What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Counsel, Global Procurement Legal position at Estee Lauder Companies?
Description
The Associate Counsel, Global Procurement Legal, is part of a small, highly motivated legal team responsible for providing legal advice and support to corporate functions within The Este Lauder Companies, including IT and Supply Chain. The Associate Counsel partners with Procurement and business stakeholders across geographies to negotiate and draft supplier agreements to facilitate business initiatives, including sustainability and global growth.
- 75% Contract Negotiation and Legal Advice : While negotiating and drafting supplier agreements, provide legal advice and options to senior leaders for a variety of commodities such as logistics, warehousing, technology (SaaS, software, hardware, IaaS, PaaS), professional services, HR benefits, manufacturing equipment, third party manufacturing, and outsourcing agreements;
- Draft, review, and negotiate various complex commercial supplier contracts for transportation, warehousing, logistics, manufacturing equipment, SaaS, on-premise software, IaaS, PaaS, software development, IT and business process outsourcing, data licensing, consulting and professional services, HR benefits, purchase agreements, and other agreements as required
- Partner with senior Procurement leaders to identify areas needing contract management; execute on the strategies identified between Legal and Procurement; work autonomously to drive contract-related programs; train senior stakeholders and Procurement teams on legal issues and contracting best practices;
- Analyze contract disputes and provide advice for resolution; partner with litigation team as needed
20% Template Drafting : Participate in and lead template drafting projects to create efficiencies and repeatable processes
5% Outside Counsel Management : Coordinate with, and occasionally manage, outside law firms with respect to highly complex or specialized transactions, as well as litigation arising from breach of contract and other contract-related disputes; partner with outside counsel where needed on large-scale, high-risk supply chain initiatives
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