Legal Counsel, Commercial (Hybrid)

Description:

Want to make an impact?
The Legal Counsel, Commercial reports to An American Candy Manufacturer Company's Assistant General Counsel, Commercial and is responsible for drafting and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts, providing legal advice to An American Candy Manufacturer Company's supply chain, manufacturing, finance, international, and sales teams, and leading ad-hoc projects for An American Candy Manufacturer Company's legal team. Candidates must be conscientious, self-starters, and be able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Ways you will make a difference

• Review, draft, and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements, including services agreements, supply agreements, customer agreements, external manufacturing agreements, and non-disclosure agreements, with the goal of achieving An American Candy Manufacturer Company's business objectives while protecting its interests, mitigating risk, and ensuring compliance with company policies.
• Advise An American Candy Manufacturer Company's supply chain, manufacturing, finance, international, and sales teams on legal issues and risks, complex deal structures, approval processes, company policies and procedures, IP concepts, and negotiation strategy.
• Provide legal support and guidance to An American Candy Manufacturer Company's Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, International and Sales teams, among others, while communicating legal advice and concepts in such a way that the business teams can operationalize.
• Support the continuous improvement of contract templates and legal processes, to optimize and make more efficient contract work across An American Candy Manufacturer Company.
• Engage and manage outside counsel as necessary.
• Other duties as needed.

• Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to reduce the complex to understandable actionable steps.
• Intellectual curiosity and strong critical thinking – ask the second question and elicit all relevant facts before making a recommendation.
• Take a sophisticated, risk-based approach when providing legal advice.
• Team player with a strong sense of self balanced with humility and the ability to work effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Embrace and encourage diversity of thought and open expression of ideas and opinions.
• Ability to influence results in a multi-site, multi-state environment.
• Ability to prioritize in a fast-paced organization with multiple demands, demonstrating a sense of urgency when appropriate, but being able to push back when more time is necessary to properly evaluate an issue.

Minimum Qualification:

• Juris Doctor or equivalent degree
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience
• Admitted to the bar and in good standing in the state of Illinois or another U.S. state and able to “waive” in to Illinois

Preferred Qualification:

• Experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating complex commercial or financial agreements
• Experience in developing and supporting process change across Legal and business teams
• Proficient in utilizing contract lifecycle management tools

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