Contract Specialist, SME - Military veterans preferred

YRCI


Job Title: Contract Specialist, SME

Location: Dallas, TX, US

Requisition Number: 5427







Job Description: Provide support for advisory and day to day contract governance, solicitation, strategic planning and administration of current and future contracts. Support contract management and sourcing advisory activities which include but are not limited to the following; assist with the ongoing cross vendor meetings and working sessions; assist in addressing cross vendor issues; and develop sourcing best practices recommendations. Develop and maintain documents which include but are not limited to; reporting templates and policies; create tools to support management of contracts and acquisitions; draft meeting schedules, agendas, expectations, and standard processes. Support sourcing meetings with contractors and facilitate meetings as needed; perform coaching and mentoring in sourcing activities as needed; support ongoing trend and detailed analyses across the vendor ecosystem with regard to performance, financials, and service delivery. Provide ongoing support for general contract oversight of other contracts and provide acquisition management support which includes acting as advisors on acquisition package development, proposal evaluations, and acquisition activities. Support the tracking of weekly reporting such as, the Procurement Action Lead Time (PALT) report, acquisition and procurement initiatives and planning support. Draft, develop, and review pertinent acquisition documentation such as, but not limited to, acquisition planning documents and selection recommendation reports selection recommendation reports and acquisition planning documents. Support customers in collecting program requirements and contractual selection criteria; support activities such as, but not limited to, consolidation of consensus documents, facilitation of discussions, gathering of feedback and responding to vendor questions and comments. Support Contracting Officer (CO) communications with vendors and other external parties.

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