Manager, Contract Management, US Orthopedics.

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Job Function:

Sales Enablement

Job Sub Function:

Contract Administration and Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America, Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

About Orthopaedics

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Orthopaedics? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopaedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems.

Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

We are searching for the best talent for a Manager, Contract Management, US Orthopedics.  The preference is for one to be based in Raynham, MA, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Warsaw, IN, or West Chester, PA.

Purpose: The Manager, Contract Management, US Orthopedics role resides in the Offer Development Organization and is responsible for being the primary point of contact with Account Management or Field Sales on all aspects relating to contract development, negotiations, amendments, and issue resolution,  Reports to Director, Offer Development, DePuy Synthes.

You will be responsible for:

• Manage all contract requests within an assigned geography to support customers consisting of IDNs, group purchasing organizations, collaboratives, government entities, ASCs, and stand-alone hospitals.

• Draft, review and negotiate terms and conditions in commercial contract documents.

• Triage requests and prioritize workload to deliver contracts aligned with account management and field sales priorities; serve as a strategic partner to account management and field sales.

• Resolve complex issues through customer and internal stakeholder negotiation, including unique contract language requests, obtaining internal approvals, and assisting in dispute resolution.

• Ensure appropriate work assignment and workload balance across the contract management analysts supporting the assigned geography.

• Maintain strong attention to detail while identifying emerging patterns, trends, and insights across offers.

• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration with internal partners.

• Provide mentorship and training to business partners to continuously improve understanding of contractual requirements and the general legal and compliance environment.

• Support projects to create and update contract templates, clause libraries, SOPs/WIs, and related contracting tools as needed.

• Partner with contract strategy to execute newly developed contract offerings, new product launches, integration of acquisitions into contract strategies, and drive process efficiencies.

• Understand the full set of DePuy Synthes products and offerings, strategies, and business objectives.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required; concentration in Finance, Law, Business, or Marketing preferred; MBA or master’s degree preferred.

• 5+ years of business experience requi