Senior Contract Specialist

Job Description

What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda
Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success. We strive to be a company that serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.”

We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.

If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!

Job Purpose

The Senior Contract Specialist will be responsible for managing the organization's contracts, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory standards, and aligning with company policies. The Senior Contracts Specialist is responsible for reviewing contract requests of medium and high complexity as assigned and collaborates with lawyers and business groups to ensure that all contracts are compliant with company policies, risk and governance requirements. The Senior Contracts Specialist is responsible for overseeing the creation, negotiation, and monitoring of all contracts within the organization and to review, analyze, redline, assess risk(s) and negotiate with suppliers to obtain the best possible terms and delivery in support of business requirements with minimal guidance from manager. Additionally, the Senior Contracts Specialist is the primary interface to educate business groups in understanding contract terms that will enable them to make sound business decisions, follow up with suppliers to ensure that the quality of service and/or deliverables are met. The Senior Contracts Specialist is also primarily responsible to provide mentorship, guidance and training to business teams as needed. The Senior Contracts Specialist will also develop and implement contract management policies and procedures.

Key Accountabilities

• Review, analyze, redline, risk assess risk(s) and negotiate agreements with
• medium to high complexity.
• Responsible for auditing of contracts and Contract Repository management
• Define required agreements based on engagement type
• Regional Support Lead
• Train and support for other team members and internal customers
• Perform basic to intermediate legal research under supervision, as requested
• Responsible to study and provide optimization themes and / or process
• improvements / efficiencies

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills

Minimum Educational Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business or closely related field or equivalency in procurement tenure and experience
• Paralegal certification is required

Minimum Experience:

• 2-5 years contract experience in a law firm or in-house legal department
• Strong negotiation and analytical skills are required
• Contract management
• Computer skills Microsoft Suite to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.

Other Job-Specific Skills

• Microsoft project experience
• Familiarity with procurement ERP system (Ariba, SAP, etc.) or Understanding of on-line catalogue ordering and administration.
• Business Acumen

Job Dimensions

No. of Direct Reports: 0

No. of Indirect Reports: 0

Financial Dimensions: Impact of up to $500,000

Decisions Expected

• Review, Analyze, Redline and Negotiate Agreements including mediation of problem resolution and for compliancy and adherence to corporate guidelines while additionally ensuring that document support and process approvals are in accordance with HTA governance and compliance requirement in place.
• Negotiation of agreement terms and conditions prior to document execution.
• Regional Support Lead – support region with any questions or concerns and provide guidance

What differentiates Honda and make us an employer of choice?

Total Rewards:

• Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)
• Paid Overtime
• Regional Bonus (when applicable)
• Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
• Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown
• Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution
• Relocation assistance (if eligible)

Career Growth:

• Advancement Opportunities
• Career Mobility
• Education Reimbursement for Continued Learning
• Training and Development programs

Additional Offerings:

• Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
• Lifestyle Account
• Childcare Reimbursement Account
• Elder Care Support
• Wellbeing Program
• Community Service and Engagement Programs
• Product Programs

Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.