Contract Manager

JOB SUMMARY

Provides legal oversight and contract review for a corporate Procurement and Sourcing Department. Reviews contracts, purchasing agreements, licensing agreements, consulting agreements to protect corporate interests and ensure compliance with standards. Negotiates legal terms and conditions with suppliers.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Reviews, interprets and analyzes contract and service agreements to ensure the terms comply with legal, guidelines, contracting principles, cost constraints as well as with corporate and client procedures.

Negotiates and interprets contracts, and monitors fulfillment of contractual obligations.

Creates and maintains contract templates and other standard forms that may be required for creation of agreements with suppliers.

Works with and advises members of the Sourcing and Procurement team, other cross functional leaders (Risk, Compliance, Legal, etc.), suppliers and business stakeholders to ensure adherence to CBRE policies and legal standards.

Works with Contract Administration and Sourcing teams to ensure quality of agreements before sending to CBRE Legal. Serves as the first review of contracts for legal compliance.

Develops and maintains a clause library with standard clauses, fallback and alternate clauses.

Assists in educating employees in the proper use of the appropriate forms and creation of draft contracts. Available for consultation on legal issues pertaining to Procurement and Contracts.

Performs other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Provides formal supervision to individual employees within single functional or operational area. Recommends staff recruitment, selection, promotion, advancement, corrective action and termination. Plans and monitors appropriate staffing levels and utilization of labor, including overtime. Prepares and delivers performance appraisal for staff. Mentors and coaches team members to further develop competencies. Leads by example and models behaviors that are consistent with the company's values.