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In 2020, Keurig Dr Pepper established a best-in-class beverage concentrate manufacturing facility in Newbridge, County Kildare, known as KDP Ireland. KDP Ireland also operates a Global Procurement centre of excellence, providing procurement services and purchasing activities for Keurig Dr Pepper’s global operations.

Corporate Counsel KDP Ireland is seeking to add a strategic, agile and proactive Corporate Counsel.

The successful candidate will report to the Sr Director, Legal, based in Frisco, Texas, and will provide general commercial legal support to the Direct Procurement organization.

The successful candidate will exhibit strong drafting, review and negotiation skills as well as the ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

·         Provide strategic legal advice and practical solutions to the Direct Procurement organization on a wide range of commercial legal and compliance matters

·         Draft and negotiate complex supply chain contracts including identifying issues and risks (e.g. indemnification, limitation of liability) and coordinating with necessary subject matter experts on topics such as IP, insurance, regulatory, tax, finance, data protection, etc.

·         Bring structure, consistency and efficiency to the legal department’s operations and support across international Direct Procurement operations, including developing international best practices that will mitigate the company’s risk

·         Partner with Direct Procurement leadership and Procurement Enable & Operations to develop and implement the strategic direction for KDP’s Direct Procurement organization

·         Develop strong relationships with business partners and work strategically with KDP’s business teams to reach company’s goals; have regular and significant interaction with key functional areas including business unit leaders

·         Collaborate efficiently and effectively across legal and business functions in a manner that adds value, balances risk and protects the company’s reputation

·         Support the Legal department’s efficiency initiatives through various internal projects and track and report on progress

·         Follow all KDP Global and Ireland specific policies and procedures

·         Set the tone to integrate the global legal support function into the local leadership teams in a manner that is accountable and customer centric

Requirements

·         10+ years’ experience in general commercial law and international business law with a multinational corporation and/or large law firm

·         Experience drafting, negotiating and implementing high-value contracts on behalf of multinational organizations

·         Prior experience with a multinational manufacturing company

·         Experience advising global teams in broad range of procurement activity across the full contract lifecycle, from bid solicitation, competitive bidding, vendor selection, to contract negotiation, administration and claim evaluation.

·         Ability to work in a fast-paced organization; manage and prioritized multiple issues and projects while being highly responsive

·         Excellent judgment in knowing how to proactively communicate, escalate issues and propose solutions

·         Analytical / Problem Solving Skills

·         Collaborative behaviours, including ability to effectively communicate with business leaders

·         Strong decision-making abilities and experience leading teams and/or large projects

·         Ability to function at a high level where geographically separated from the larger corporate legal team

To apply, please apply here.

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