Legal and Contracts Manager

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A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there's something for everyone to get stuck into. And that's where you come in.

Cape Town, South Africa (Hybrid)

Legal Support to Ground Transportation Systems Business:

• Responsible for drafting, negotiating, preparing and managing the contracts to be executed from proposal to completion of projects, including partnerships and supply chain.
• Work closely with operational functions and help in elaborating relevant contractual solutions and identifying contractual, legal and compliance stakes so that risks are detected, measured and mitigated.
• In compliance with the relevant Group policies, the Job Holder will interface with external counsels and law firms for analysis and management of specific legal issues in the framework of complex contractual and/or legal arrangements.
• Provide legal guidance, advise and promote legal awareness.
• Manage Resolution of Disputes and Litigation relying on local law firms.

Corporate Secretariat, Governance & Board Office:

• Provide expertise in local legal and contractual systems related to GTS business activities in South Africa.
• Draft, update, Implement and monitor the Governance rules and delegations of authority/signature in line with Hitachi Rail rules and local laws.
• Perform secretarial responsibilities for corporate bodies (Board(s), General Meeting(s) and Management Meetings including related preparation and documentation.
• Responsible for addressing corporate law, governance and compliance aspects for GTS SA.
• Draft and sign on behalf of shareholders the statutory resolutions required for the compliance of companies with local company laws/regulations.
• Secure the legal sustainability and continuity of GTS SA, particularly to adapt to changes in laws, regulations and succession of management.

Legal Accreditations and Documentation:

• Manage, update, renew and archive legal and contractual documents.
• Monitor the timely updating and renewal of local administrative documents.
• Manage the legal qualification and local legal accreditations of GTS SA to be qualified to perform business and commercial activities in compliance with local regulations (including B-BBEE regulations requirements).

Compliance:

• Be the GTS SA Compliance Officer as defined in applicable instructions.
• Manage trade compliance incl. export control.
• Responsible of the deployment / management of RGPD rules at GTS SA and provide trainings whenever requested.
• Contribute to the implementation of Hitachi Rail Group / GTS ethics & compliance standards, and as such participate notably to the deployment of an ethics & compliance communication and training plan.
• The Job Holder will assist the GTS SA Country Captain in addressing audit reviews (internal and external), corporate law, governance and compliance aspects for the Companies.
• Ensuring GTS SAs compliance with the Group's / GTS directives as well as with applicable laws and regulations, including Trade compliance, Competition Laws Compliance, Data Protection Compliance, Anticorruption Compliance.

Litigation management:

• Review, in coordination with relevant GTS / Corporate stakeholders, progress of outstanding litigation and liaise with and manage external lawyers whenever requested.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• A Master's degree will be added advantage
• 2/3+ years of relevant experience in In-house Legal, contracts and commercial management in local and international environment with exposure to Public Procurement contracts, Corporate Laws and Trade compliance.
• Experience in working in a multi-national company
• Experience in Company secretarial works
• Experience in bids and projects in South Africa
• Practice of BBBEE regulations

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