Contract Specialist

Founded in 1910, KONE is a global leader that provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization that add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Our mission is to improve the flow of urban life and make our world’s cities better places to live by providing innovative solutions that help make people’s journeys safe, convenient and reliable.
Our operations in over 60 countries around the world has helped us achieve our position as an innovation and sustainability leader with repeated recognitions by Forbes, Corporate Knights for clean capitalism and others.  

Are you ready to make your next career move to join our team as our Contract Specialist for KONE Americas?

• Do you enjoy reviewing, analyzing, and performing risk assessment of construction, modernization, maintenance, and repair contracts?
• Does identifying areas that require modification, propose modifications, and effectively negotiate the contracts with customers motivate you?
• Do you thrive in areas where there is cross-functional team participation?
• Do you demonstrate a passion effectively negotiating contracts with customers to reduce risk to KONE?
• Are you committed to ensuring all appropriate KONE personnel comply with contract requirements by being organized and time management driven?

If you answered a resounding YES to these questions, then we have an amazing opportunity for you!  

As our Contract Specialist, you will protect KONE’s reputation and business interests and help ensure it complies with all relevant laws and regulations. The primary focus of this position is to expand the functions and capabilities of Contract Management by handling high risk/high exposure contracts with minimal attorney involvement.  Under minimal supervision, reviews, analyzes, revises, and negotiates construction, modernization, service and repair contracts to reduce risk for KONE.

You will bring 5+ years of experience working with high profile, high exposure contracts to KONE. Bachelor or JD degree preferred, paralegal certification or equivalent experience in a similar field.

• Assist branch with assessment of terms and conditions, clarifications and compliance requirements prior to and during the bidding or contracting stage.
• Research statutory and common law legal issues.
• Within the Law Department, point of contact for contracts.
• Advise branches when order entry is incorrect or incomplete.
• Analyze customer response to the Rider/Addendum using analytical skills to determine if the customer response is acceptable per the KONE guidelines.
• Negotiate the necessary insurance and/or bonds per the term of the contract.
• Report to the manager any issues that require modification to the Work Instructions, areas that require additional training or issues within the schedule process.

• Bachelor's degree, Paralegal Certification, JD, or equivalent combination of education and relevant contract management experience.
• 5+ years of experience managing complex commercial contracts, with ability to identify risks and provide practical risk-mitigation recommendations.
• Exceptional organizational, prioritization, and follow-up skills with proven ability to manage multiple contracts and meet deadlines.
• Strong issue-spotting, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, customer-service orientation, and the ability to build effective relationships with business partners while maintaining the highest standards of ethics and confidentiality.

• Experience working within Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) tool or similar contract management.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint) and contract administration tools such as DocuSign, Cobblestone, and Adobe Acrobat Pro.
• Ability to leverage technology to improve contract review, document management, and workflow efficiency (familiarity with AI-enabled contract review or legal technology tools is a plus, not required).

At KONE, we foster an innovative and collaborative culture, valuing each individual's contribution. Employee engagement and sustainability are key focuses, promoting ethical practices and mutual respect. We're proud to offer experiences and opportunities to help you achieve career and personal goals while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

We hire individuals who value culture because we believe culture drives innovation.

• We value your authentic self. 
• Collaborative, creative, and supportive work environment.
• Passionate about safety, quality, and innovation 
• We care about the communities where we live and work.