Lead Specialist, GES-HR Contract Management
dsm-firmenich
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Hyderabad • 🇮🇳 India
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Senior
About the role
- Oversee post-signature contract administration and vendor relationship management activities.
- Develop and maintain a centralized contract repository using vendor management tool.
- Monitor and validate spend reconciliation, consumption and SLA/KPIs tracking and coordinate with service owners for alignment.
- Support resolution of operational issues, underperformance, and incidents with root cause analysis.
- Implement and govern contract control frameworks; drive continuous improvement actions.
- Collaborate with stakeholders on contract lifecycle management, KPI reporting, governance meetings, and compliance including financial and risk assessments.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or masters degree in Procurement, Business Administration, Law, or related fields; HR outsourcing, services, and transformation experience advantageous.
- 2-4 years experience in contract and Vendor management, including post-signature contract management activities.
- Strong analytical skills with proven experience in preparing management reports; excellent attention to detail in collating and analyzing complex, confidential information.
- Ability to work independently with limited supervision, demonstrating initiative in problem resolution and managing multiple priorities effectively.
- Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills to orchestrate diverse stakeholders with urgency and resolve conflicting interests.
- Experience with HRIS providers, global payroll, Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Contingent Labour, Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) and digital HR tool would be an advantage.
Benefits
- Shape the global contract management strategy to enhance governance, optimize vendor performance, and enforce contractual rigor across a multi-provider ecosystem.
- Drive continuous improvement of contract management and vendor management platforms to enhance compliance, insights, and strategic decision-making.
- Collaborate across different business units and functions, and regional teams to align expectations, optimize spend management, and maintain consistent contract governance.
- Manage the full contract lifecycle using platforms like Sirion, ensuring transparency, financial accuracy, risk mitigation, and operational excellence in regional and global HR services.
- Operate within a diverse, global environment, supporting enterprise programs and advancing vendor relationships, service quality, and operational outcomes across regions.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
contract managementvendor managementspend reconciliationSLA trackingKPI reportingroot cause analysiscontract control frameworkscontinuous improvementfinancial assessmentsrisk assessments
Soft skills
analytical skillsattention to detailproblem resolutioninitiativestakeholder managementnegotiation skillsindependent worktime managementcollaborationcommunication