Manager, Contract Administration

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Madison, WI

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About The Position

Are you ready to join a top-tier team and make a meaningful impact? At Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., we empower our employees to drive breakthrough discoveries and change the world. As a Manager in our Contract Administration team, you will play a crucial role in supporting our ambitious goals and outstanding performance standards. This outstanding opportunity will allow you to work closely with diverse teams, ensuring flawless contract management and administration.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business or legal field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum five (5) to seven (7) years' experience in a combination of government and commercial contracting and contract negotiations.
• Minimum of three (3) years' experience managing 8-10 direct reports.
• Good judgment in balancing business and commercial needs and potential risks/exposures from customer requests.
• Excellent communication skills are both written and oral with a high degree of creativity and persuasion skills.
• Meticulous with a high degree of integrity, intensity, and involvement.
• Demonstrated ability to work well within tight schedules and under pressure, both independently and as part of a team.
• Strong people skills with a collaborative/integrative style of working to reach common goals and objectives.
• Must be flexible and receptive to change in the workplace and working with across all time zones in the US, and occasionally international time zones.
• Proficient with the Microsoft Office suite.
• Demonstrate Thermo Fisher Scientific values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement.

Responsibilities

• Direct responsibility for the daily operation of the Contract Administration team.
• Maintain contracts compliance with all departmental functional procedures, policies, and work instructions.
• Ensure Company and Government policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) stay current in the department Playbook.
• Effectively address partner concerns in a timely manner. Ensure resolution is detailed and clear.
• Supervise team, delegate tasks, foster positive collaboration within the Contract Admin team and with cross-functional partners.
• Measure, develop, support, and motivate personnel to attain or exceed established goals.
• Guide, train, and lead team to support Sales and Service with proposal drafting for various contracts.
• Monitor progress in critical metric performance and mitigate any critical metrics below target.
• Ensure all website registrations, portals, and System for Award Management (SAM) and other critical government-public websites are active/current.
• Tracking/maintaining compliance requirements for Environmental, Health and Safety, and Quality compliance for customers.
• Support Practical Process Improvement (PPI) methodology and participate in initiatives as required.
• Maintain a centralized database for reviewing and managing workflow of negotiations and final agreements.
• Function as back-up for the SSOC Sr. Manager and other team members as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees