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This role sources indirect goods and services, coordinates vendor contract reviews and renewals, maintains accurate records, and helps identify purchasing savings and process improvements.\nThe position also provides administrative and project support to the General Counsel. As experience develops, this individual will learn to review and redline routine vendor agreements under the guidance of Operations and Legal.\nRESPONSIBILITIES:\nSource and purchase indirect goods and services, negotiate pricing and commercial terms, and coordinate purchase orders and renewals.\nWork with business owners and senior leaders to clarify purchasing needs, ask questions to assess requests, and communicate purchasing requirements, concerns, and decisions.\nAnalyze portfolio-wide purchasing spend, track savings, and identify opportunities for vendor consolidation and improved purchasing arrangements.\nAdminister the P-card program, including card requests, approval workflow, setup, transaction follow-up, and reporting.\nAdminister the portfolio-wide vendor-management process, including onboarding, qualification, classification, documentation, and periodic reviews.\nCoordinate the vendor contract review process, including gathering business requirements, tracking reviews and approvals, arranging signatures, and following up on outstanding items.\nMaintain contract and document repositories, approved templates, and renewal dates, ensuring records are accurate and accessible.\nPrepare routine agreements from approved templates and progressively assume review and redlining of low-value vendor contracts under Operations and Legal guidance, escalating substantive issues as needed.\nProvide approximately ten hours per week of support to the General Counsel across contract and document administration, research, document preparation, questionnaires, and special projects.\nDocument procedures and help improve purchasing and contract administration processes across the portfolio.\nRequirements\nBachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, operations, legal studies, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.\n1 -3 years of experience in purchasing, procurement, contract administration, legal support, or a related business support role.\nInterest in developing vendor negotiation and contract review skills.\nStrong critical thinking and research skills, with the curiosity to ask thoughtful questions, evaluate business needs, and move loosely defined assignments toward practical resolution.\nEffective written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence and tact to respectfully challenge requests, explain decisions, and remain composed in difficult conversations with senior leaders.\nStrong attention to detail, organization, and follow-through, with the ability to manage competing priorities and coordinate with multiple stakeholders.\nSound judgment when handling confidential information and determining when additional guidance or escalation is needed.\nFamiliarity with AI tools and their responsible use in document preparation, review, and analysis.\nProficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel for spend analysis and reporting.\nExperience with purchasing systems, contract repositories, DocuSign, or Adobe Sign is a plus.\nAbout Us\nAccurant Family of companies offer innovative solutions to tackle pressing climate and energy technology challenges through our portfolio companies. 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