Associate Director, Purchasing Contracts (Pullman, WA)

Washington State University • Pullman, WA

8d • $7,542 - $11,796 • Onsite

About The Position

Washington State University Finance & Operations is now accepting applications for an Associate Director of Purchasing Contracts. As the Associate Director you will lead the WSU Contract Services team, overseeing the University’s most strategic and complex procurement, non-procurement, revenue-generating, and other contracting documents processed and signed within Finance & Operations. This university-wide responsibility is carried out by training and supervising the contracts team and directly drafting and negotiating the University’s most complex contracts requiring senior administrative oversight. You will be accountable for the quality, timeliness, and legal soundness of the contracts team’s work, including oversight of all contract work — drafting, review, negotiation, amendments, extensions, terminations, and renegotiations — that legally binds the University, while empowering the department to retain ownership of the underlying business decision and terms.
As the Associate Director you will shape the policies, procedures, and process improvements that govern all contract types, and conducts risk analysis for contracts and related processes. As a member of the Procurement & Contract Services senior leadership team, you will advise the Director on priorities and goals for the University’s contracts, overarching agreements, and strategic sourcing agreements, and is accountable for implementing those priorities within Contract Services.
As the incumbent, you will achieve enhanced customer service and compliance related to contracts processing through: 1) education and training; 2) development and deployment of model or template contracts to assist contract staff; 3) collaboration with University departments and colleges in the development and management of contracts; and 4) maintaining custody of contracts processed to ensure full execution and record-keeping for every contract.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in a related field which has included at least two (2) years of management experience.
• Demonstrated ability to draft, negotiate, and implement complex contracts and purchasing documents.
• Demonstrated knowledge of contractual issues and their application in a complex organization.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree/Law Degree
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experience in problem solving
• Computer proficiency

Responsibilities

• Lead the WSU Contract Services team.
• Oversee the University’s most strategic and complex procurement, non-procurement, revenue-generating, and other contracting documents.
• Train and supervise the contracts team.
• Directly draft and negotiate the University’s most complex contracts requiring senior administrative oversight.
• Ensure the quality, timeliness, and legal soundness of the contracts team’s work.
• Oversee all contract work including drafting, review, negotiation, amendments, extensions, terminations, and renegotiations.
• Shape the policies, procedures, and process improvements that govern all contract types.
• Conduct risk analysis for contracts and related processes.
• Advise the Director on priorities and goals for the University’s contracts, overarching agreements, and strategic sourcing agreements.
• Implement priorities within Contract Services.
• Achieve enhanced customer service and compliance related to contracts processing through education and training.
• Develop and deploy model or template contracts to assist contract staff.
• Collaborate with University departments and colleges in the development and management of contracts.
• Maintain custody of contracts processed to ensure full execution and record-keeping.

Benefits

• paid sick and vacation leave
• paid holidays
• medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents
• retirement
• deferred compensation
• optional supplemental retirement accounts
• training and development
• employee tuition waiver

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager