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Job Summary
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To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Senior Corporate Counsel located in Austin, TX, San Jose, CA, or remote but willing to travel to meet in person periodically.
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Reporting to the SVP, Deputy General Counsel, the Senior Corporate Counsel will be a strategic business partner leading and collaborating on global commercial transactions within our Reliability segment, including the growing Automotive, Health Solutions, and Industrial business units, as well as assisting with variety of day to day operational issues and their commercial legal and business resolution. Ultimately, we would like this role to become a business unit legal lead and beyond.
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What a typical day looks like:
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<li> Review, analyze and assist in drafting of a wide variety of foreign and domestic commercial agreements with Flex's customers covering manufacturing services, procurement of materials, intellectual property, warranty, indemnity, inventory, financing matters, and business hurdles.</li>
<li> Collaborate and be a strategic business partner with internal business leaders and subject matter experts to ensure that customer agreements are aligned with business objectives and financial outcomes.</li>
<li> Work across borders, time zones and cultures with a cross functional group of stakeholders.</li>
<li> Understand the financial impact of deals you negotiate and track and provide insights through the lifecycle of the contract and customer relationship.</li>
<li> Explain complex topics in a clear, easy to understand, high-level manner with executive-level internal clients.</li>
<li> Balance governance and being a solutions provider. Leverage your voice and point of view to influence decision-making.</li>
<li> Use software throughout contracting process, including review, drafting, approvals and storage.</li>
<li> Be innovative in use of systems and tools in bringing our commercial contracting to best-in-class.</li>
<li> Assist in the implementation and enforcement of contracting policies, directives, and strategic initiatives.</li>
<li> Develop and provide legal training to internal clients.</li>
<li> Support any contract interpretations/customer issues and disputes. Collaborate and be a strategic and co-responsible partner to the business in discussions with customers.</li>
<li> Recommend process improvements and simplification initiatives.</li>
<li> Collaborate and help lead the development of the commercial legal function to become world class.</li>
<li> This job description may not represent all the duties and exciting opportunities related to the position; you may be asked to perform other related duties, as needed.</li>
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The experience we’re looking to add to our team:
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<li> A passion for analyzing and negotiating tough and high-dollar customer contracts.</li>
<li> Juris Doctorate from recognized law school.</li>
<li> 8+ years related work experience in contract negotiation; experience in automotive or medical is a plus.</li>
<li> Well-organized and detail oriented with an outstanding work ethic; should be able to independently manage and successfully prioritize numerous projects under deadline pressure.</li>
<li> Strong interpersonal skills; can interact professionally with the internal legal team, internal business clients, our executive leadership team, and Flex’s customers.</li>
<li> Comfortable with taking direction from others on the legal team, and also has strong sense of ownership over projects and proactively looks for ways to improve processes.</li>
<li> Experience and desire to be a leader and a steward of change management as we build our commercial legal function into a world-class team.</li>
<li> Fluent with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), and ability to quickly learn and use internal contract management tools (e.g. Apttus)</li>
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Here are some examples of experience that may be useful:
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<li> Contract manufacturing</li>
<li> Manufacturing industry</li>
<li> Electronics industry</li>
<li> Automotive or medical industry</li>
<li> Litigation</li>
<li> High-volume negotiations</li>
<li> Customer service</li>
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Here are a few examples of what you’ll get for the great work you provide:
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<li> Working with a purpose: Flex manufactures a wide variety of products that impact people’s lives and the world</li>
<li> Interesting work: always changing, evolving, relevant</li>
<li> Robust growth opportunities: we believe in giving people the opportunity to try new things – the world is your oyster</li>
<li> Development: we actively develop our people and are proud of our internal success stories (including the SVP to which you would report – she went from a Senior Director/Senior Corporate Counsel to a Senior Vice President in six years)</li>
<li> Be part of a great and impactful team</li>
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What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:
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<li> Full range of medical benefits, dental, vision</li>
<li> Life Insurance</li>
<li> Annual Bonus Eligibility</li>
<li> Matching 401K</li>
<li> Tracking Free Attendance</li>
<li> Tuition Reimbursement</li>
<li> Employee discounts at local retailers</li>
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Job Category
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<div></div> Relocation: Not eligible
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Is Sponsorship Available?
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