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Our innovative solutions help move millions of products and pieces of luggage around the world every day. With a strong focus on technology, collaboration, and continuous improvement, we are committed to delivering reliable solutions for our customers while providing meaningful career opportunities for our employees.\nAbout the Role\nThe Contract Manager supports the effective administration of customer contracts and construction subcontracts for complex material-handling and automation projects. The role manages contractual risk, change, claims, compliance, and project records from award through closeout, while providing commercial, schedule, and financial guidance to project teams. The Contract Manager works closely with Project Management, Legal, Finance, Procurement, Sales, and site teams and may represent the company in customer and subcontractor discussions.\nKey Responsibilities\nAdminister customer contracts and construction subcontracts throughout the project lifecycle, including obligations, notices, deliverables, milestones, and closeout requirements.\nReview contract documents, amendments, purchase orders, subcontracts, and commercial correspondence and communicate requirements to project stakeholders.\nMonitor project compliance with contractual requirements and identify gaps, noncompliance, or documentation weaknesses before they affect entitlement or delivery.\nPrepare and defend clear cost, schedule, productivity, and commercial justifications in coordination with project delivery teams.\nDevelop claim and claim-defense strategies for customer and subcontract matters, including entitlement, causation, impact, and supporting evidence.\nDraft timely notices, responses, and other contractually required correspondence.\nSupport negotiations, and dispute resolution by coordinating with Legal.\nIdentify contractual, financial, schedule, and execution risks and establish mitigation actions with accountable owners.\nProvide commercial and contract guidance to project leadership to protect delivery, margin, cash flow, and contractual entitlement.\nPartner with Project Management, Finance, Legal, Procurement, Sales, Engineering, and site teams to integrate contract requirements into project execution.\nParticipate in customer and subcontractor contract reviews, risk workshops, negotiations, progress reviews, and dispute discussions.\nContribute to continuous improvement of contract-management standards, templates, reporting, and lessons learned.\nRequirements\nBachelor’s degree in contract management, construction management, engineering, business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.\nProgressive experience in contracts, commercial management, construction management, project controls, claims, or a related project-delivery discipline.\nWorking knowledge of contract formation, interpretation, administration, and enforcement principles.\nStrong understanding of construction and project-delivery processes, means and methods, schedule impacts, cost development, and subcontractor management.\nDemonstrated ability to analyze complex contract issues, organize supporting evidence, and communicate a clear commercial position.\nStrong written and verbal communication, presentation, negotiation, and conflict-management skills.\nAbility to manage multiple complex priorities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.\nThis role may require domestic and international travel of 25%-50%, including travel to active project and customer sites.\nThis job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties, or responsibilities. 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