General Counsel
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Job Description
Milacron is seeking a General Counsel to join our team in Batavia OH. In this executive role you will partner with the leadership team with a significant impact on business strategy and decisionmaking. You will play a critical role in ensuring the company always operates within the law has a pragmatic handson approach to dealing with legal issues and serves as an effective guardian of the organization. You will identify and analyze legal issues negotiate and draft key documents present clear recommendations to top management and at times the Milacron Board of Directors play a significant role in mergers and acquisitions and assure legal compliance.
Relocation assistance may be available to those residing outside of the Greater Cincinnati/TriState area.
Work Youll Do:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership:
- Serve as key legal advisor in providing a balance of counsel business legal and strategic to management in a wide range of matters
- Lead and develop legal strategy to promote and protect the organizations business interests
- Oversee the delivery of legal services and resources to accomplish organizational goals strategies and priorities.
Legal Counsel and Advisor
- Develop the organizations policies on industryspecific issues or regulatory affair
- Assist in due diligence and transaction and document negotiation in connection with mergers and acquisitions
- Oversee complex litigation matters
- Anticipate and mitigate potential legal problems within the organization and develop strategies to avoid litigation and reduce potential areas of risk
- Maintain proper organizational interactions with the relevant country local state and federal governmental bodies legislatures and the community at large
- Manage external legal advisors.
Contract Management
- Negotiate draft and enforce agreements and other legal documents to ensure the companys full legal rights
- Provide clarification to the organization regarding legal language or specifications
- Proactively anticipate potential risks and implement mitigation strategies
Team Leadership and Development:
- Lead engage develop motivate and drive the performance of the legal team
- Create and drive internal best practices and associated training
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Directly supervises employees. Carries out supervisory responsibilities per company policies the Code of Ethical Business Conduct and applicable laws.
- Responsibilities include interviewing hiring and training employees; planning assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and managing employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Qualifications External
Skills/Experience:
- Minimum 10 years experience required with at least 5 years as inhouse Legal Counsel of a multinational corporation and experience leading a legal team preferred
- Demonstrated ability to manage litigation required
- Expertise in commercial transactions and contract law required
- High degree of professional ethics and integrity required
- Sound judgment and ability to analyze situations and information required
- Outstanding communication skills required
- Public company experiences preferred
- Experience with data and cybersecurity matters is strongly preferred
- Experience with contract life cycle management tools is a plus
- Demonstrated leadership as a Doer and handson leader; a player/coach for the team with a passion for learning and who embraces diversity as a core value; with an eye for talent and committed to developing others
- Comfortable operating at all levels within the organization and with multiple and diverse audiences with a high level of diplomacy and gravitas to work effectively with senior and executive leaders.
Education:
- J.D. from an accredited law school and licensed to practice law in at least one state in the United States with a minimum of 10 years of applicable inhouse or private practice experience.
Travel:Up to 25 travel may be required.
Physical Demands:
To perform this job successfully the physical demands listed are representative of those that must be met by an employee. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. #LISC1
Who we are:
Milacron is a global leader in the manufacture distribution and service of highly engineered and customized systems within the $27 billion plastic technology and processing industry. We are the only global company with a fullline product portfolio that includes hot runner systems injection molding extrusion equipment. We maintain strong market positions across these products as well as leading positions in process control systems mold bases and components maintenance repair and operating (MRO) supplies for plastic processing equipment. Our strategy is to deliver highly customized equipment components and service to our customers throughout the lifecycle of their plastic processing technology systems.
EEO: The policy of Milacron is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individuals age race color sex religion national origin disability sexual orientation gender identity/expression or veteran status. We are committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and offer opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment email us at . In your email please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
Employment Type
Full-Time
