Analyst- Contract Operations - Cleveland, United States - The Sherwin-Williams Company

    The Sherwin-Williams Company
    The Sherwin-Williams Company Cleveland, United States

    2 weeks ago

    The Sherwin-Williams Company background
    Description

    CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

    Business Partnering:

    • Ability to establish credible relationships across Sherwin-Williams
    • Actively participate on design building sessions to understand user groups' contract process and establish relationships with stakeholders, preparing for post go-live support
    • Leverages relationships with contract owners across both buy and sell side to facilitate contract operations from contract request through post signature management
    • Supports system approval and signature process by tracking requests through contract execution
    • Supports training for end users and category managers regarding Contract Management policies and procedures; promotes user adoption by improving contract usability

    Contract and Strategy Execution:

    • Ensure contract workflows are followed to fully signed agreements and properly converted to final draft in contract repository
    • Manages contract repository and contract data to ensure Sherwin-Williams achieves full value from contracts
    • Ensures fulfillment of Contract Management process compliance expectations
    • Participate in user training and provide ongoing support of contract obligations
    • Conduct surveillance to detect and aid in correcting instances of contracting activities that occur outside of system
    • Track expired contracts and ensure Retention Policy is supported
    • Review data and system insights and created various reports for user groups and steering Op-Co throughout each month

    Continuous Improvement:

    • Identify bottlenecks and alert users of process flow aging concerns in an effort to complete contract process more efficiently
    • Participate in information gathering meetings to understand user group contract requirements and aid in establishing and managing contract obligations
    • Monitor metrics related to risks, time and value

    POSITION REQUIREMENTS

    FORMAL EDUCATION:

    Required:

    • Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Business, Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain, or Law related field is required

    KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

    Required:

    • 3+ years of finance, procurement, contract management or legal operations experience.

    Preferred:

    • Previous experience working within CPG/Retail and/or home improvement industry

    TECHNICAL/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

    Required:

    • Proven ability to analyze and present findings in a clear and cohesive manner
    • Ability to identify and research legal implications of a contract obligations
    • Capable of navigating through ambiguous situations and provide business guidance on 3rd party agreements
    • Ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders across the enterprise and support reporting on contract compliance and obligations to our 3rd parties
    • Ability to develop processes and/or to identify continuous improvements to help better coordinate activities and drive business value across buy and sell side organizations (e.g., capture price increases, rebates, discounts, etc)
    • Exceptional relationship builder and stakeholder manager, ability to grow personal networks
    • Proficiency in Microsoft Suite products, including but not limited to, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel

    Preferred:

    • Positive, proactive, can-do attitude
    • Autonomy, entrepreneurial self-starter who can work with minimal supervision
    • Confident and able to push back when appropriate, escalate when needed
    • Inspires trust and confidence
    • Results-oriented and responsible