Chumash Enterprises

Manager

• Leads review, analysis, and negotiates contract terms and conditions to ensure alignment with legal standards and company policies objectives; drives contract modifications and improvement.
• Reviews and redlines initial contract drafts using approved language a p p roved by the Legal department to support business operators through the contract lifecycle.
• Works closely with the Legal department while maintaining autonomy to approve contracts within established thresholds; consults with the Legal Counsel or designated delegate for high-value, complex, or non-standard agreements requiring additional legal review.
• Oversees centralized oversight of all organizational contract governance, including repository management, renewal tracking, and compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
• Serves as primary liaison between departments during contract negotiations in collaboration with the Contract Administrator; facilitates clear communication among all stakeholders to ensure their interests are properly represented and protected.
• Conducts thorough due diligence reviews of potential contracting parties including research, risk assessment, and documentation of findings to support informed decision-making.
• Establishes and oversees monitoring frameworks for contract performance and compliance throughout the contract lifecycle; identifies potential issues, breaches, or areas of concern and takes appropriate corrective action.
• Develops and maintains contract management procedures, workflows, and best practices; continuously evaluates processes for enhancement opportunities and effectiveness.
• Leads Enterprise-wide training programs on contract management standards and compliance; mentors staff across departments to ensure consistent understanding of contractual obligations and procedures.
• Prepares and presents executive-level reports on contract risk exposure, compliance status, and performance metrics.
• Facilitates the Tribal Mortgage Loan Program, coordinating documentation, processing workflows, and communication with applicants, internal teams, and external partners.
• Ensures all contract and loan program obligations are adhered to and that notifications are sent to all applicable parties in accordance with policy, regulatory requirements, and program timelines.
• Stays current with relevant laws, regulations, and industry best practices affecting contract management through continuing education and professional.
• Upholds a work environment that promotes teamwork, partnership, recognition, mutual respect, collaboration, while role modeling the company values, behaviors, and culture of One.Team.Chumash.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Contract Manager

Risk

• Compiles required underwriting information and applications for renewal process on all insurance products.
• Works with the Director of Risk Management to assess type of financial product to secure.
• Assists in analyzing financial risks of the various coverages.
• Assists in performing contract reviews and analysis of financial risks and coverage.
• Focuses on risk control and safety measures to reduce frequency and potential severity type incident costs.
• Ensures compliance of both Team Member and guest actions are performed in accordance with regulatory compliance requirements such as OSHA and IHS/ food codes, state/tribal compact requirements, workers' compensation, and employment law issues by the development and implementation of safety policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Hires, trains, develops, empowers, coaches, counsels, conducts performance and salary reviews, resolves problems, provides open communication vehicles, disciplines, and recommends terminations as appropriate.
• Assists with managing the design, implementation, and rollout of safety programs and related training.
• Performs workplace hazard inspections to reduce potential and present risk exposures.
• Responsible for claims management from reporting to final closure of all claims.
• Establishes and ensures compliance with claims management practices.
• Manages the claims management program to ensure the proper and efficient handling of claims in accordance with standard and internal claims handling best practices.
• In collaboration with the Director of Risk Management establishes procedures for delivery of claim information (i.e., reports, investigation, and analysis).
• Responsible for mitigating loss costs on all claims filed.
• Ensures accurate and timely administration of claims in collaboration with third-party claims administrator for liability, worker's compensation, and property claims.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with claims adjusters, outside legal counsel, and other claims-related parties.
• Assesses all decisions made by third-party claim administrators to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Manages the Modified/Return-to-Work program to ensure the availability and safe performance of modified work for all injured Team Members with work restrictions.
• Collaborates with Risk Management Team to provide support in all areas of claims administration and safety as needed.
• Builds a work environment that promotes teamwork, partnership, recognition, mutual respect, collaboration, performance feedback/management, and Team Member satisfaction while role modeling the company values, behaviors, and culture of One.Team.Chumash.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Contract Manager

Risk Manager