily to the project and client team in a timely manner; • Act as a contact between the project team and/or business unit and client legal team, ensuring that all business, legal and contractual matters are addressed efficiently and promptly; • Issue necessary modifications to clarify questions concerning such topics as specification changes, language ambiguities or clarification of contract clause; • Manage multiple, complex projects independently with the ability to resolve complex negotiation issues in a timely manner, escalating as appropriate and push a deal through to execution; • Assist with training and coaching to other contract specialists on legal review and interpretation; • Ensure that all contracts and agreements are filed in the contract repository; • Manage projects within Accenture’s proprietary or client workflow tools to document each step of the contract formation process. • Maintain and update contract databases and disseminate information as appropriateAny Graduation

About Accenture

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