Strategic Procurement Contracts Manager

Arrow Electronics•Alpharetta, GA

1d•$87,900 - $96,690•Hybrid

About The Position

Arrow is seeking a Strategic Procurement Contracts Manager to join its Global Procurement Operations and Contracts Management team. The role partners with Global Category Managers to accelerate the RFP process, lead complex contract redlining, and manage the full contract lifecycle, including ownership of the CLM tool. It also works with the Procurement Operations team on end-to-end processes. The position requires legal-risk awareness, sourcing and business acumen, and the ability to manage relationships with global suppliers and internal stakeholders. The manager drafts, reviews, and redlines global supplier agreements, including MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, and SaaS agreements, and ensures contracts comply with corporate legal, financial, risk-management, and compliance policies. The role maintains accurate CLM metadata, milestones, repositories, and renewal alerts; collaborates across vendor management, transformation, regional procurement, Legal, Finance, IT, and business units through the S2P process; and participates in stakeholder meetings and QBRs to translate business objectives into contractual terms. The role supports supplier performance monitoring against contractual obligations and SLAs, serves as the first escalation point for contractual disputes, amendments, and interpretation issues, and standardizes global templates and playbooks to improve negotiation efficiency and cycle times. This is a hybrid position at the Panorama Arrow Building in Denver, Colorado, with required office attendance Tuesday through Thursday and work from home Monday and Friday.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in contract management, legal operations, or strategic sourcing within a global procurement organization.
Proven experience managing global agreements and partnering with Legal teams on international laws and regulations.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related field.
Deep understanding of legal terminology, indemnification clauses, intellectual property rights, and limitation of liability.
Hands-on experience with Coupa (Source to Pay), enterprise CLM tools, ERP systems such as Oracle, and e-Sourcing platforms.
Exceptional communication skills and ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority.
Strong project management skills and ability to work as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, matrixed global environment.
Ability to adapt when information is incomplete or evolving and create clarity in complex situations.

Responsibilities

Draft, review, and redline complex global supplier agreements, including MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, and SaaS agreements.
Ensure contracts align with corporate legal, financial, risk-management, and compliance policies.
Own and manage the CLM tool, maintaining accurate metadata, milestones, contract repositories, and renewal alerts.
Collaborate with Global Vendor Management, Enterprise Program and Transformation, Regional Procurement Teams, Legal, Finance, IT, and business unit stakeholders through the S2P process.
Participate in business stakeholder meetings and QBRs to translate objectives into contractual structures.
Support Category Managers in monitoring supplier compliance with contractual obligations and SLAs.
Serve as the first point of escalation for contractual disputes, amendments, and interpretation issues with global suppliers.
Standardize global contract templates and playbooks to streamline negotiations and reduce cycle times.
Partner with the Procurement Operations team to manage end-to-end processes.