Job Post:Contracts Lawyer at Cargill

Job Purpose and Impact

The Contracts Lawyer will be responsible to review, draft and negotiate variety of commercial contracts ranging from low to high complexity for the assigned areas. In this role, you will leverage the established forms, templates, playbooks and processes to review and draft standard and non-standard contracts, negotiate third party contracts and track legal matters and trends. You will partner with business team members, subject matter experts and other lawyers and paralegals who provide counsel related to a variety of contracts for the company.

Key Accountabilities

Collaborate with members of the law team and clients to structure and execute variety of complex commercial transactions following the established procedures.
Draft, review and negotiate legal documents including a wide variety of commercial contracts such as agreements relating to information technology, intellectual property, procurement, service, consulting, distribution, external manufacturing, sales, license and other legal agreements.
Leverage systems for workflow management, tracking and communicating the status of legal matters.
Apply general knowledge to support for the assigned contract categories, including template, playbook, quality control oversight and customer experience.
Provide support on special projects as appropriate.
Pursue professional development in support of the global contracts group, law and company priorities.
Independently solve complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating issues to appropriate staff.
Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree in Law (B.A. L.L.B)
Other minimum qualifications may apply

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum of four years’ related work experience
Detail-oriented professional with knowledge and experience in common law legal principles and contracts.
Previous experience on contract drafting, review and negotiation.
Experience working with information technology agreements.
Experience with contract lifecycle management system