Deputy Manager - Corporate Legal - Contract Management - Automobile Business (4-11 yrs)

Profile: Deputy Manager - Corporate Legal (Contract Management)

Location: Chennai

Industry: Automobile

Responsibilities:

- The Incumbent will be required to partner with and support the local teams from various departments to understand the project requirements or risks, complete the contract review and/or draft, collaborate with the line of business and legal team, and participate in the negotiations, as required.

- The Incumbent will support review and negotiations from a commercial and legal perspective and engage internal subject matter experts, as needed, including, Manufacturing, Finance, Procurement, Product development, HR.

- Contract drafting, review, and negotiations to help internal stakeholders close agreements as per the established company guidelines and turn around time (TAT).

- Conducting risk/gap analysis and preparation of deviation reports or memo to advise internal stakeholders on various issues and projects.

- Legal research on relevant regulations applicable to the auto industry

- Assist in preparing and maintaining legal databases for contracts and other legal documents.

- Assist in preparing and updating standard templates that may be used by business team to cover various business transactions

- Keep track of legal work handled at the business location and update the cross functions as and when required.

- Dispute management, early resolution, preventing escalations, managing litigation/arbitration

- Strategising conflict management to ensure least risk/cost outcome

- Lead and manage a team of legal office

- Success metrics of the role

- Effective coordination with the cross function

- Increasing complexity of contracts

- Balancing business interests and legal risks

- Constant prioritization