Required Skills and Experience *

- Bachelor's Degree preferred or equivalent education and experience; 5-7 years of experience in review, negotiation, preparation and administration of major Government,

- Commercial, International, Military and Defense proposals and contracts related to the manufacture of products.

- Experience in an aerospace manufacturing environment strongly preferred.

Nice to Have Skills and Experience

- Certification in Contract Management

Job Description *

An employer is looking for a Contract Specialist located in the Los Alamitos area. This person will be responsible for the following:

- Under general direction, provide contracts administration and management support in the following key focus areas: proposing, negotiation recommendations, contract changes,

responding to customer correspondence, interfacing with internal and external customers on contractual matters, flowing down contractual requirements to various organizations and providing contract support to ensure successful contract execution and customer satisfaction.

- Perform contracts function as directed by Senior Manager, Contracts & Estimating

- Professionally and accurately manage customer RFP/RFQs in such a manner as to capture business, providing the customer with quality proposals, meeting customer requirements, and minimizing risk to the Company

- Ensure all quotations are substantiated with proper backup (e.g., customer requests,

- Company basis for quotations and actual submittal documentation, negotiation notes, and final pricing agreements).

- Coordinate major proposal activity. Create and submit proposals and quotations to customers

- Review, analyze and compile summary of risk terms and conditions for management

review and in support of potential negotiations

- Support Customer Service department to review customer terms and conditions on

purchase orders; provide guidance to Customer Service department on contractual matters

Salary ranges between $75,000 - $85,000

Onsite, 9/80 work schedule