Hiring: Contract Specialist Company: RELX Location: Oklahoma City, OK Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 12:21:43 Employment Type: Contract Target Skills & Keywords : Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Vendor Management About the job Required Skills: •Develop and execute strategies to establish and sustain a service-provider network for public record data and document acquisition, verification, and related services. •Identify and implement cost-containment and cost-reduction strategies. •Manage procurement processes for contract workers, independent contractors, and small businesses, including RFIs, RFPs, RFBs, bid vetting, negotiations, evaluation against vendor-selection criteria, bid approval, and contract award in accordance with established department guidelines. •Draft, administer, and manage contracts, ensuring service-level agreements are met. •Serve as the ongoing point of contact for communications between internal stakeholders and service providers. •Monitor service-provider performance against service-level agreements, including service volume, quality, and timeliness, and address non-compliance. •Manage contract renewal, renegotiation, recertification, cancellation, and breach-of-contract processes in accordance with established department guidelines. •Act as a subject matter expert on court systems, processes, and procedures, and build and maintain relationships with government entities. Qualifications: •Bachelor's degree or equivalent related work experience. •Three to five years of experience in a related role, such as vendor management, vendor relationship management, strategic sourcing, or supply chain, is strongly preferred. •Understanding of negotiation theory and sourcing concepts, strategies, and practices. •Strong business and financial acumen, including experience structuring deals, drafting agreements, mitigating risk, and negotiating. •Strong coordination, attention to detail, problem-solving, and planning skills. •High degree of business ethics, accountability, professionalism, and confidentiality. •Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, judgment, analytical, customer service, interpersonal, group, and project and task management skills. •Demonstrated capacity to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment. •Adaptability, willingness to learn new enterprise applications quickly, and ability to support change. •Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint. Compensation: •$53,900 - $89,800 / year •Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!