Contracts & Integration Lead

Teleflex•Durham, NC

About The Position

This role will report directly to the Associate Contracts Manager and support the Teleflex Medical OEM organization globally. This position is part of the Sales Operations team and has responsibility with all aspects related to customer and vendor contracts. This position requires a solid leader to manage the entire contract negotiation process, which includes strong capabilities to interpret legal language, strong leadership skills to manage customers (internal and external) through the process and exceptional communication skills. This position will also support Salesforce.com initiatives and ad hoc sales analysis.

Requirements

Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree required.
Minimum of five years' experience as a paralegal/legal assistant preferred.
Minimum of five years’ experience managing Business-to-Business contract agreements is preferred.
Minimum of two years of experience in manufacturing or the healthcare industry preferred.
Exceptional communication skills: written, verbal and listening. Ability to effectively communicate to employees at all levels of the organization.
Ability to quickly process and synthesize data and information (internal & external).
Strong aptitude to understand and balance legal guidelines and language, customer requirements, and business needs.
Self-motivated with a high degree of initiative.
Ability to multi-task and prioritize workload.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively in cross functional teams.
Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate across all levels of the organization.
Strong negotiation skills.
Ability to manage a conflict and gain consensus.
Must be well organized with a strong attention to detail.
Exceptional problem solving skills.
Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Office, including Word, Powerpoint and Excel and ERP system (SAP preferred).
Experience with data analysis and reporting tools.

Responsibilities

Review contracts from beginning discussions through to expiration monitoring.
Draft, negotiate, and finalize contracts which include: supply agreements, quality agreements, vendor agreements, development or service agreements, and confidentiality agreements.
Work directly with internal stakeholders to provide guidance and recommendation on contractual terms and provisions.
Act as the communication liaison between internal departments, external customers (as required) and the legal department to balance input on terms and contractual provisions.
Prepare language according to the terms/contractual provisions and administer contract proposals. Balance with corporate guidelines and legal counsel input.
Communicate with internal stakeholders the final contract structure for implementation and execution.
Manage executed contracts via proper storage/retention of executed contracts/amendments, real time updates to the contract database repository and monitoring of expirations for internal review.
Assist in the development and maintenance of standard contract language.
Manage the customer change notification process, which includes the availability of contract parameters, timely review of required information with internal stakeholders, tracking of the communication process, and proper record retention of the communications.
Review purchase orders for clarity/concerns on contractual content primarily for China purchase orders.
Maintain and lead the process to respond to customers’ supplier pre-qualification queries and evaluations.
Maintain the process to respond to online bids.
Collect and analyze ad hoc sales data as needed by the business. Ad hoc requests to incorporate revenue stream, GP analysis, in-depth customer review, and additional requests as needed.
Manage Salesforce.com initiatives, including standard reporting, Lightning integration and Wave Analytics.
Lead quote reporting activities and analytics.
Manage tradeshow and web leads, reporting and analytics.
Ad hoc reporting and analytics upon request.