Sourcing Contract Manager

Responsible for managing the front-end administration and governance of supplier agreements at the corporate level. This role ensures all required due diligence, stakeholder reviews, risk assessments, approvals, negotiations, and contract administration activities are completed before agreements are executed. Activities include managing contract intake and prioritization, coordinating legal, privacy, information security, compliance, procurement, finance, and business stakeholder reviews, maintaining contract workflow visibility, executing standard contract administration processes, negotiating and executing non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and other low-risk agreements, assigning resources to support contract workload demands, and ensuring compliance with established contracting policies and procedures. This position supports the success of Fortive Corporation by ensuring contract compliance, improving contract cycle times, and providing a strong governance framework for company agreements.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and manage contract intake, administration, and execution processes for supplier, software, consulting, logistics, professional services, and other sourcing agreements in accordance with company policies and procedures

• Coordinate contract workload prioritization and facilitate assignment of work across contract administration resources to ensure adequate time for review, negotiation, and required due diligence activities

• Coordinate supplier onboarding and due diligence processes, including information security assessments, privacy assessments, AI governance reviews, compliance screenings, supplier risk evaluations, and other required approvals

• Coordinate required document reviews with Legal, Information Security, Privacy, Sourcing, and other stakeholders

• Ensure all required due diligence activities are completed before contract execution, including approval workflows

• Independently prepare, negotiate, execute, and manage Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) and other routine or low-risk agreements within delegated authority

• Review agreements for completeness, compliance with company standards, and alignment with approved templates and contracting guidelines

• Identify non-standard terms, contract risks, and missing requirements and facilitate resolution

• Monitor contract progress and proactively drive agreements to completion while balancing stakeholder expectations and business timelines

• Develop and maintain contract status reporting, workload dashboards, and execution metrics

• Maintain contract administration documentation and ensure contract records are accurate, complete, and audit-ready

• Develop, document, and continuously improve contracting standard work, policies, templates, playbooks, and governance processes

• Provide training and guidance to stakeholders regarding contracting procedures, approval requirements, and contract lifecycle expectations

• Support the optimization of contract lifecycle management workflows