Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc

Senior Contracts Manager

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc • $110K — $130K *
Indianapolis, IN 46227In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Pre-Law, or Equivalent
  • Minimum of 7 years' experience in DoW and International Defense contracting
  • Strong proficiency with Microsoft 365 software
  • Experience in cross-functional/matrix organizations
  • Master of Business Administration or Juris Doctor preferred
  • CFCM or CPCM certification preferred

Responsibilities

  • Manage all Defense contracting actions from negotiations to closeout
  • Ensure compliance with company and legal standards
  • Serve as communication channel with external stakeholders
  • Support proposal activities and risk mitigation
  • Provide expertise in FAR/DFARS and contract types
  • Develop and track key contractual metrics for stakeholders
  • Assist Finance with contractual invoicing and support audits

Benefits

  • Choice of medical plans with prescription coverage
  • Employer HSA contribution
  • Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Short & Long-Term Disability
  • Voluntary benefits including Critical Illness and Pet Insurance
  • 401K with generous company match
  • Accrued Paid Time Off and Holidays
  • Robust employee wellness program
  • Tuition assistance program
Full Job Description
Benefits:

The below list features some of the benefits currently available. Eligibility may be subject to the terms and conditions of governing documents and available benefits may be subject to change at the company's discretion.
  • Choice of medical plans with prescription coverage
  • Employer HSA contribution
  • Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Short & Long-Term Disability
  • Other voluntary benefits including: Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Identity Theft Protection and Pet Insurance
  • 401K with generous Company match & contribution
  • Accrued Paid Time Off
  • 12 Paid Holidays + 1 Floating Holiday
  • Robust employee wellness program
  • Tuition assistance program


Job Description:

Key Responsibilities
  • Manage all Defense contracting actions from contract negotiations through closeout
  • Assist in managing and enforcing company requirements and legal/regulatory compliance across Defense functions
  • Act as Defense's official communication channel with external stakeholders
  • Assist proposal function with risk mitigation and proposal activities as necessary
  • Subject Matter Expert in FAR/DFARS, Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), and Reps & Certs
  • Experience reviewing, negotiating, and managing terms and conditions for several contract/agreement types (e.g., Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO), Cost Plus, Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Labor Hour, Other Transaction Authority (OTA), and Time and Materials (T&M))
  • Experience working directly with prime contractors, U.S. Department of War (DoW), and International customers in both Sole Source and Competitive environments
  • Experience managing common International contractual requirements (e.g., bank guarantees/letters of credit, CISG, Incoterms, licensees, localization, offsets, royalties)
  • Experience with DoW/U.S. Government-related topics including Commercial Item Determination (CID), Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS), Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), DoW Business Systems (e.g., Accounting, Estimating, Government Property, Purchasing), DoW contract closeout, DoW data rights, EAR/ITAR, Exostar, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Government Property, Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) Plans, Small Business Subcontracting Plans, Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS), System for Award Management (SAM), Truthful Cost or Pricing Data Act (TINA), U.S. military standard (MIL-STD), and Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF)
  • Experience with managing contracts in a Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system
  • Develop, track, and report on key contractual metrics/deliverables for internal stakeholders
  • Assist Finance with monitoring contractual invoicing/receivables
  • Support customer/governmental audit requests
  • Assist with providing business recommendations on contractual-related items
  • Assist fellow Contracts Managers and escalate issues to Contracts Managers leads and management as necessary


Key Performance Measures
  • Ability to work independently and proactively under a normal level of oversight
  • Significant attention to detail and organization
  • Critical thinker who is able to routinely recognize common and upper-level issues, offer recommendations to resolve those issues, and see those issues through resolution
  • Strong multitasker who works well under pressure, is responsive, and can meet tight deadlines
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills to interact with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders
  • Team player who assists fellow Contracts Managers


Competencies and Behavior
  • Is widely trusted by others to deliver on what they commit to in a timely manner
  • Reflects on mistakes and seeks to proactively address them
  • Is transparent in their interactions and intentions
  • Takes responsibility to deliver and can be counted on to deliver results in the right way
  • Acts with internal and external customers in mind
  • Establishes effective relationships with customers and peers
  • Gains the trust of others through active engagement
  • Thinks through the consequences of actions with different stakeholders
  • Effectively copes with change and shifts gears comfortably
  • Can identify and implement complex process improvements
  • Seeks out the opportunity to work on unfamiliar things and innovate
  • Solves problems with peers in a professional and constructive way
  • Steps up to either lead or participate in matrix teams to achieve work outcomes


Qualifications
  • Required:
    • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Pre-Law, or Equivalent
  • Preferred:
    • Master of Business Administration or Juris Doctor
    • Certified Federal Contract Manager (CFCM) or Certified Professional Contract Manager (CPCM)

Experience
  • Required:
    • Minimum of 7 years' experience
      • Years of experience may be substituted for an advanced degree at Allison's discretion
    • U.S. Department of War (DoW) and International Defense prime contracting and subcontracting experience with an understanding of their complexities and nuances
    • Cross-functional/matrix organization experience
    • Strong proficiency with Microsoft 365 software (e.g., Copilot, Excel, OneDrive, Outlook, Power BI, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams, Word)
  • Preferred:
    • Experience working for a large Defense contractor who focused on both engineering and production
    • Defense Wheeled and Tracked vehicle experience
    • Allison Transmission Defense product knowledge
    • National Contract Management Association (NCMA) member
    • National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) member

Scope Factors
  • Assigned a specific portfolio of Defense contracts/agreements based upon management's determination of portfolio risk level, employee's previous experience, and company need
  • Frequently interact with company management and other functions as this position is viewed as an important leader in Defense
  • Proactively identify, define, provide guidance on, and solve common and upper-level issues that impact the management and direction of the company
  • Decisions and recommendations made by this position will impact cross-functional teams and will be relied upon by all management levels including the Executive Team
  • Trusted to work independently and within established guidance under a normal level of oversight
  • Expected to proactively raise and address issues as they are discovered without having to be prompted by management
  • Comfortable directly working with attorneys on a daily basis as this position reports directly to Legal
  • Position will have no employee management responsibilities


Travel
  • May be required to travel to customer meetings/events and training seminars/conferences

About Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc

Allison Transmission is an American manufacturer of commercial duty automatic transmissions and hybrid propulsion systems. Allison products are specified by over 250 vehicle manufacturers and are used in many market sectors including bus, refuse, fire, construction, distribution, military and specialty applications. Allison was founded in 1915 in Indianapolis, Indiana, where the company's global headquarters still resides today. Allison Transmission is the world's largest manufacturer of fully automatic transmissions for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles and is a leader in hybrid-propulsion systems for city buses.
Learn more about Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc
Size
3,400 employees
Market Cap
$3.8 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$299 million
Founded
1915
5 Year Trend
+5.5%
Revenue
$2 billion
NASDAQ
ALSN
* Ladders Estimates

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