Ville : Waterloo

Catégorie : Software & Systems

Industrie : IT

Employeur : BlackBerry

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POSITION SUMMARY

The successful candidate for Contract Services Manager will work within the Sourcing to Contracting team to provide commercial contractual and negotiations support to the business, coordination with the Sourcing team, as well as lead contract communications with external vendors and suppliers. This position reports into the Director of Corporate Sourcing and Contract Services. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

The successful candidate will drive performance by enabling commercial contractual support for various BlackBerry functional groups and will act as a liaison with BlackBerry legal counsel.  As a successful candidate you will be responsible for working with internal functional groups and external partners, utilizing resources within BlackBerry’s legal department to understand and ensure BlackBerry’s business requirements are reflected in our procurement contractual documents.  You will be able to proactively assess critical contract obligations, draft contract provisions, assess gaps and risk areas, while guiding internal teams in understanding and interpreting business contract requirements and provide recommendations and solutions for resolutions. 

The successful candidate will also be responsible for:

• the creation of and modifications to existing templates, multifaceted contract agreements and amendments, supporting documents, statements of work, and various order documents
• reviewing, validating, drafting and negotiating contractual documents to come to an agreed commercial position, while driving to maintain the lowest risk profile for BlackBerry
• act as the primary contact and manage communications of the contract status with functional groups, third parties and Legal to ensure all contractual matters are addressed on time and obtain approvals for deviations to non-standard contract terms as needed, and in alignment with internal policies
• update BlackBerry internal systems as required

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• A university degree, preferably in Legal Studies, Sourcing, Procurement or Contract Management
• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience in the negotiating and drafting of agreements for the purchase of goods and services in the Software/IT/Telecommunications market
• Good understanding of contract language, contract review, management and negotiation including the following:
  • OEM agreements
  • Hardware, support and maintenance agreements
  • Software as a Service (SaaS) agreements

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