Sr. Contract Analyst
Location: Lansing, MI (Hybrid Tuesday/ Wednesday Onsite Work)
Duration: 12 months
8+ years of experience as a Contract Analyst performing the following procurement activities:
- Development of Statements of Work (SOW) including review and validation with customers, vendors, and procurement staff.
- Review contracts for compliance with DTMB Procurement standards.
- Leading and providing updates and status on procurement related tasks to project managers, management, and others as needed.
- Ability to analyze business needs and solutions to determine deliverables to be included in SOW's or RFPs (e.g. Contract legal terms and conditions, disaster recovery)
- Monitors, reviews, and validates IT contract and procurement documentations for the agency
- Maintain the procurement tasks and maintain work status in Azure DevOps. Develop reports, dashboards, and metrics for tracking status of procurement work items.
- Experience in Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Requests for Change (RFCs), Invitations to Negotiate (ITNs), Proposals for Change (PFCs), Contract Change Notices (CCNs)
- Prepare templates, standards, and documents to improve procurement processes
- Thorough understanding of purchasing processes
- Research, compile, and analyze data on new and existing contracts and provide recommendations for problem resolution.
- Maintain the log of payment made on the vendor invoices.
- Knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures within information technology, specifically, system development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Experience in dealing with customer, vendors, conflict analysis, and resolution