Procurement

Introduction

At IBM Finance & Operations, we are the backbone of IBM's transformation driving efficiency, transparency, and smart decision-making across the business. Our teams provide the insight and discipline that guide strategy, ensure financial strength, and enable IBM to invest in innovation and growth. Working in Finance & Operations means combining analytical skills with collaboration and curiosity. You'll partner with colleagues across functions and geographies, using data, technology, and process excellence to create solutions that improve performance and deliver measurable impact. IBM offers continuous learning, career development, and a culture that values diverse perspectives. Join us and be part of a global team that keeps IBM moving forward, while building your own future in a dynamic and evolving environment.

Your Role And Responsibilities

As a Procurement Operations Specialist: Contract Management, you will analyze external client requirements, internal client requirements, and the supplier solution to draft highly custom multi-tower complex outsourcing agreements. This role requires a deep understanding of contract law to draft a variety of stand-alone custom agreements.

Your Primary Responsibilities Will Include

• Draft Custom Agreements: Analyze external client requirements, internal client requirements, and the supplier solution to draft highly custom multi-tower complex outsourcing agreements, utilizing knowledge of contract law to ensure internal client interests are protected.
• Collaborate with Internal Stakeholders: Work extensively with various internal client stakeholders to ensure internal client and external client needs are addressed in supplier agreements, making strategic decisions to leverage the appropriate contract vehicle and terms.
• Establish Supplier Relationships: Develop knowledge of the supplier's product/service model through the establishment of supplier relationships, enabling effective negotiation and agreement drafting.
• Negotiate with Internal Clients: Negotiate with internal clients to ensure their requirements can meet the supplier's service model at the target price, presenting proposed contracts and leading calls with internal client teams to gather timely input.
• Manage Client Input: Lead calls with and manage members of the internal client team to provide timely input on technical, business, and financial requirements.
  
  

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Legal Education: Exposure to contract law to draft a variety of stand-alone custom agreements, ensuring internal client interests are protected.
• Contract Drafting: Experience working with complex outsourcing agreements, analyzing external client requirements, internal client requirements, and supplier solutions.
• Supplier Relationship Management: Exposure to establishing supplier relationships to develop knowledge of the supplier's product/service model.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Experience working with various internal client stakeholders to address internal client and external client needs in supplier agreements.
• Agreement Negotiation: Exposure to negotiating with internal clients to ensure requirements meet the supplier's service model at the target price.
  
  

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Contract Law Knowledge: Exposure to contract law principles and practices to effectively draft custom agreements, ensuring internal client interests are protected. Understanding of contract law concepts, including terms and conditions, to inform agreement development.
• Complex Agreement Analysis: Experience working with complex outsourcing agreements, analyzing multiple requirements and solutions to inform contract drafting and negotiation.
• Supplier Product/Service Knowledge: Exposure to establishing supplier relationships to develop knowledge of the supplier's product/service model, enabling effective negotiation and agreement drafting.