Senior Subcontract Specialist
Houston, TX, US
Job Description
Employer: FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Job Title: Senior Subcontract Specialist
Job Location: 13460 Lockwood Road, Houston, TX 77044
Duties:
Responsibilities include: Performs procurement and subcontracts activities for assigned scopes of supply (highly complex or multiple categories of goods and/or services); Performs contract activities for supply chain partners, unique contracting strategies; Leads a team of buyers and/or acts as a lead on a project; Mentors buyers and subcontracts specialists and acts as consultant globally; Serves as technical expert in a purchasing domain or category; Creates and executes Subcontract Management Plan; Develops and negotiates complex contracts with subcontractors, suppliers and alliance partners; Establishes commercial and escalation models.
You are meant for this job if:
Requirements:
Employer will accept a Bachelor’s degree in Legal Studies, Supply Chain Management or related field and 3 years of experience in the job offered or in a Contract Specialist-related occupation.
Position requires experience in the following:
- Experience negotiating complex legal contracts.
- Experience leading commercial strategic discussions to identify and mitigate risks.
- Experience preparing contract synopses, contract reviews, and contract obligations matrixes.
- Experience preparing, interfacing with involved functions, and negotiating claims against clients, joint-venture partners, and subcontractors.
- Experience preparing and reviewing proposals to instigate formal dispute resolution relating to Construction All Risk (CAR) insurance.
- Experience with Financial Forecasting, Tax Liabilities, and Administration of bank bonds.
- Experience mitigating contract, legal, commercial, and insurance issues related to subcontractors or major suppliers, with a particular focus to ensure flow down of Client contract terms to subcontractors.
- Experience managing claims/disputes with suppliers.
- Experience mentoring and coaching multi-functional teams in contracts and supplier relationship management.
Skills
Nearest Major Market: Houston