Are you energized in building internal relationships with multiple business teams to support the business growth plans of the LEGO Group?
Look no further and bring to bear your credible contract leadership skills of accurate contracts and be a strong business partner to resolve business challenges!
Core Responsibilities
This role will provide contract management (80%) and corporate secretarial coordination (20%) services with a business partnering attitude to support the LEGO Group’s commercial operations in the APAC region.
Your responsibilities include the following:
- Work closely with APAC Legal Team to draft, review, negotiate and monitor LEGO Group’s sales and distribution contracts for the APAC region
- Provide crucial contract management services to internal collaborators by providing guidance to the different teams on contract generation, identify contracting issues, resolve conflicts, provide/coordinate legal advice, renew and redraft contracts
- Maintain, improve and update our standard contract templates according to local laws and internal practices
- Handle an accurate database of signed contracts and connect with internal and external collaborators on the status of the contracts.
- Handle such other contract management duties as assigned from time to time
- Provide general corporate secretarial support for legal maintenance of LEGO Group’s entities in APAC, including overseeing local compliances and regulatory filings by working with outside counsels and supporting corporate activities and projects such as board meeting preparation, director changes, de-registration of companies, etc
Play your part in our team succeeding!
This role is part of the LEGO Group’s China & APAC Legal team and will be reporting to the Legal Director of APAC. There is possibility of further extension of this contract position, depending on performance and business requirements.
Our Team Values:
- Supportive
- Collaborative
- Accessible
- Diligent (Conscientious)
- Value adding
- Proactive
It is our mission, as members of Legal, Compliance and Risk, to provide proactive and qualified support in a way that makes valuable contributions to the business.
Do you have what it takes:
- Bachelor/Diploma/Certification in law, contracts, paralegal, business administration, finance or similar field
- Min. 5 years prior experience working as a contract manager or related job role
- Prior experience handling regional contract management and corporate secretarial related work
- Contract drafting and negotiation skill
- Meticulous and thorough
- Good organisation skills, and able to multi-task
- Good written communication skills in English
- Strong communication, collaborator management and negotiation skills
- Ability to work independently, and under pressure, to meet deadlines
- Prior experience in a multi-national company or consumer industry
- Working knowledge of contract management systems
Possibility of extension.
No relocation assistance is offered for this position.
Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
What’s in it for you?
Here is what you can expect:
Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.
Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.
Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.
The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.
Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. For all candidates, if you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.
The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.
Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.
Just imagine building your dream career.
Then make it real.
Join the LEGO® team today.
Apply online at our LEGO Careers Portal today at: https://www.lego.com/en-nz/careers/job/legal-consultant-6-months-contract-d202cb32610510050a2908fae55c0000
