Contracts Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Business Administration, Contracts Management, Supply Chain or related fields.
• Minimum of 4-6 years of experience in FARS and DFARS.
• Minimum of 4-6 years of experience in CMMC and NIST-800 (in order to provide support to the IT team member managing CMMC compliance).
• Minimum of 4-6 years of experience in Contracts review, analysis and oversight (government and private).
• Minimum of 4-6 years of experience with Non-Disclosure Agreements.
• High level of proficiency with MS Office applications (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Expert level proficiency with MS Project.
• High degree of written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to effectively form and lead project teams of highly skilled and strong willed technical and management personnel in a matrix organization.
• Ability to develop and communicate complex project plans that accurately reflect both requirements and processes and convey project status to stake holders in a clear and succinct manner.
• Ability to foresee and eliminate or minimize risk and/or develop and implement effective solutions to difficult and complex problems.
• Ability to operate with minimal or no supervision, but must be able to seek out and/or discern useful guidance from various stakeholders.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident.

Nice To Haves

• Master Degree in Business Administration or equivalent experience preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Federal Contracts Manager (CFCM) or other applicable certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manages the analysis, review, and oversight of government and private contracts; collaborates with and provides guidance to the sales team responsible for this business; ensures leading edge and up to date knowledge of the government contracting climate.
• Uses FARS and DFARS knowledge to serve as the primary lead ensuring contract requirements are understood and met by the team involved in managing customer relationships; directs others in their work related to the contract and/or corporate program.
• Works with sales, engineering, operations, HR, IT, and other departments to understand internal processes and policies related to compliance requirements, holds self responsible for maintaining up-to-date information from these groups.
• Manages OCC’s formal responses to contractual issues and customer inquiries – either working directly with the customer or involving/advising the lead salesperson as appropriate.
• Manages OCC’s customer portal access: maintains access, grants access to others as appropriate.
• Uses general business experience to review contracts for private customers.
• Maintains a constant pulse on OCC compliance practices and processes against the ever-changing contract requirements, especially in federal and defense contracting to avoid or predict non-compliance issues with advance notice.
• Regularly communicates compliance changes to the leadership and sales team for them to make adjustments.
• Effectively and efficiently manages the “process” of contract administration.
• Understand the commonalities amongst contracts and supplier certifications to collect and manage an internal informational “catalog” for OCC.
• Maintains calendars to ensure renewal certifications are proactively completed.
• Regular communication with sales to ensure compliance is managed alongside their goal of growing sales.
• Promotes OCC’s service excellence and quality. Provides excellent service to customers; builds strong relationships and team cohesiveness; focuses on quality and positive solutions; communicates respectfully; demonstrates compassion and understanding in response to customer request/needs.
• Champions OCC’s mission, vision and values (as detailed in our 15 Essential Points of Success); complies with policies and procedures, ethical standards and Code of Conduct.

Benefits

• Individual compensation is determined based on qualifications, experience, skills, internal equity, and business needs.
• New hires are typically hired below the midpoint of the range.
• Eligible positions may receive applicable shift differentials, skill premiums, or other forms of additional compensation.