Contract Specialist

The Commercial and Legal Compliance specialist is responsible for advising on commercial and legal matters, safeguarding the business from potential risks, and ensuring compliance with export control regulations and local laws. The role involves reviewing contracts, NDAs, lease, sales, and purchasing agreements, and managing commercial risks. It also ensures that the business follows due process and procedures in line with local legislation and export control requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

— Assist & Support the wider business to deal with Commercial Issues and to protect the company from any unnecessary exposure to risk.

• General – Provide Commercial and Legal guidance to other functions within the business
• Agreements – Prepare draft agreements and support negotiations for a wide range of commercial agreements (Sales Contracts, Service Agreements, lease agreements, marketing agreements, NDA’s, Distributor and Agency Agreements) to support new business development activities.
• Standard Terms – Update standard conditions and contract templates to based on local guidance to ensure they maintain relevance with any changes within the local legislation.
• Risk – Ensure that the company is protected from any unnecessary commercial risks
• Negotiations – Support the Commercial team and wider business during customer negotiations
• Order Entry – Process the commercial order entry approval process within Sales Force as part of the End to End Process ensuring that any contract terms and conditions are acceptable. Review and check the compliance of incoming Purchase Orders and provide feedback to sales team.

Requirements:

• Law Degree (Preferable)
• Knowledge about local legislation including Contract law, Civil Law, Subsoil user’s legislation
• IT-Literate:
  • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook)
  • Company ERP Systems (SAP / Sales Force)
• 3-year Experience of working in a commercial / legal function
• English language not lower than Intermediate