Description:
Overview:Join A Company Provides Packaging Products…and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities! We provide amazing job opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, dynamic, fast-paced, and high-performance organization. Are you looking to build a strong career? Then we have an opportunity for you! We are searching for a Legal Counsel to join our team located at our corporate headquarters in Lake Forest, IL.
Responsibilities:
Your Role:
A Company Provides Packaging Products is seeking a detail-oriented and passionate Legal Counsel to support the business in reviewing and negotiating commercial transactions with customers, suppliers, and other parties. This role will focus on the review, drafting, and negotiation of a high volume of procurement and commercial agreements that support our fast-paced, global operations. This role will work closely with senior commercial counsel and corporate paralegals to streamline contract processes, manage risk, and ensure alignment with business objectives. Success in this position requires exceptional project management skills, procurement contracting experience, and the ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders across the organization.
You will have the opportunity to Make Great Things Happen!
- Review, draft, and negotiate commercial business and procurement-related agreements, including raw materials, packaging, co-manufacturing, logistics, transportation, professional services, IT, and marketing services.
- Partner with senior commercial counsel to provide legal support for strategic sourcing and vendor management initiatives.
- Collaborate with corporate paralegals to track and manage contracts from intake through execution using contract lifecycle management tools.
- Develop, maintain, and update procurement contract templates, playbooks, and standard clauses to drive efficiency and consistency.
- Advise business partners on contract terms, risk allocation, and compliance with internal policies.
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams (Supply Chain, Procurement, Marketing, Sales, Finance, IT, and Operations) to support commercial and operational objectives.
- Prioritize and manage multiple complex contracts simultaneously in a deadline-driven environment.
- Identify opportunities to improve contracting processes and implement best practices for efficiency.
- Any other responsibility as assigned periodically.
- You put safety first, always.
- You listen, learn, and evolve.
- You are passionate about collaboration, teamwork, and achieving shared goals.
- You treat all people with respect, operating ethically, and embrace inclusivity.
- You are committed to improving our impact on local communities.
Qualifications:
We need you to have:
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.
- Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction and ability to obtain IL license.
- 3+ years of experience negotiating and drafting commercial contracts, including procurement exposure.
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects with competing priorities in a high-volume environment.
- Strong project management, adaptability, organizational, and communication skills.
- In-house legal experience in a CPG, manufacturing, or similar high-volume procurement environment.
- Familiarity with raw materials, contract manufacturing, packaging, logistics, IT/AI and marketing services agreements.
- Experience with contract lifecycle management (CLM) software.
- Exposure to regulatory and compliance considerations relevant to CPG products.
