Associate Contract Administration

 

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Job Summary:

The Contract Analyst, Commercial Development will coordinate the development of commercial Confidentiality Agreements (CDA’s) / Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA’s) and assist with contract pricing, compliance and contract analysis.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA’s/CDA’s) –
  • Work in conjunction with the NDA/CDA analyst to support execution of the agreements with the Commercial Team. including assist with CDA research and development.
  • Notify global sales teams regarding CDA termination deadlines and coordinate renewals.
  • Draft, edit and negotiate various contracts including Confidentiality Agreements (CDA’s/NDA’s), Material Transfer Agreement, Master Service Agreements (MSA) and related amendments.
  • Attend meetings with External Customers and Sales colleagues for to resolve questions and find resolution to bring CDA’s/NDA’s to execution.
  • Coordinate with global commercial teams to ensure CDA contract requirements are being addressed.
  • Interface with Law Department to address exceptions to standard terms
  • Use an array of business software applications (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, DocuSign, and the company’s Contract Management system).
  • Recommend updates to company standard templates and draft new templates as needed by the business.
  • Notify commercial team regarding CDA termination deadlines and coordinate renewals.
  • Provide scheduled reporting and ad hoc reporting as required.
  • Handle organization and maintenance of company contracts in the West’s Contract Management System.
• Assist with Contract Compliance:  Ensure global compliance of commercial contracts with all terms.
  • Ensure upload of all key parameters in the West Contract Repository.
  • Conduct annual contract review with reporting to appropriate stakeholders.
  • Track special provisions and exceptions and confirm compliance with Finance and Commercial Team.
• Support new contract preparation:
  • Prepare presentations, sales and margin reports and visual aids to support contract development.
  • Provide data analysis to support global contract negotiation and execution.
  • Assist with Contract development and negotiations, review and signing process as required by the Delegation of Authority Policy
• Support Contract pricing:
  • Support implementation of contract pricing mechanism elements including predictive indexes, milestone achievements, and base cost pass throughs.
  • Support integration of contract pricing elements prepared by the Pricing Team to support execution of commercial contracts.
• System implementation:  Assist with contract management system implementation and new process development.
• Assist with analyses and processes related to commercial contract development, pricing and rebates
• Provides a competent and professional interface with internal and external customers. 
• Complete business driven departmental projects as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned

 

Basic Qualifications: 

• Education or Equivalent Experience: Bachelor's in Business or Paralegal Studies/similar experience in the field of contract management, pharmaceutical industry preferred.
• Experience: 3-5 years of experience

 

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong organization skills and attention to detail.
• Demonstrates Customer focused approach and motivation to ensure an excellent customer experience.
• Strong interpersonal skills and highly effective oral and written communication skills required due to global / cross-functional interaction.
• Intermediate