Legal Manager Commercial

The Legal Manager Commercial will be fully accountable for providing legal advice and support to the retail organisation from the commercial legal perspective.

Main responsibilities:

• Acts as a business advisor, providing legal advice and support ensuring compliance with the law regulations within the commercial key areas.
• Manages legal risk by providing execution and administration of contracts and other legal documentation required by all departments.
• Cooperates with business representatives to draft, negotiate and interpret a wide range of contracts, including sales agreements, service agreements, distributorship agreements, sales support agreements, lease agreements and others.
• Analyses and approves the documentation within the agreements with third parties, assesses and makes proposals for potential amendments, ensuring legal support for projects and partnerships.
• Develops solid cooperation relationships within the organisation to ensure supportive approach and timely visibility and resolution of legal issues.
• Works closely with the business to offer advice on changes in laws and regulations, evaluate their implications and impact on the business, and develops legal positions on such changes.
• Acts as business adviser and offers related support to operational departments concerning specific legal requirements in terms of public tenders specific or related to pharma industry.
• Evaluates the impact and efficiency of established processes and policies in own area of responsibility and makes recommendations for their improvement in order to optimise the overall performance.
• Maintain cooperation and contact with local authorities.

Skills and Experience required:

• Bachelor’s degree in law with strong academic credentials
• 3-7 years of legal experience in legal & corporate consultancy, preferably in a retail company (work experience in the pharma retail industry will be a plus)
• Strong legal experience and robust knowledge of commercial law and competition law; advertising, consumer protection are strong pluses
• Very strong MS Office skills (Excel, Word and Power Point)
• Fluency in English (written and spoken)
• Strong organisational, analytical, fact-finding, and negotiation skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
• Demonstrated ability to work efficiently, prioritise workflow, meet demanding deadlines, and manage multi-dimensional projects in a fast-paced environment.

Personal Qualities:

• Positive attitude (‘can do’), results focused and hard working.
• Confident and strong at establishing good working relationships quickly.
• Drive to achieve and make things happen.
• Able to influence and network effectively.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and listening skills
• Well organised and accurate in work