Commercial Solicitor

Job description

Job Description

An ever-evolving heritage. A truly exciting future. Two of the world’s most iconic brands. Jaguar Land Rover is revered across the globe. Continually pushing the boundaries of innovation and redefining the benchmark for excellence, we set the standards others want to follow. We want to keep it that way too. Which is where you join the journey.

What to expect:

Our organisation is full of momentum, but the faster we evolve, the more complex it can become. As we grow, we’re purchasing even more goods and services from suppliers in every corner of the globe. Your primary responsibility will be to provide legal support relating to the procurement of goods and services from Jaguar Land Rover’s varied and global supply base. This is a key in-house role with responsibility for building relationships with internal clients, and advising them on both legal and commercial issues and risks. Candidates should have a desire to understand how JLR’s business operates and the key risk areas affecting those operations.

The role is to be predominately based at our offices in Gaydon, Warwickshire, however you will be required to travel throughout our West Midlands sites so flexibility is a must.

Key Responsibilities:
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts including professional services contracts, IT agreements, logistics agreements and standard terms and conditions
• Managing your own matters and clients, whilst working as part of a small and busy team
• Providing analysis and counsel on a wide variety of legal and policy issues
• Working with colleagues at all levels to promote and ensure that both legal and operational policies and procedures are adhered to.

Key Relationships:
• Work as a part of a small legal team whilst also liaising with the wider JLR global legal function
• Close working relationship with internal clients and key stakeholders, such a Purchasing, Finance and Tax teams so as to become their “trusted adviser”
• management of outside counsel as required

The salary range for this role is £40,000 to £60,000 depending on PQE.

Desired profile

Candidate Profile

What you’ll need:

• Proven experience of advising on commercial contracts
• Qualified solicitor
• Strong private practice background
• In house experience (desirable)
• Ability to think laterally and provide legal advice which is relevant and tailored to commercial risks
• Personable, a good negotiator and communicator of both written and verbal information
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Confident user with Microsoft Word
• Degree qualified

Please note, we reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.

Benefits

Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you will find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team. As well as the impressive benefits that all our employees receive (including a privilege car purchase scheme, competitive pension scheme and 26 days holiday entitlement), there are some additional benefits open to our Managers. This includes access to our highly competitive Employee Car Ownership (ECO) scheme which provides a Jaguar, Land Rover or Ford brand car at extremely favourable cost compared to traditional company car lease schemes. In addition to the car scheme we provide private health cover (which includes travel insurance) and performance-related bonus schemes. All this and more makes Jaguar Land Rover the perfect place to continue your journey.