Konica Minolta currently has an exciting opportunity for a State Contracts Specialist in our Vienna, VA location! This Specialist will be responsible to develop and review statewide and national cooperative requests for proposals along with post award contract management. The ideal candidate will have outstanding analytical, customer service, organizational, and time management skills to discover complex issues and provide creative and practical solutions to problems.

• Actively participate in discussions with internal and external stakeholders to obtain full understanding of contract requirements.
• Interface with cross-functional departments, including but not limited to: legal, credit, finance, service, direct sales, product marketing, risk management and contract administration.

• Liaison with internal cross-functional departments including administration, credit, finance, HR, insurance, leasing, legal, marketing, risk management, and sales to assess risks and benefits.

• Engage corporate legal counsel, internal and external financiers and sales in the review and approval of contract terms and conditions and pricing in order to conduct negotiations with State and National Chief Procurement Officials.

• Regularly engage with stakeholders including All Covered, Mobotix, subcontractors, and Konica Minolta Finance Partners to manage bids and proactively resolve contract complications.
• Recommend solutions in accordance with standard operational guidelines during the contract review and approval process.
• Identify areas of business risk and escalate elements that deviate from established business strategies and policies.
• Ensure document content integrity and version control is maintained throughout the contract negotiation, approval and execution process.
• Assists Direct Sales and collaborates across the organization in the creation of amendments for existing agreements as needed.
• Prepare contract documents for execution, including participating addenda, teaming agreements, and statements of work each year, and deliver to appropriate parties.

• Provide cradle-to-grave support for Konica statewide, local, and national cooperative contracts.

• Identify and escalate areas of opportunity and conduct a thorough risk gain analysis for opportunities that deviated from established business strategies and policies.

• Devise and implement pricing and finance strategies and contractual modifications in accordance with standard operational guidelines and JSOX compliance during the RFP review, response and approval process.

• Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Business or related field and/or equivalent combination of education/work experience.
• Minimum of 3 - 5 years related experience, preferably in contract proposal, legal and/or leasing environment.

Konica Minolta's journey started 150 years ago, with a vision to see and do things differently. We innovate for the good of society and the world. The same purpose that kept us moving then, keeps us moving now. Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. is reshaping and revolutionizing the workplace to achieve true connectivity through the Intelligent Connected Workplace. The company guides and supports its clients' digital transformation through its expansive office technology portfolio, including IT Services (All Covered), intelligent information management, managed print services and industrial and commercial print solutions. Konica Minolta has been included on CRN's MSP 500 list nine times and The World Technology Awards named the company a finalist in the IT Software category. Konica Minolta has been recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys for sixteen consecutive years, and is proud to be ranked on the Forbes 2021 America's Best-in-State employers list. The company received Keypoint Intelligence's BLI 2021 A3 Line of The Year Award and BLI 2021-2023 Most Color Consistent A3 Brand Award for its bizhub i-Series. Konica Minolta, Inc. has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for nine consecutive years and has spent six years on the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World list. Konica Minolta partners with its clients to give shape to ideas and works to bring value to our society. For more information, please visit us online and follow Konica Minolta on Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Konica Minolta is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, pregnancy, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender identity, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital status or partnership status, genetic information, veteran status or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.