Contracts Manager

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Preparation of proposals, including RFP/RFQ analysis, pricing, contract negotiations, and administration of contracting activities and interaction with customers in accordance with company policies and procedures, applicable laws, customer requirements, and sound business judgment
• Reviews and analyzes contract documents to determine contractual obligations
• Analyzes estimates of labor, material, equipment, production, and other direct costs
• Monitors company performance for conformance to original proposal and contract requirements
• Provides continual review to ensure that all terms and conditions are met and that any problems are identified and resolved/mitigated in a timely manner
• Prepares and disseminates information regarding contract status, compliance, modifications, deviations, negotiations and completion or termination
• Responds to complex inquiries regarding contract obligations and revisions
• Acts as contract liaison between the company and customers/vendors, including participation in pre-contract discussions, contract negotiations and contract changes, resolving payment issues, and contract close-out
• Prepares special reports as required. Contracts include Cost Reimbursement, T&M, and Fixed Price including performance based variations
• Internal activities include proposal support of new opportunities, logging new contracts, and working with customers and finance to resolve billing issues
• May provide mentoring to lower level employees

DESIRED SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS:

• Excellent communication (verbal & written) skills - critical
• Ability to meet critical timelines and/or deadline responsiveness - critical
• Well organized and pays attention to detail - critical
• Understanding of Government practices, methods, behavior very important
• Ability to work independently very important
• Proficient in Excel - important
• Experience with using database tools important
• FAR/DFARS knowledge - important
• Experience with CPFF, FFP, T&M type contracts - important
• Pricing experience important
• Negotiation savvy important