Senior Operations Specialist, Contracts & Vendor Management
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Senior Operations Specialist managing contract lifecycles and print vendors for Beast Classroom’s K-5 math curriculum. Improving systems, procurement, and physical-material operations.
Responsibilities:
- Track contracts, vendor forms, and procurement processes from intake through negotiation, redlining, execution, and renewal
- Build and maintain systems for key dates, obligations, renewal windows, and approvals
- Review incoming contracts and agreements, flag risks and non-standard terms, and coordinate redlines with internal stakeholders
- Serve as the primary point of contact for print and fulfillment vendors
- Quote and scope print runs
- Troubleshoot vendor quality and delivery issues
- Build and maintain vendor relationships
- Identify gaps and inefficiencies in contract tracking and vendor management
- Build and refine scalable tools and processes
- Support Inflection Point Learning’s Beast Classroom K-5 math curriculum operations
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 3+ years in a role involving contract administration, vendor management, procurement, supply chain, or operations
- Proficiency with office productivity tools, including Google Workspace
- Comfort with contract tracking or project management tools
- Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.
- Direct experience negotiating and redlining commercial agreements is advantageous
- Direct experience managing print or physical goods supply chains, ideally in education or a similarly deadline-driven industry, is advantageous
- Experience building tools and processes using AI is advantageous
- Experience balancing product and customer experience goals with feasibility and cost-effectiveness is advantageous
- Ability to travel no more than monthly for company summits, conferences, and account site visits
Benefits:
- Equity
- Private health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off, including a winter holiday shutdown
- 401K plan
- Flexibility-first culture
- Ability to travel for company summits, conferences, and account site visits (no more than monthly)
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