Contract Administrator (Mercantile)
About The Position
The Contract Administrator (Mercantile) role involves both estimating and contract administration responsibilities. This includes interpreting engineering drawings, developing quotes, negotiating pricing, managing data entry personnel, and writing proposals. On the contract administration side, the role involves monitoring ongoing contracts, serving as the primary customer interface for contractual issues, ensuring timely order processing and customer request fulfillment, acting as a liaison between customers and production, and calculating pricing for engineering changes. Travel to meet with customers and attend supplier conferences is also part of the role.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required
- Above average computer skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Ability to create and maintain a positive work environment
- Ability to provide high quality customer satisfaction
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to write large, detailed proposals
- Above average writing skills
- Above average math skills
- Ability to work on multiple projects at one time (multi-task)
Responsibilities
- Read and interpret engineering drawings and military specifications
- Gather, evaluate, and analyze data to develop quotes for customers
- Negotiate pricing and terms of conditions with customers
- Manage and coordinate the work of data entry personnel
- Write and develop multi-year, multi-million dollar proposals for customers
- Monitor on-going contracts to assure conformance with the terms and conditions, on-time payment, and ensure completion of requirements
- Serve as primary customer interface for all contractual issues
- Ensure orders are processed quickly and accurately
- Ensure customer requests are acted upon quickly
- Act as a liaison between customers and production
- Travel and meet with customers to negotiate future and existing contracts
- Attend supplier conferences as InterConnect's representative
- Calculate and submit pricing for engineering changes
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
