Senior Legal Counsel

5 days ago


East Hampshire, United Kingdom ENGINEERINGUK Full time

Job Title: Senior Legal Counsel

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join our team at ENGINEERINGUK. As a key member of our Legal Team, you will provide proactive counsel to support our business growth agenda, adapting and rolling out the legal strategy for direct procurement across the segments in the European region.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide legal support for direct-procurement transactions for Commercial in Europe from vendor selection to tender, contract formation, contract dispute/litigation, and termination either directly or through outside counsel.
  • Structure, draft, review, and support the negotiation of agreements for direct procurement, including multi-segment raw-materials purchasing, segment-level and cross-segment tenders, and procurement of services.
  • Draft, revise and update contract templates for procurement related transactions.
  • Train Commercial buyers on various aspects of the law relating to their category of spend.
  • Have a strong understanding and working knowledge of intellectual property rights and help to protect Mars IP assets by collaborating with Mars segment IP attorneys.
  • Provide advice on Sustainability-related matters, both regulatory and corporate initiatives, involving Mars' suppliers.
  • Provide advice on Privacy-related matters affecting the Commercial function.
  • Assist Commercial in filing or responding to any claims or disputes with suppliers, including assessment of success, procedural issues, or dispute-related negotiations with such suppliers.
  • Review and assess relevant new legislation/regulation affecting procurement of raw materials or related services and provide clear, business-focused advice to the segment-level Commercial teams on transition and implementation.
  • Collaborate with legal and non-legal Associates on process improvement (end to end) initiatives.
  • Where relevant, supervise the work of external legal counsel to ensure that matters are supported with quality and efficiency in a cost-effective manner.
  • Assist in management of relevant legal budgets in consultation with the segment-level Associate General Counsels.

What We Offer:

  • Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
  • An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request.


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