Group Commercial Contracts Manager (LEGAL)

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Your new company

Employing over 1300 people worldwide, this exciting and progressive business have property and manufacturing operations across the globe in the UK, Saudi Arabia, UAE, South Africa, China, Thailand, Malaysia and India.

Your new role

An exciting new role has arisen for a Group Commercial Contracts Manager (LEGAL) to manage and coordinate a global commercial contracts function supporting all subsidiaries as required, in conjunction with local commercial teams, whilst monitoring risks and liability. Provide a commercial function supporting the development of companies to:

• Promote the local identification, management and reporting of commercial and contract risk;
• Support on commercial issues, strategic projects and contracts; and
• Nurture a the business approach to risk and strategic objectives whilst also meeting the local commercial needs of each business as required.
• Supporting its subsidiaries commercially, including:
• Support contract reviews and negotiations;
• Project Support;
• General commercial issues; and
• Sub-contractor Management;
• Align and coordinate with Indian, UAE and Thai businesses' commercial management function to ensure a standard model is adopted whilst meeting the local commercial needs of the territory.
• Support the Anti Bribery compliance strategy and with all Group companies to implement such strategy, including:
• Monitoring and roll out (where relevant) of Anti-Bribery training across the Group; and
• Review and management of the Group Policy;
• Support other compliance programmes as required; and
• Audit Committee Reporting.
• Managing the Control Framework for Trade Compliance:
• The ongoing management and support of the Control Framework for Trade Compliance.
• Ongoing support to the Group Insurance programme including:
• Working with the subsidiaries to understand and support their requirements;
• Communicate insurance related issues with the Lucy Electric subsidiaries.
• Working with key Group Functions such as Finance, Internal Audit, and Legal:
• To Support the core functions set out above;
• Provide assistance to the requirements of such functions e. reporting, links into the business etc; and
• Support Group strategic initiatives such as IP protection and commercialisation.
• To review commercial agreements such as licences, collaboration agreements and MOUs, and distribution agreements

What you'll need to succeed

• Degree educated in an industry qualification or equivalent
• Able to undertake travelling overseas at least one week a quarter
• Full driving licence

• Extensive commercial management experience in a technical/similar industry.
• Experience of providing commercial support and guidance to overseas countries.
• Extensive international contract law knowledge and experience.
• Experience of managing and implementing processes, projects and change initiatives.
• Experience of negotiating large scale contracts within a complex and regulated environment
• Experience of strategic procurement and delivery at senior level
• Experience of dealing with complex demand challenges in a complex operational environment
• Experience working and effectively influencing senior stakeholders with or without authority
• Experience of managing and collaborating in a diverse workforce including non-direct reports
• Experience of delivering major/complex procurement's
• Writing submissions and briefings
• Experience of and the ability to work within matrix management.

What you'll get in return

• We support and respect each other.
• We collaborate.
• We continually improve.
• We "can do".

• Competitive Salary
• 25 Days Holiday
• Company Sick Pay
• Pension
• Private Medical Insurance

What you need to do now
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