Being
a Contract Specialist for ARD Company, I am responsible for so many tasks. The
company has assigned various roles and responsibilities to me. The first major responsibility
is to lead as well as support the evaluation and qualification process for all
kind of new service providers. The second major role is to lead the processes
of Request for Proposals (RFP), development by selection the service providers
until the final selection and execution of the contract. Moreover, I am also
assigned to manage the contract activities including preparation, finalization,
and administration of CDAs, work orders, MSAs, amendments, and change orders. I
also negotiate service descriptions, payments, and budgets schedules using
costing tools as necessary. The facilitation of study kicks off familiarization
meetings to clear that statement of work, timeline, roles and budgets.
If service providers are facing any
services issues, then I am assigned to handle these issues by supporting
project teams so that they can resolve these issues. Moreover, I have a
responsibility to monitor outsourcing environment to make sure that current
industry trends and techniques are being implied. The other primary role of
this job is to effectively collaborate with all relevant functional departments
such as legal & finance department, so that it can be made sure that there
is appropriate review and approval of clinical vendor contracts. Other than
these major responsibilities, I have few other roles to perform as well like I
have to write and diet documents for accuracy. I used to evaluate or monitor
other contracts and negotiate with clients on the basis of those contracts. In
addition to that I am also involved in preparing research legislation as well
as regulations for the company. I am also assigned the role of analyzing price
proposals as well as financial reports.