Legal Counsel

2 months ago

Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Smiths Group Full time

Location:

EMEA, United Kingdom, Birmingham



About Us

Smiths Group designs, manufactures and delivers smarter engineering solutions for mission-critical applications, solving some of the world's toughest problems for our customers, our communities and our world. For over 170 years, Smiths Group has been pioneering progress by improving the world through smarter engineering.

We serve millions of people every year, to help create a safer, more efficient and better-connected world, across four major global markets: Energy, General Industry, Security & Defense, and Aerospace. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs 14,600 colleagues in over 50+ countries.

This pioneering spirit continues to drive us today, underpinned by our powerful culture. Improving our world is what we do, how we think, and how we will continue to use our passion for technology and engineering to tackle our customers biggest challenges today and in the future. We're looking for people with curious minds. Who want responsibility and relish a challenge. Whether you're an experienced professional or just starting out, our global scale and focus on growth means we have some great career opportunities for you. There's never been a better time to join Smiths.

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Job Description

As a Legal Counsel, you will play a key role in providing legal support and guidance to various business units within Smiths Group, predominantly Procurement and our Business Information Systems (BIS) functions .

Based from our Birmingham site, you will work closely with internal stakeholders to draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts, with a focus on software as a service (SaaS) agreements, licensing agreements, and other commercial arrangements.

This is a hybrid working role, offering flexibility and the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues globally.



Duties and Responsibilities


• Support the BIS and Procurement function to drive improvement, mitigate risk and deliver commercial improvement across indirect vendors throughout the organisation.

• Guide and support stakeholders from appointment and renewal ensuring appointment and renewal business cases and other governance tasks have been completed on time.

• Lead contracting activities incl. drafting and preparation of contract documents, framework agreements and amendments. Support negotiations for new / renewed vendor contracts with a focus on risk and cost reduction, periodically confirm compliance to contractual terms.

• Develop, maintain, and train contract templates, tools, policies, know-how and materials for appointment and renewal processes, co-ordinating with the legal team and other corporate stakeholders.

• Develop strong relationships with procurement teams and other business stakeholders.



The Individual


• Qualified lawyer in England and Wales (2 + years PQE)

• Proven experience in procurement agreements, commercial contract management including reviewing software, license and maintenance agreements.

• Experience of managing external counsel and related relationships and budgets.

• Commercial management of complex partnerships, channels, and subcontracts.

• Operating formal business and supply chain governance and contracting processes.

• Commercial contracts drafting and negotiation, specifically channel partner and service subcontractor agreements.

• Experience across the categories of Logistics, HR, Professional Services, Utilities, Software and Digital contracts.

• Good understanding of data privacy laws.

To find out more about life at Smiths check out our LinkedIn page (11) Smiths Group plc: Overview | LinkedIn and follow our story

Join us for a great career and competitive compensation & benefits whilst keeping the world a safer place.



Diversity & Inclusion

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

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