The Contracts Manager is responsible for contract review and management for Clinical and Non-Clinical products, software, and services. This includes drafting, analyzing, negotiating, advising on, and executing contracts with suppliers, vendors, and other service providers. The Contracts Manager works collaboratively with Leadership and the Supply Chain Team (Materials Management, Sourcing, Contracting, Purchasing) and laisses with experts in other departments (including Office of General Counsel, IT/IS, Construction/Facilities, Insurance, Compliance, and others). In this role, the Contracts Manager actively develops relationships, requests input and collaborates with internal partners and then provides expert consultation to the approvers regarding risk, liability, and exposure on the contract. The mission of the Supply Chain Department is to coordinate USC's Procurement Policies and activity to ensure compliance, customer satisfaction, and cost effectiveness.

Essential Duties:

• Draft, negotiate, and execute contracts with suppliers, vendors, and other service providers.
• Work with expert stakeholders to insure compliance with procurement regulations, including but not limited to, local and federal laws, regulations, and policies.
• Maintain and update the contract management system, including but not limited to, contract templates, contract tracking, and contract reporting.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements.
• Manage the contract renewal process and negotiate new contracts as required.
• Monitor contract performance and take appropriate action to address any issues that may arise.
• Provide support to the procurement team in the sourcing process and in the negotiation of contracts.
• Collaborate with legal counsel to ensure contracts are legally compliant, mitigate risks and to resolve any disputes that may arise.
• Continuously evaluate and improve the contracting process to drive cost savings and improve efficiency.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

• Req Bachelor's degree in related field

• Req 4 years Experience in Contract Management

• Req Exceptional knowledge of procurement agreements/policies, drafting/redlining, and contract execution
• Req Excellent skill in negotiating and exchanging ideas with others and to arrive jointly at decisions, conclusions or solutions
• Req Excellent project management skills and ability to manage mutliple projects simultaneously; ability to determine the next steps in a process and execute them independently
• Req Strong verbal and written presentation skills and the ability to provide clear information to business/department leads
• Req Strong interpersonal relationship skills both in one-on-one and group situations; securing buy-in and agreement through collaborative effort
• Req Strong drafting skills and knowledge of contract issues related to healthcare such as liability, indemnification, insurance, service level agreements
• Req Working knowledge of relevant industry trends and issues;
• Req Ability to interact effectively both with internal leaders as well as vendors and suppliers

Preferred Qualifications:

• Pref Master's degree Business Administration
• Pref J.D. Juris Doctorate or Paralegal certification
• Pref Experience in large-scale Health Systems or IDNs
• Pref DocuSign (eSign, Insight, CLM) experience
• Pref Experience working with and utilizing Medline and Vizient partners
• Pref Comfort reporting to and interacting directly with Associate and Executive Administrators for assigned departments

Required Licenses/Certifications:

• Req Fire Life Safety Training (LA City) If no card upon hire, one must be obtained within 30 days of hire and maintained by renewal before expiration date. (Required within LA City only)

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