Job Description

Senior Contracts Administrator Legal
Durban - KwaZulu Natal - South Africa

Our client, a multinational manufacturing company in South Africa, is looking for a Senior Contracts Administrator for a Permanent role to advise on the commercial legal & contractual requirements & litigious matters for the division & provide support

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Laws or Bachelor of Commerce in Law
• Admitted Attorney
• Company Secretarial knowledge
• 3 years' commercial experience

Key Performance Areas:

• Draft, vet, negotiate, & interpret commercial agreements, legal correspondence, & memoranda within defined timelines
• Review external commercial agreements and other legal documents received from third parties
• Identify, manage and advise on legal and contractual risk
• Draft agreement and risk summaries to highlight risks in agreements
• Supervise the Contracts Administrator on new vendor credit applications
• Assist with contract management, including timeous renewal of agreements
• Monthly review of the changes to the legal contracts register
• Assist with the management of published agreements, letterheads, and legal information
• Review of the quarterly contracts register for board packs
• Update the finance bad debt register with monthly progress on matters
• Address ad hoc Corporate head office legal and divisional reports and updates
• Compile reports on commercial legal and litigious matters
• Responsible for perusal and amendment of all legal correspondence and attending to all requirements concerning litigation matters
• Co-ordinate legal matters requiring external legal assistance
• Review and Drafting of legal letters, legal notices and correspondence

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Kelly Sinclair Recruitment