Contracts Administrator

Will consider out of area candidate. If a candidate is not local to Bagdad, Arizona, client will provide accommodations and travel for a 4 week on, 1 week off rotation, along with monthly stipend for living expenses. Work from home on the week off is only allowed with approval from client manager.

Under general supervision, the hired candidate will support the administration of contracts on assigned project. This position will report to the Manager Project Contracts.

Essential Functions:

• Receives and reviews a wide variety of contract requests and selects the most appropriate sourcing strategy based on the situation and the scope of work; may support one or more specialized areas requiring an increased depth of knowledge.
• Provides timely, accurate and cost-effective contractual agreements to support company operations with an uninterrupted flow of materials and services.
• Reviews bid proposals from suppliers and recommends or enters into contracts to meet the desired scope of work.
• Maintains competitive pricing with an emphasis on cost reductions, quality, and supplier performance through competitive bid events, price negotiations, cost modeling, or other sourcing techniques.
• Identifies supplier performance issues and works with multiple parties (internal and external to FCX) to resolve issues.

Job Scope Information

• Nature of Work - Works on moderately complex issues and usually implements solution through individual effort.
• Level of Interaction - Collaborates within the organization, department or work group and has limited interaction with external colleagues.
• Autonomy/Decision making - Has moderate supervision and some latitude to set objectives, priorities and timelines that may impact a department or an individual work group.
• Budgetary responsibility - Has no budget responsibility
• Managerial responsibility - Manages a function or specific program(s) or project(s) but no people.