Company Description

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, create marketing solutions, and gain deeper insights into the automotive market, all using our unique combination of data, analytics and software. We also assist millions of people to realise their financial goals and help them save time and money.

We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more industry segments.

We invest in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. As a FTSE 100 Index company listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN), we have a team of 22,500 people across 32 countries. Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Learn more at experianplc.com

North America Procurement

As part of the Global Procurement Function the North America Procurement Team is here to capture and maximize the value from our company's external supplier spend through optimizing acquisition cost, minimizing enterprise risk from Experian's external supplier base, while driving supplier development and collaboration. In direct collaboration with our team, we allow the business to source through the Procurement Lifecycle.

Job Description

Role Summary

The unique hybrid style role affords you the opportunity to join a fun and dynamic procurement organization, that has access to all levels of Experian's diverse employee base. You will report to the Procurement Manager. You will obtain paralegal-level knowledge of commercial contract law through hands-on contracting experience.

Responsibilities

As a Junior Transactional Attorney/ Contracts Specialist, you will support the buying strategy for one or more spend categories: marketing, data acquisition, professional services, and IT. We are looking for you to partner with the buyer to manage our supplier contracts:

• Be onsite at the Costa Mesa, CA office 2+ days per week
• Identify the engagement risk of each contract
• Review existing contract documents to determine fit for purpose
• Identification and generation of all required contracting documents
• Redline, edit, draft contractual and other documents to meet Experian's commercial contracting standards and supporting supplier negotiation
• Be the project manager for coordination with the buyer, multiple team members, and subject matter experts in the legal, compliance, product, third-party risk, and finance departments, and bring transactions to successful completion within the required time frame
• Provide milestone updates to team members on contracting progress
• Enforce and document approval for non-standard terms and pricing
• Advise management on contractual terms and risks
• Operate independently on most matters amongst competing priorities
• Work within multiple businesses, teams, and time-zones
• Maintain important work activities in Experian's tools
• Promote a high-level customer experience

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Must be located in Southern California, driving distance from Costa Mesa
• Business related Bachelor's degree required
• 2+ years of transactional vendor contracting experience in redlining and drafting, or equivalent experience.”
• Ability to build positive and professional relationships, internally and externally
• Experience with general commercial contract law
• Project management skills
• Experience with Ariba Contracts, an advantage but not necessary

Benefits/Perks:

• Great compensation package and bonus plan
• Core benefits including full medical, dental, vision, and matching 401K
• Flexible work environment, ability to work hybrid or in-office
• Flexible time off including volunteer time off, vacation, sick and 12-paid holidays

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Our goal is to create a thriving, inclusive and diverse team where people love their work and love working together. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion is essential to our purpose of creating a better tomorrow. We value the uniqueness of every individual and want you to bring your whole, authentic self to work. For us, this is The Power of YOU and and it reflects what we believe. See our DEI work in action!

Please contact us at [email protected] to request the salary range of this position (please include the exact Job Title as it reads above in your email). In addition to a competitive base salary and variable pay opportunity, Experian offers a comprehensive benefits package including health, life and disability insurance, generous paid time off including 12 company paid holidays and parental and family care leave, an employee stock purchase plan and a 401(k) plan with a company match.

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