Legal Counsel Procurement

Job Description
As Legal Counsel, you will provide legal and compliance support to Procurement, STO sites, and GCCs. Your role will contribute to building a best-in-class procurement function by advising on legal and compliance matters related to procurement activities. Additionally, you will support a broad range of corporate, compliance, and operational legal issues across STO sites and GCCs.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Provide legal and compliance support for Procurement across all direct and indirect categories, including commercial procurement activities.
• Support the negotiation, drafting, and review of commercial agreements with suppliers and other external partners.
• Advise on legal matters related to STO sites and GCCs, including corporate governance, compliance, and day-to-day operational topics.
• Act as a legal business partner to Procurement, while contributing to risk assessments and strategic decision-making.
• Support the resolution of disputes, claims, and litigation related to Procurement and STO operations.
• Coordinate with external counsel as needed and monitors legal spend in assigned areas.
• Provide legal input on regulatory topics relevant to manufacturing, supply chain, and procurement, including third-party audits and product-related matters.
• Collaborate with other Legal & Compliance colleagues and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure aligned and effective legal support.
• Contribute to legal simplification and standardization initiatives, including the use of templates, playbooks, and training materials.
• Support STO sites and GCCs in adhering to all applicable policies, and advise on appropriate actions, training needs and risk assessments in collaboration with the Integrity & Compliance Function.

What You Will Bring To The Role

• University degree in law
• Minimum 5+ years of legal experience in an international environment, ideally within the pharmaceutical industry or another highly regulated sector, or gained at a top-tier law firm.
• Familiarity with global, cross-functional collaboration in a multinational organization such as Sandoz or a comparable company.
• Strong contract drafting and legal analysis skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities, with the capacity to provide clear legal advice to business stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively under time pressure and manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Fluency in English essential, additional language is desirable.

You'll Receive
Employment at the most reputable employer in Slovenia offers Competitive salary, Annual bonus, Flexible working schedule, tailored to your needs, possibility to work from home, Pension scheme, Employee Recognition Scheme, Expanded program for the promotion of health in the field of physical, mental and social well-being (Energized for Life), Unlimited learning and development opportunities.

Possible job locations:
Slovenia (Ljubljana)
We offer a
permanent contract with 6 months probation period
. You are kindly invited to submit your application in English language, including CV, by

.

Why Sandoz?
Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, touched the lives of almost 500 million patients last year and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more

With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum and entrepreneurial spirit is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is encouraged

The future is ours to shape

Commitment To Diversity & Inclusion
Sandoz is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team's representative of the patients and communities we serve.

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Kot pravni svetovalec boste nudili pravno in skladnostno podporo funkciji Nabava, proizvodnim lokacijam v okviru Sandozovih tehničnih operacij (STO) in globalnim kompetenčnim centrom (GCC).

Vaša vloga bo prispevala k razvoju vrhunske nabavne funkcije z zagotavljanjem pravnega svetovanja in podpore pri skladnosti poslovanja v povezavi z nabavnimi dejavnostmi. Poleg tega boste podpirali širok spekter korporativnih, skladnostnih in operativnih pravnih zadev na lokacijah STO in v GCC-jih.

Vaše Ključne Odgovornosti

• Zagotavlja pravno podporo in podporo na področju skladnosti za Nabavo v vseh kategorijah (direktnih in indirektnih), vključno s komercialnimi nabavnimi dejavnostmi.
• Podpira pogajanja, pripravo in pregled komercialnih pogodb z dobavitelji in drugimi zunanjimi partnerji.
• Pravno svetuje pri zadevah povezanimi z lokacijami STO in GCC, vključno na področju korporativnega upravljanja, skladnosti in drugimi vsakodnevnimi operativnimi zadevami.
• Deluje kot poslovni partner za pravne zadeve za Nabavo ter prispeva k oceni tveganj in strateškim odločitvam.
• Podpira reševanje sporov, zahtevkov in pravdnih postopkov, povezanih z Nabavo in STO lokacijami.
• Po potrebi sodeluje z zunanjimi pravnimi svetovalci ter upravlja pravne stroške na dodeljenih področjih.
• Podaja pravna mnenja glede regulatornih tem, povezanih s proizvodnjo, dobavno verigo in nabavo, vključno s pregledi s strani tretjih oseb in vprašanji, povezanimi s proizvodi.
• Sodeluje z drugimi sodelavci iz funkcije Pravne zadeve in Skladnost ter z drugimi deležniki iz različnih funkcij z namenom zagotavljanja usklajene in učinkovite pravne podpore.
• Prispeva k poenostavitvam, standardizaciji in avtomatizaciji v Nabavi, vključno z razvojem in uvedbo standardiziranih predlog pogodb, priročnikov in izobraževalnih gradiv.
• Podpira STO lokacije in GCC-je pri spoštovanju vseh veljavnih politik ter svetuje glede ustreznih ukrepov, potreb po usposabljanju in ocenah tveganj v sodelovanju s funkcijo Integriteta & Skladnost.

Kaj pričakujemo?

• Univerzitetno stopnjo izobrazbe s področja prava.
• Najmanj 5 let pravnih izkušenj v mednarodnem okolju, po možnosti v farmacevtski industriji, drugem visoko reguliranem sektorju ali vrhunski odvetniški pisarni.
• Poznavanje globalnega, medfunkcijskega sodelovanja v multinacionalnem podjetju, kot je Sandoz ali primerljivo podjetje.
• Visoko strokovnost pri oblikovanju pogodb in izvajanju pravnih analiz.
• Odlične ustne in pisne komunikacijske sposobnosti ter sposobnost jasnega pravnega izražanja pri svetovanju poslovnim deležnikom.
• Sposobnost učinkovitega dela pod časovnim pritiskom in upravljanja več prednostnih nalog v dinamičnem okolju.
• Tekoče znanje angleščine, zaželjeno je tudi znanje dodatnega jezika.

Kaj Nudimo
Zaposlitev pri najuglednejšem delodajalcu v Sloveniji vam prinaša konkurenčen plačni paket, letni bonus, fleksibilen način dela z možnostjo prilagajanja urnika in delom od doma, pokojninsko shemo, shemo nagrajevanja in priznanja dosežkov, razširjeni program promocije zdravja na področju telesnega, duševnega in družbenega počutja (Polni življenja) ter dogodke, neomejene priložnosti za učenje in razvoj.

Možne lokacije dela:
Slovenija (Ljubljana).

Z izbranim kandidatom bomo sklenili
delovno razmerje za nedoločen čas s poskusno dobo 6 mesecev
. Prijave z življenjepisom v angleškem jeziku lahko oddate najkasneje do

preko spletne povezave.

Zakaj Sandoz in Lek?
Generična in podobna biološka zdravila so hrbtenica svetovne industrije zdravil. Pri zagotavljanju več kot 900 milijonov terapij s Sandozevimi zdravili bolnikom po vsem svetu, sodeluje ljudi več kot 100 narodnosti. Na ta dosežek smo ponosni, a si želimo še več

Z naložbami v nove razvojne zmogljivosti, najsodobnejše proizvodne lokacije, nove pridobitve in partnerstva imamo priložnost oblikovati prihodnost Sandoza in Leka ter še večjemu številu bolnikov omogočiti trajnostni dostop do cenovno ugodnih in visokokakovostnih zdravil.

Naša zagon in podjetniški duh temeljita na odprti kulturi sodelovanja, katere srce so naši talentirani in ambiciozni sodelavci ter sodelavke. V okolju, kjer je raznolikost dobrodošla in kjer se spodbuja osebna rast, imajo v zameno za uporabo svojih znanj, možnost v celoti izkusiti delo v agilnem in povezovalnem okolju in z možnostjo fleksibilnega in hibridnega dela razvijati svojo kariero.

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