Sr. Contract Specialist, Supply Chain Job in Virginia, Virginia Us
Description
This position, reports to the Deputy General Counsel of Supply Chain, and is responsible for supporting contracting, contract management and supplier management as it relates to CSC's procurement of key categories of goods and services. The Sr. Contract Specialist, Supply Chain will support internal business and procurement professionals focused on the full contract life cycle from template development, negotiation support, custom drafting, approval, archiving and post-execution contract management to compliance. The Sr. Contract Specialist will be dedicated to a team with an assigned spend category, which may include hardware, software, networks, services/labor or other "indirect" spend. Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Bachelor's degree in pre-law, business administration or related field preferred
- Eleven or more years of contract administration experience
- Experience working with contract regulations and other appropriate laws
- Experience working with contract regulations and other appropriate laws which for some assigned areas may include Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Agency Supplements, and Service Contract Act (SCA)
- Experience working with contract law
- Experience working with strategies to enhance and improve contracts and contracts approach
Other Qualifications
- Strong negotiation skills and training
- Strong business and contract writing skills
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Personal computer and business solutions software skills
- Organizational skills to balance and prioritize work
- Interpersonal skills to communicate with customers, suppliers, and support personnel
- Strong communication skills
- Leaderhip skills
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Ability to keep sensitive and confidential material private
- Ability to exercise creativity, judgment, and leadership capabilities in interpreting and solving complex problems
- Ability to provide direction to other personnel
- Ability to act in a consulting capacity
- Ability to recommend measures to improve processes
- Ability to multi-task
