Global Sourcing Contracts Manager at Emerson Electric Co in Round Rock, Texas
Posted in Management 30+ days ago.
Type: Full-Time
Job Description:
At Emerson, we are innovators and problem-solvers, focused on a common purpose: leaving our world in a better place than we found it. Each and every day, our foundational values—integrity, safety and quality, supporting our people, customer focus, continuous improvement, collaboration and innovation—inform every decision we make and empower our employees to keep reaching higher. As a global technology and engineering leader, we provide groundbreaking solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and residential markets. Our Emerson Automation Solutions business helps process, hybrid, and discrete manufacturers maximize production and protect personnel and the environment while optimizing their energy and operating costs. Our Emerson Commercial & Residential Solutions business helps ensure human comfort and health, protect food quality and safety, advance energy efficiency and create sustainable infrastructure.
Emerson, a Fortune 500 company with $15.3 billion in sales and 200 manufacturing locations worldwide, is committed to helping employees grow and thrive throughout their careers.
Whether you’re an established professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring options or a recent MBA graduate, you’ll find a variety of opportunities at Emerson. Join our team and start your journey today.
The Sourcing Contracts Manager plays a critical role within the Global Systems Category Management (GSCM) Team in the development, negotiation, and ongoing management of third-party procurement agreements. These agreements and associated commercial matters will focus primarily on software/license agreements in addition to contracts for the procurement of tangible goods, product development, contractual amendments, and claims/dispute support.
This individual will work closely with Global Category Managers as well as a variety of functions including technology, marketing, lifecycle services, our global supply base, and Emerson Legal. The Sourcing Contracts Manager will serve as a focal point for management, project managers, GSCM staff and other supply chain teams with respect to contractual matters, regional and/or country laws and regulations with guidance from Emerson Legal, as necessary.
Responsibilities
- Negotiates and drafts contracts with third party suppliers to appropriately limit our contractual liabilities.
- Exercises good business judgment and discretion when committing company contracts
- Seeks inputs from team and stakeholders as necessary
- Provides guidance in establishing contractual relationships
- Advises team members and management on liability issues
- Collaborates with team and Emerson Legal to review, modify and develop various contract templates for various deliverables and services.
- Provides guidance and resolves conflicts and mitigates risk regarding terms and conditions, regulations, material specifications, etc., prior to contract execution.
- Reviews and provides guidance on scope(s) of work, quotes, proposals, etc. to ensure adherence to contractual obligations
- Leads Oracle Contract Tool adoption and integration within supply chain organization
- Maintains contract storage and record keeping related to current contracts within Oracle Contract tool.
- Monitors contract expiration dates and collaborates with responsible contract owner to ensure contract extensions and/or new contracts are implemented timely.
- Coordinates between business units and its internal customers to establish effective stakeholder relationships.
- Assures contractual obligations are performed in accordance with terms.
- Audits existing agreements and terms
- Ensures contracts adhere to existing regulations and Emerson Legal policies and procedures
- Develops and manages onboarding supporting mergers and acquisitions, as necessary with regards to software requirements
- Identifies requirements and opportunities
- Develops and delivers contract training to team and internal stakeholders
- Establishes and deploys process for engaging with new vendors prior to any contract engagement or commitment
- Supports management of select suppliers as needed
- Functions as first line of support for legal issues and inquiries
REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS
- Bachelor's degree
- Five (5) years of contracts management experience;
- Language - English (advanced)
- Strong Communication skills - capable of engaging at senior levels within Emerson and our suppliers
- Excellent contract development, presentation and negotiation skills
- Must possess clear understanding and proficiency associated with usage, intent, context, application and enforcement of legal terminology, language and obligations
- Travel required up to (10-20%)
- Legal authorization to work in the United States
- Master's and/or Law degree strongly preferred
- Software license agreement experience strongly preferred
- Knowledge of other languages a plus
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