Contracts Specialist

SHI International • Somerset, NJ

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About The Position

The Contracts Specialist negotiates and administers contracts related to the resale of software, hardware, cloud solutions, and IT services, ensuring adherence to SHI standards. The role supports contract documentation and execution, prepares contractual provisions and proposals, reviews agreements for risk, and works with internal departments to negotiate terms. It also involves managing high-volume activity and service-level response expectations, preparing executive summaries, distributing final documents, and analyzing contract-related information for customer-facing teams.

Requirements

• Completed bachelor's degree.
• 1–3 years of experience with contracts.
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite, including Word and Track Changes, Excel, Outlook, and SharePoint.
• Basic ability to understand contract context.
• Basic ability to meet SLAs and manage high-volume activity.
• Basic ability to multitask and complete tasks efficiently and accurately.

Nice To Haves

• A bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, or Marketing is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate and administer contracts for the resale of software, hardware, cloud solutions, and IT services.
• Administer requests for contractual forms, documents, and customer contracts according to agreed terms.
• Maintain documentation supporting contract administration and execution.
• Participate in preparing and developing contractual provisions and contract proposals.
• Review customer and partner/vendor agreement terms for consistency with SHI standards.
• Work with SHI Salesforce and internal departments to develop contractual documents and negotiate terms.
• Review customer and vendor contracts for risk and address redlines.
• Manage high-volume activity, meet service-level agreement response expectations, and escalate as required.
• Create executive summaries of contract proposals and identify contractual issues for management resolution.
• Prepare and distribute final contract documents to listed contacts.
• Analyze contract-related information and capture relevant data in appropriate systems for customer-facing teams.

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Vision benefits
• Dental benefits
• 401(k)
• Flexible spending benefits
• Professional growth and leadership opportunities
• Health, wellness, and financial benefits

What This Job Offers

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