Sr Associate Contract Management

Job Summary

This role will support Amgen's Sourcing and Contract Organization within Global Business Services. The Sr. Associate Contract Management is responsible for ensuring that supplier contracts maintain compliance to expected terms and conditions and are appropriately managed throughout the contract lifecycle. Additionally, the Sr. Associate Contract Management role will engage in light levels of contracting to support lower dollar purchasing contract creation. This position will play an integral role in maintaining the expected value from Amgen's supplier contracts in support of the Source to Pay transformation currently underway. They will interact with key stakeholders across Amgen, including internal and external customers.

As a Sr. Associate Contract Management, you will report to the Sourcing Excellence Senior Manager based at Amgen's Capability Center in Tampa, FL. At Amgen, our mission is simple: to serve patients. Our new Tampa Capability Center provides essential services that enable us to better pursue this mission. This state-of-the-art center serves as a base for finance, information systems, and human resources professionals to make a meaningful impact at one of the world's leading biotechnology companies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Consults with Legal to ensure compliance with all Amgen requirements and Legal statutes
• Oversees the compliance to assigned contracts to ensure the expected terms and conditions are applied
• Provides contract compliance feedback to business stakeholders through reporting or discussions
• Escalates compliance issues to contract owners
• Negotiates contract terms and conditions for supplier agreements of all types
• Communicates and facilitates contract addendums, clauses and change orders
• Determines renewals and addendums required
• Engages with contract owners to resolve supplier issues, disputes or claims
• Provides contract analysis and feedback to Category Managers and stakeholders
• Manages forecasting and accrual budget submissions to Finance for key IS supplier agreements
• Engages with contract owners and procurement to support PO management for key IS supplier agreements
• Calculates performance credits for key IS supplier agreements
• Facilitates contract compliance audits, as required, to ensure proper compliance to negotiated terms and conditions
• Works with Tactical Buyers, Contract Administrators and stakeholders to ensure the proper contract clauses are in place to support the deployment of contracts into the P2P system
• Coordinates the close out of contracts
• Provides discipline and adherence to established policies and procedures in contract termination proceedings
  Basic Qualifications
  
  Master's degree
  
  OR
  
  Bachelor's degree and 2 years of Sourcing or Finance experience
  
  OR
  
  Associate's degree and 6 years of Souring or Finance experience
  
  OR
  
  High school diploma / GED and 8 years of Sourcing or Finance experience
  
  Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in, business, or any other highly quantitative discipline
• 4+ years' experience in Sourcing or Procure to Pay processes
• Experience working for a Global corporation
• Experience in the contracting process
• Experience in creating contracts and aligning to Legal templates and requirements
• Strong verbal and written skills
• Experience in overseeing negotiations with suppliers
• Ability to take initiative and work under light supervision
  
  Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and uses its expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.
  
  Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Join Us

If you're seeking a career where you can truly make a difference in the lives of others, a career where you can work at the absolute forefront of biotechnology with the top minds in the field, you'll find it at Amgen.

Amgen, a biotechnology pioneer, discovers, develops and delivers innovative human therapeutics. Our medicines have helped millions of patients in the fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other but compete intensely to win. Together, we live the Amgen values as we continue advancing science to serve patients.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.