Specialist, Contracts

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Job Title: Contracts Specialist

Role Overview: 

Otis is seeking a dynamic and experienced Contracts Specialist to lead and support contract operations for various regions. This role is critical in ensuring the accuracy, compliance, and timely execution of contractual agreements while also managing a team of Contract Associates to support business objectives.

On a typical day you will: 

• Manage, Monitor and Review Otis Contracts
• Analyze, Negotiate, and provide guidance to business units
• Follow Contract Execution checklist and adhere to the guidelines/framework for reviewing the document for final execution from the legal team/signatory authority/Business Units
• Flag non-conforming sections as per guidelines/framework and work towards resolving flagged issues with the business units and other departments to ensure that required corrections are made for conformance/compatibility.
• Work with senior leadership level stakeholders both from delivery teams and from legal/contract signing teams to ensure that the contractual document gets executed in the stipulated time set forth
• Track and report operational metrics that have been identified for the contract execution review process, on an ongoing basis
• Follow-up with the respective delivery stakeholders to get the final executed copy (with the client signature) for downstream Contract Lifecycle & Risk Management processes
• Review and Archive final executed contractual documents on the Contract Lifecycle Management platform
• Ensure clear and timely responses are provided to any queries/requests on Contract signing/execution that come to the Contract Assurance Team.
• Work across different timelines to align with schedule of customers
• Manage and mentor a team of Contract Associates, ensuring high performance, collaboration, and continuous development.

What You Will Need to be Successful: 

• Bachelor's degree
• 7 years of experience in commercial contract review, analysis, negotiations or related field
• Have a strong understanding of general contracting principles and concepts and be able to critically analyze risks associated with terms and conditions in contract documents.
• Contractual language interpretation skills
• Proficiency in using MS Office, Webex, Audio and Video conferencing utilities
• Understanding of major legal & commercial terms used in contracts

Preferred Qualifications

• M.S/MBA/JD (or equivalent) a plus   
• Additional Course in Contract management will be a plus.
• Excellent writing ability
• Have strong inter-personal skills, and be able to work with and adapt to diverse internal business personnel and external customers
• Critically think about opportunities for process improvement including using technology, and take ownership of assignments and projects
• Effectively communicate legal concepts and risks to junior and senior business personnel

If you live in a city, chances are we will give you a lift or play a role in keeping you moving every day. 

Otis is the world's leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.2 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio.  

You may recognize our products in some of the world's most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa and the Petronas Twin Towers We are 69,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. We are proud to be a diverse, global team with a proven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company.  

When you join Otis, you become part of an innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model. You'll belong to a diverse, trusted, and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you'll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge.  

We provide opportunities, training, and resources, that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering and Major Projects and our Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs.   

Today, our focus more than ever is on people. As a global, people-powered company, we put people – passengers, customers, and colleagues – at the center of everything we do.  We are guided by our values that we call our Three Absolutes – prioritizing Safety, Ethics, Quality in all that we do. If you would like to learn more about environmental, social and governance (ESG) at Otis click here.  

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