Contract Conformance Specialist IV

Job Title: Contract Conformance Specialist IV Duration: 12 months Schedule: Hybrid Location: Houston, TX (Hybrid) This opportunity supports complex commercial contracting activities within a supply chain environment, with a focus on drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and finalising supplier agreements. The role offers broad exposure across construction-related services, engineering, operations, consulting, and master agreement activity, while working closely with business stakeholders and legal teams. This position is well suited to professionals with strong contract management, procurement, and supplier negotiation expertise who can deliver consistent, risk-informed outcomes in a fast-paced setting. Responsibilities: • Independently draft, review, revise, and negotiate complex commercial agreements, including, but not limited to, EPC Agreements, Services Agreements, and supplier paper agreement. • Review supplier redlines and prepare practical, risk-informed responses using approved templates, alternate clauses, prior precedents, and Legal guidance. • Facilitate supplier negotiations on contractual terms and conditions within defined risk parameters, escalating non-standard terms, material deviations, high-risk positions, or significant business impacts to Legal and SCM leadership as appropriate. • Advise SCM and business stakeholders on appropriate contract type selection by interpreting scope, risk profile, value, inspection level, business unit requirements, entity considerations, joint venture requirements, and applicable SCM guidance. • Coordinate internal input from Buyers, Category Managers, Contract Owners, Business Units, Legal, Risk, Insurance, Safety, Tax, and other functional stakeholders to resolve contract issues and align positions before supplier communication. • Engage business stakeholders to confirm scope, urgency, value, risk acceptance, contract owner information, legal entity details, operating unit requirements, and other facts needed to support accurate contract drafting and negotiation. • Document business decisions, Legal feedback, negotiation rationale, approved deviations, and status updates in Contracts Center systems to support auditability, knowledge sharing, and leadership reporting. • Create and maintain contract records in Oracle and other designated systems, including contract numbers, draft records, execution status, contract uploads, and handoff to Buyers or SCM teams for purchase order or master agreement release. • Identify recurring contracting issues, supplier negotiation trends, template gaps, process inefficiencies, and opportunities for master agreements, playbooks, alternate clauses, or improved intake guidance. • Promote consistent application of approved contract language, policies, procedures, governance frameworks, and Contracts Center best practices across SCM contracting activities. Scope/Dimensions • Works independently on complex, time-sensitive, and business-critical contracting matters that require judgment, stakeholder coordination, and interpretation of established policies, templates, and legal guidance. • Exercises discretion in assessing contractual risk, determining when business input is required, and identifying when matters should be escalated to Legal or senior SCM leadership. • Supports a broad range of SCM areas, including Direct Category Management, PDC-related contracting requests, corporate functions, operations, projects, joint venture work, materials, field services, consulting, engineering, construction-related services, and master agreement opportunities. • Manages multiple contracting deliverables at one time while maintaining accurate status information, timely stakeholder communication, and appropriate prioritization. • No direct people leadership accountability; however, may provide technical guidance, process guidance, peer support, and mentoring to other Contracts Center team members. Contacts/Working Relationships • Works closely with SCM Buyers, Category Managers, Contract Owners, Business Units, Legal, Risk, Insurance, Safety, Tax, Supplier Management, and other functional stakeholders to support contracting activities. • Interacts directly with suppliers and supplier representatives to clarify proposed changes, negotiate acceptable contract positions, and move agreements toward execution. • Partners with Business Units to clarify scope, urgency, commercial context, operational risk, contract value, entity requirements, and willingness to accept business-owned risk positions. • Coordinates with Legal to obtain guidance on non-standard terms, high-risk deviations, joint venture implications, entity issues, technology or personal information considerations, and matters outside approved SCM parameters. Requirements: University degree, paralegal degree, or an equivalent combination of education and related experience. Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in supply chain, contract management, procurement, com