LEGAL CONTRACTS MANAGER REMOTE PERMANENT ROLE £65,000 - £70,000
Role Overview:
Morgan Philips Specialist Recruitment are presently representing a globally operating IT services and procurement management business in their search for a Contracts Manager to join their legal team.
The legal team is responsible for negotiating, drafting and reviewing commercial contracts between the company and their third party suppliers, as a reseller for its various customers. The aim is to ensure that risk to the company is minimal and to ensure compliance with applicable law at all times. The team provides pragmatic advice and guidance on legal and compliance issues that may affect the business in multiple jurisdictions in which they operate.
You will have a varied workload and you will work closely with other team members to ensure an effective and efficient service is provided to internal clients.
Key Accountabilities:
- Provide practical, commercial and concise advice, guidance and support on contract terms, legal issues and business risks;
- Review and amend terms in a variety of agreements including supplier and customer contracts, sales of goods and services, reseller agreements, software licences, SaaS agreements, Purchase Order terms, EULAs, master service agreements and related SOWs, agency and service provision agreements;
- Negotiate with customers and suppliers in line with business requirements and company policies to achieve business objectives and the required allocation of risk;
- Manage and maintain contracts registers and contract management systems;
- Work closely with various departments to on-board new suppliers and customers;
- Instruct external legal counsel in non-UK jurisdictions or for specific legal expertise and apply the advice to the situation;
- Create new business templates and keep existing business legal templates up to date and relevant;
- Make use of the team's training, research, precedent and technology resources to optimise the individual and the teams service delivery;
- Assist with the creation, maintenance and update of internal policies and processes relating to the legal function.
About You:
- Legal training (for-example, law degree, LPC, GDL) and proven practical experience to demonstrate solid understanding and application of fundamental legal principles, particularly in relation to commercial contracts;
- In house experience across a range of commercial agreements
- Good knowledge of contract law and some knowledge of cross-border agreements and the additional complications they pose to the parties;
- A good understanding of data protection legislation and its relevance to commercial transactions;
- Ability to take initiative and work independently as well as part of a team;
- Confident in own skills in order to make decisions which align with the law and the businesses requirements;
- Good negotiation skills to help to seek positive business outcomes and maintain positive relations with customers and suppliers;
- Adaptable and able to work flexibly in the context of a medium sized growing business;
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Morgan Philips Group is a global talent solutions business that disrupts conventional thinking in executive search, recruitment and talent consulting. We operate in over 18 markets in Europe, North & South America, Asia, and the Middle East & Africa. We understand that the future is digital and social, so we embrace the latest technology, including video ads and CVs, as well as social recruiting. Our innovative services are tailored to the new world of work yet we do not lose sight of the fact that employees be they existing and potential are ultimately human beings.
We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants are treated equally, without discrimination because of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.