The Contract Analyst is responsible for reviewing and routing New Supplier Requests and Request for Sourcing documents to the correct NAIP Category Lead. He / She reviews contract requests of low / medium complexity as assigned and collaborates with Legal, Strategic Sourcing, Risk groups and Business groups to ensure that all contracts are compliant with company policies, risk and governance requirements. The Contract Analyst is responsible to issue, review, analyse, redline, assess risk(s) and negotiate with suppliers to obtain the best possible terms and delivery in support of business requirements under the guidance of Contracts Specialist 2. Contract Analyst may exercise signature commitment authority in accordance with corporate guidelines for contracts assigned. The Contract Analyst is the primary liaison for internal customers and external customers. Additionally, Contract Analyst is responsible for contract consolidation, management and retention of all NA Indirect contracts per company policy.
- Review, analyze, redline, risk assess risk(s) and negotiate Master Agreements with low to medium complexity
- Responsible for Contract Repository / Legacy Contract Management
- Define required Master Agreements based on engagement type
- New Supplier Requests and Request for Sourcing classification and routing.
- Level 2 / SOW Template reviews and execution
- Responsible to study and provide optimization themes and / or process improvements / efficiencies
Minimum Educational Qualifications:
- Associates or Bachelor’s degree in business or closely related field or equivalency in procurement tenure and experience (2-4 years)
- CSP, CPM or CPSM certification is desired
Minimum Experience:
- 0-2 years procurement experience is required
Other Job-Specific Skills:
- Microsoft Project experience
- Familiarity with procurement ERP system (Ariba, SAP, etc.) or E-Understanding of on-line catalogue ordering and administration.
- Good understanding of business concepts.
- Strong negotiation and analytical skills are required
- Contract management
- Computer skills Microsoft Suite to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
No. of Direct Reports: 0
No. of Indirect Reports: 0
Financial Dimensions: Management of Master Agreements for $6B+ of AHM / HDMA indirect spend
- Review, Analyze, Redline and Negotiate Master Agreements including mediation of problem resolution and for compliancy and adherence to corporate guidelines while additionally ensuring that document support and process approvals are in accordance with AHM governance and compliance requirement in place.
- Negotiation of Master legal agreemnent terms and conditions prior to document execution..
- Risk Assestment of all Master Agreements for any Risk, be it through Data Protection, Personal Identifiable Information, Intellectual Property, S and A Ranked Data to mitigate risk for Honda.
- New Supplier Request classification and routing
- Complexity of contracts – Low to Medium complexity
- Record retention
- Office environment, no more than 5 % travel required.
- Potential for 2-5 hours overtime weekly
- Position is virtual (30% on-site requirement maximum at request of leadership)