Job Description

Contract Specialist

About Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

Founded in 1956 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is a Fortune 500, digital first, multi-channel specialty retailer. Our company vision is to own the home, and the places where our customers work, stay, and play. We bring the latest home furnishing trends to life for customers through the individual lenses of our ten distinct brands, each serving different life stages and rooms of the home and beyond. Our brands include Williams Sonoma, Williams Sonoma Home, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teen, West Elm, Rejuvenation, Mark & Graham, GreenRow, and Dormify. We are committed to sustainability, continuously working to protect our planet, while building an open and collaborative culture across our organization.

With more than 500 retail stores globally and multiple international franchise operations, technology is a core driver of our business strategy. We build and operate in-house platforms powering e-commerce, supply chain, merchandising, analytics, and customer experience ecosystems worldwide.

Engineers at the Williams-Sonoma India Technology Center build and scale digital commerce platforms that power these global brands, serving millions of customers worldwide.

Role Overview

Location: Pune, India

As a Contracts Specialist within the Technology Finance organization, you will be responsible for supporting your business partners through every phase within the contracts lifecycle management (CLM) process, as well as playing a pivotal role in helping business partners navigate through the vendor management and procurement process. You will have opportunities to work closely with various stakeholders of all levels, both internally and externally, as well as work on key projects that have high visibility across the company. The successful candidate will be a detail-oriented, organized, self-motivated individual who thrives working in a high-energy, fast-paced, challenging environment under tight timelines.

Impact of the Role

• Support business partners through every phase of the contracts lifecycle management (CLM) process.
• Help business partners navigate through the vendor management and procurement process.
• Work closely with various stakeholders of all levels, both internally and externally.
• Work on key projects that have high visibility across the company.
• Analyze company spend to appropriately determine and recommend cost-saving opportunities.
• Help create, deploy, and maintain best-in-class contracting and vendor management processes and workflows for the Technology organization.

Technology Platforms You Will Work On

• MS Office Suite
• Adobe Acrobat
• E-signature tools such as Adobe Sign and DocuSign
• Spend management tools such as Raindrop, SAP, and Coupa

Key Responsibilities

• Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of agreements, including NDAs, MSAs, SaaS agreements, order forms, SOWs and amendments required to support business activities.
• Participate in vendor initiatives including sourcing activities (RFx), supplier recommendation, contract negotiation and spend tool administration.
• Build partnerships and serve as a contracting point of contact to our business partners.
• Analyze company spend to appropriately determine and recommend cost-saving opportunities.
• Partner with Legal, Corporate Accounting, Risk and Compliance teams with respect to contract reviews, threatened and actual litigation, corporate compliance issues, and other similar matters affecting the supported business units.
• Attend and/or lead team meetings reporting on contract status and metrics related to renewals, vendor spend, and cost savings.
• Help create, deploy, and maintain best-in-class contracting and vendor management processes and workflows for the Technology organization.
• Educate and train our business partners on the VMO processes and other related content.

Qualifications

• Four-year undergraduate degree, preferably in Business, Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience directly related to indirect procurement, including strategic sourcing, category/supplier/spend management, contracts and vendor relationship management, preferably for technology companies or supporting a technology organization.
• Strong knowledge of contracting and vendor management principles.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat.
• Experience with e-signature tools such as Adobe Sign and DocuSign and spend management tools such as Raindrop, SAP, and Coupa.
• Strong aptitude for numbers, finance basics and ability to multi-task.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational, problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to manage and resolve conflicts successfully.
• Ability to perform work onsite in the office full-time pending state, local, and Company return-to-work guidance during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Why Join Williams-Sonoma India Technology Center

• Our people first and performance driven culture means that we provide opportunities to grow and build a career and invest in the well-being of our associates, including comprehensive benefits to support you and your family.
• Scale and innovation of a Fortune 500 company combined with a high-ownership that empowers engineers to make real impact.
• Build and operate large-scale digital commerce platforms serving millions of customers worldwide, working on systems that run at global scale.
• Continuous learning environment with opportunities to work on cutting-edge technologies, AI-driven solutions, and large-scale engineering challenges.
• Hybrid work model designed for flexibility and collaboration, with two in-office days for team engagement.