Sr. Contract Agent

Job Title:   Sr Contract Agent 

 Job ID:   1558 

 Location:  Westwood - Summit 

 

 



 Role and Scope of Position :

 

 Serves as an authorized agent of NSTAR responsible for procurement of contract services, labor and material agreements; and monitoring and administration of contract performance.  Oversees and performs market research/analysis to determine appropriate methods and techniques for procurement.  This position plans and conducts all pre-award and post award actions in the acquisition of services and related supplies.  These acquisitions are critical to meet the operational needs of NSTAR and support the organizations overall strategies and individual business operating plans.  Incumbent participates in a cross-functional team environment fostering communication throughout NSTAR and actively participates with co-workers in evaluating and refining processes to increase acquisition productivity and ensure customer satisfaction.  This position also requires extensive coordination, prioritization and integration skills within a team environment and contributes to the analysis of various proposals, options, program and projects.  When required, will function as a project or team leader. Responsible for supervision/mentoring of assigned Buyer/Planners. 

 

Essential Functions 

 -Plans, negotiates, leads and administers complex procurements of goods, systems or services with specialized, state-of-the-art, critical or scarce requirements.  The procurements may be characterized by a lack of any previous cost data, involves the use of a wide variety of cost and fixed-price contracts, multi-year contracts and the extensive use of subcontractors.  Acquisitions require frequent changes in terms, conditions or funding arrangements and similar complexities.

 

-Develops and/or reviews complex contractual pricing arrangements and incentives characterized by multiple incentives requiring sophisticated contracting techniques, sharing arrangements such as cost-plus-incentive-fees or fixed-price-incentive-fees where NSTAR and the contractor share cost risk or economic price adjustment clauses for adjusting labor and material costs where price cannot be reasonably predicted at the time of negotiation.

 

-Audits or reviews major complex acquisitions.  Presents findings, recommends corrective actions and makes policy or procedure improvements.  Reviews, advises, develops and recommends area-wide or company-wide procurement processes and systems, procedures and policies.

 

-Evaluates contractor performance for compliance with terms and conditions of contract.  Identifies, negotiates and prepares contract amendments caused by changes in technical requirements, scope and schedule adjustments, alternative, options or other issues. 

 

 

Qualifications 

 

 Technical Knowledge/Skill: General knowledge of contract law, policies and precedents, and related principles, policies and procedures to plan, lead, review or audit the most complex procurement functions.  Skill in technical and coordination activities sufficient to lead work on a variety of highly complex procurement and contractual processes or reviews.  Familiarity with business practices and market conditions sufficient to evaluate proposal responsiveness, contractor responsibility and contractor performance. Ability to compose and present factual information, analyses and recommendations.

 

Education: Requires a Bachelors Degree in Business, Engineering, related discipline or equivalent experience.  Masters Degree preferred.

 

Experience: Minimum of eight (8) years broad business experience with a minimum of five (5) years purchasing and/or contracts management experience.  Experience with computerized purchasing and accounts payable systems, electronic commerce and desktop computer tools.

 

Licenses & Certifications: Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) Certification preferred. 

 

 

Equal Employment Opportunity 

 We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and support a diversified environment.  It is the policy and practice of NSTAR Electric & Gas to employ persons and to assign work, pay, promote and offer training to all persons on the same basis without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, marital status, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability, status as a special disabled veteran or veteran.