Senior Legal Contracts Manager

2 months ago

Kempton Park Isando, South Africa Cochrane Global Full time
Sr. Legal Contracts Manager Job DescriptionAbout the Role

Cochrane Global is seeking a seasoned Legal Contracts Manager to join our team. As a key member of our legal department, you will be responsible for managing contracts, terms, and conditions for credit applications and supplier agreements.

Key Responsibilities
  • Vetting contracts, terms, and conditions for credit applications and supplier agreements
  • Centralized source for all contracts
  • Manage risk within contracts under the guidance of Departmental Manager: Legal
  • Review all "Conditions of Contract" included in contract documents to have a detailed understanding of contractual setup of each contract. Organize and maintain a mapping of main contractual responsibilities
  • Assist Project Managers/Regional Services Managers to prepare and submit contractual claims, contractual notices, extensions of time where applicable, both with Clients and Sub-Contractors
  • Draft Company resolutions for signature
  • Continuous Liaison of all stakeholders
  • Vetting of tender/bid terms and conditions as well as draft contracts at tender stage
  • Assistance with gathering claims documents and supporting evidence
  • Assist with reviewing and drafting of contractual correspondence
  • Evaluate Customer commercial terms and provide guidance to ensure best practice compliance with Company policy
  • Vetting and assistance in drafting lease agreements, guarantees, services agreements, etc
  • Document management and filing
  • Assistance with insurance claims (collecting claim notices and required documents)
  • Drafting of policies and procedures
  • Advise on and ensuring compliance with applicable legislation
  • Vetting and drafting of SLA's, MOU's, and NDA's commercial management support of all contracts
  • Contribute to the implementation of legal commercial contracts processes and provide templates to entities within the group
  • Employee may be required to perform any other adhoc duties required by your designated departmental manager
  • Strong emphasis on contract filing, administration, and data capture on various systems such as CRM
Critical Cross Field Outcomes
  • Perform all duties to latest ISO 9001 Requirements
  • Function as part of a Team
  • Ensure total confidentiality of all information, internal and external, pertaining to the Business of all its Employees and Management
  • Perform all necessary computer functions, insuring system backups are in place
  • Communicate with clients in a professional manner
  • Maintain discipline in the organisation to legal requirements and Company policies & procedures
Required Competence and/or Qualifications
  • Matric and relevant tertiary qualification (Paralegal, LLB or studying towards law LLB/Law Degree and/or BCOM Law, contract administration diplomas and/or contract management courses)
  • 8 – 10 years Legal Officer/Paralegal experience specialising in construction or within the corporate environment
  • Minimum 5 – 8 years, Experience in Project/Operational Contract Management in Services or Construction Environment, particularly utilising internationally recognised Conditions of Contract (such as JBCC, FIDIC, NEC, GCC, SCC, etc)
  • Meticulous, accurate, methodical, systematic
  • Knowledge base: Construction/Build/Services environment
  • Corporate paralegal type role
  • Three to Five years' experience in a similar position & environment
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Good interpersonal people skills
  • Understanding Commercial Terms. Forward cover, forex, Incoterms
Job Type

Full-time

Education

Bachelors (Preferred) or higher

Experience

Legal Officer/Paralegal: 8 – 10 years (Preferred)

Project / Operational Contract Management: 5-8 years (Preferred)

License/Certification

Driver's License (Preferred)

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