Contracts Administrator

Job Summary:

This position is responsible forpreparing, negotiating, and recording business contractson behalf of Logix Fiber Networks. This role is accountable to manage documents and correspondence related to the company’s business relationships. It's important for this individual to be tech-savvy, and willing to learn or already capable in how we can be most efficient and effective leveraging AI and contract management software.

Logix Culture:

Each team member has a responsibility to support and operate in alignment with our culture and company values. The behaviors and actions for each value may be different depending on the team member’s role and are critical to both the success of team members and the company.

What You'll Do:

• Draft the first copy of legal documents
• Organize all legal documents in a confidential way
• Coordinate and collaborate with department leaders to understand commercial terms, functional requirements and determine timelines for complex contracts and operate as key point of contact for Legal
• Meet with potential customers, vendors, distributors, and partners to develop a professional relationship and negotiate the term of various agreements for Logix Fiber Networks
• Provide a consistent point of contact for both internal employees and external parties to plan, update and execute legal agreements
• Leverage technology tools to draft, collaborate and manage redlines and version control, store, secure, share, and manage the lifecycle of contracts
• Review newly proposed contracts to determine if they’re the best option for the company to pursue
• Document contract summaries for Executive and legal review including outlining key contractual details and risks to the business to help employees and leadership better understand the information outlined in the contracts. Use legal and financial terminology to draft detailed documents explaining business propositions
• Review current contracts to determine if they should renew it and decide which updates to add to remain compliant
• Manage and review business contracts for financial agreements like company purchases, rental agreements, new hire contracts and business proposals
• Duties include negotiating contract terms and conditions with each party, analyzing potential risks involved with certain contract agreements
• Experience with and ability to apply organizational standards when requesting and evaluating requests for proposals (RFPs). Conduct all initial research and provide information to the Corporate Lawyer
• Assist with administrative responsibilities in the legal office

Required & Nice-To-Have Education & Experience:

• 5 (five) or more years of experience actively negotiating contracts including general management
• Bachelor’s degree in business or related
• Familiarity with Service Level Agreements
• Telecommunications industry & contract negotiation experience preferred
• Certifications provided by the National Contract Management Association a plus

Required Skills & Abilities:

• Communication: Must be able to communicate ideas effectively to the company, legal counsel, other parties involved in the contract, and to stakeholders to keep everyone apprised of contract-related matters, to negotiate and revise contracts both verbally and in written format.
• Detail Oriented: Demonstrate accurate and thorough attention to details within contracts, negotiation discussions, meeting deadlines, ensuring follow-up, proof-reading and correcting grammar, spelling, punctuation, mathematical, etc. mistakes.
• Time Management: Possess and demonstrate the desire and ability to complete all tasks by their deadlines to include planning and prioritizing tasks, communicating status and managing expectations with clear communication.
• Negotiation: To represent the company and ensure a positive position for the organization for the most benefit to the company as possible.
• Collaboration: Ability to work well with stakeholders and subject matter experts across the company including but not limited to the sales, engineering, and operation organizations, in addition to vendors, customers, or other parties when negotiating or revising a contract.
• Initiative: Drives collaborative, productive and agenda-meeting conversations to reach agreement in the shortest time possible through calculating risk while managing to deadlines.
• Confidence: A key aspect of successful contract management is confidence. It takes a strong attitude to successfully negotiate and execute contracts, as well as an understanding of when to walk away and when to stand one’s ground while meeting deadlines and response expectations for meaningful activity to the business including, but not limited to, revenue booking and timely renewals.
• Documentation: Ability to draft, document and revise contract templates when needed by working closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, Delivery Operations, Executives and other company subject matter experts.
• Finance Skills: To evaluate whether a contract is good for the company, the Contract Manager must have the necessary financial skills to determine exactly how the company would benefit.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of working at a desk and on a computer
• May need to lift up to 15 pounds at times
• **Accommodations will be provided as necessary to ensure all employees can fulfill their job responsibilities effectively

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• What is your targeted salary?
• This role is Hybrid with 3-4x a month in the Houston office, plus occasional travel around Texas. Are you based near Houston or open to relocation?
• Do you have experience with contract negotiation?
• Do you have experience with business contracts drafting?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Contracts: 5 years (Required)

Work Location: In person