What are the responsibilities and job description for the Legal Coordinator (Warren, NJ) position at CEDENT?
Client is seeking to hire a Legal Coordinator to bring support on legal priorities, including intellectual property and licensing matters. Our goal is for this individual to become a subject matter expert on the company’s contract management system and serve as a primary point of contact for the contract management process. Successful execution will involve handling key responsibilities with minimal supervision and possessing strong communication, organizational and problem-solving skills. This is a hybrid role – must be able to report to the Warren, NJ office, 2 to 3 days per week.
Key Responsibilities
The Legal Coordinator will be responsible for a wide variety of matters in support of Client’s growth:
Core functions include:
Key Responsibilities
The Legal Coordinator will be responsible for a wide variety of matters in support of Client’s growth:
Core functions include:
- Serve as an expert in Client’s contract management system. Responsibilities include acting as a system administrator, screening and assigning contracts, routing for approvals and signatures, resolving user and system issues, and implementing operational improvements.
- Act as primary point of contact for questions relating to contract management system and processing of contracts. Create and train others on system and communicate on system changes.
- Assist with legal priorities including discovery, litigation support, employment and intellectual property matters, with discretion.
- Coordinate Authorizations to do Business and State Manufacturers Licenses and assist with related audits.
- Conduct research using internal and external databases and tools, as needed.
- Assist with Legal Department budget and process payments to legal vendors, including outside counsel.
- Support in the development and implementation of various contract templates; communicate updates.
- Collaborate with Human Resources and other departments, as needed, to prepare responses to garnishments and subpoenas.
- Organize and manage all legal files within SharePoint.
- Provide other administrative support to the Legal Department, as needed.
- This is a hybrid role; 2 to 3 days at Warren, NJ office.
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university/institution.
- 4 years of administrative support experience, related field a plus.
- 3 Years of experience in MS Office Tools (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint & Teams),
- Familiarity with contract management systems.
- Pharmaceutical compliance/legal experience.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to interact confidently with employees at all levels of the organization.
- Have demonstrated critical thinking skills and ability to prioritize and work well with multiple processes and personnel across multiple time zones.
- Ability to effectively multitask in a fast-paced environment while maintaining current responsibilities.
