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Legal Counsel Manufacture Mexico & Latam.

Location: Mexico

Reports to: Senior Legal Counsel for Global Manufacturing

Position Summary: Provide legal support in Mexico and other locations in Latin America focusing on Employment Relations Contractual Management Corporate Governance EHS Trade Compliance. This role is instrumental for ensuring an aligned regulatory compliance and the day to day supporting of the manufacturing operations.

Key Responsibilities:

Legal Support: Provide legal advice on Employment Law Contractual Corporate Industrial Safety & Environmental IMMEX Regime and other Trade Regulations in Mexico and Latin America.

Regulatory Compliance: Drive compliance with local and international laws and regulations applicable.

Contract Management: Draft review and negotiate contracts. Support the management of agreements.

Litigation and Disputes: Control & Follow up of Litigation.

Training: Design & execute training programs for employees.

Corporate Relations: Collaborate with other departments to align legal strategies to corporate objectives.

Reporting: Prepare legal reports of cases sites new legislation. Use of AI and digital tools to ensure efficiency.

SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM:Typically an individual contributor with responsibility in a professional discipline or specialty. Delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering and overseeing the projects from design to implementation - while and adhering to policies using specialized knowledge and skills normally acquired through advanced education.

DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS

Autonomy:Established and productive individual contributor.
Works independently with general supervision on larger moderately complex projects / assignments.

Organizational Impact:Sets objectives for own job area to meet the objectives of projects and assignments.
Contributes to the completion of project milestones .
May have some involvement in cross functional assignments.

Innovation and Complexity:Problems and issues faced are general and may require understanding of broader set of issues or other job areas but typically are not complex .
Makes adjustments or recommends enhancements in systems and processes to solve problems or improve effectiveness of job area.

Communication and Influence:Communicates primarily and frequently with internal contacts .
External interactions are less complex or problem solving in nature.
Contacts others to share information status needs and issues in order to inform gain input and support decision-making.

Leadership and Talent Management:May provide guidance and assistance to entry level professionals and / or employee in Support Career Stream.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

Education: Law degree from a reputed Law School. An LLM would be a plus.

Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience practicing Law in-house and/or at a Law Firm Experience in Manufacturing and/or Health Care / Medical Devices industries would be a plus.

Knowledge: General knowledge and interest in Labor Contractual Corporate Industrial Safety Environmental and Foreign Trade in Mexico and Latin America.

Skills: Strategic thinker strong legal acumen flexibility good communication problem-solving skills. Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Languages: Fluency in Spanish and English.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits resources and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend life unites a global team of 95000 passionate people.
We are engineers at heart putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab to the factory floor to the conference room every one of us experiments creates builds improves and solves. We have the talent diverse perspectives and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

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