Provide strategic advice, often in collaboration with other Legal team members, to key Procurement partners.
Provide similar support to additional groups within Operations from time to time, such as contractual support to the Risk Management, Enablement, and Logistics teams.
Serve as the primary Legal resource for certain day-to-day Global Procurement contracting matters and as a liaison between the Global and Business Zones teams.
Apply experience, expertise , and judgment to Procurement and other commercial transaction matters, including day-to-day contract counseling; advise team members of potential risks in contractual areas and propose practical risk-mitigation strategies; provide creative and legally sound solutions to drive resolution of disputes with commercial business partners; think creatively.
Draft, negotiate, and review commercial contracts, including products and services agreements, technology agreements, consulting agreements, sea freight agreements, confidentiality agreements and other business and legal documents.
Identify legal training needs and requirements, particularly related to global contract matters.
Assist in the development and delivery of training and online resources as well as with the identification of compliance gaps.
Collaborate effectively with other functions and subject matter experts within the Global Legal, Internal Control, Audit teams on various projects or day to day business matters.
Monitor legal trends and keep the Procurement function and the Global Legal Team aware of such legal trends and the impact to the business.
