Jobbeschreibung
KWS is one of the world's leading plant breeding companies. Over 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.5 billion in the fiscal year 2021/2022. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for 165 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugarbeet, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflower. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants' resistance to diseases, pests and abiotic stress. To that end, the company invested more than €285 million last fiscal year in research and development.For our Global Legal & IP Team, we are seeking to recruit a Senior Legal Counsel - Business Partner Legal Commercial (m/f/d) for the KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA. The Business Partner Legal Commercial (m/f/d) is the main contact for all legal questions, in particular for our internationally active business unit corn seeds as well as the expanding business area of nutritional food ingredients and provides high-quality and business-oriented legal advice. He (m/f/d) acts as a pro-active and pragmatic sparring partner for the KWS business based on an in-depth market understanding of the seed industry. This is a permanent position and available in full-time. The place of work is our HQ in Einbeck (Lower Saxony) or our office in Berlin.
Your Tasks:
- Providing high-quality legal advice on all legal issues mainly relating to our internationally active Business Unit Corn as well as to our expanding business area of nutritional food ingredients, in particular regarding licensing, distribution, service, supply, lease, purchase, confidentiality, marketing and other commercial agreements
- Steering and coordinating civil and administrative litigation matters
- Acts as a sparring partner to the business in identifying new business opportunities, structuring marketing models in a legally sound and pragmatic manner with appropriate consideration of the big picture
- Legal support for mergers and acquisitions
- Supporting the Expert Hub Legal in the development and implementation of standard contracts, templates, model clauses, legal document management, and know-how/license management with the help of Legal Tech, as well as in overarching corporate matters
- Management and coordination of external legal advisors
- Fully qualified lawyer or comparable degree
- Extensive experience in the field of commercial law in a globally acting industry environment
- Broad knowledge in the field of law (national and international)
- Ability to provide legally sound yet pragmatic legal advice
- Certain degree of flexibility and mobility
- Excellent customer orientation as well as entrepreneurial way of thinking and working
- Excellent communication skills with different target groups and hierarchy levels
- Team player with independent way of working and social competence
- Fluent in English and German (written and spoken)
- An exceptionally interesting and diverse job in an international environment with the opportunity to contribute innovative ideas
- Working in an international, highly motivated and dynamic team with flat hierarchies
- Targeted professional and personal development opportunities
- Flexible working hours with the possibility of hybrid work
- Flexible choice of location between our headquarters in Einbeck, Lower Saxony, and our "KWS Kontor" in Berlin
- As a family-run company we are guided by the values of closeness, reliability, foresight and independence; this culture is lived out in practice, creating an open and friendly working atmosphere.
- True to our motto “Make yourself grow!”, we support employees' professional and personal development
- We offer excellent work equipment and sufficient parking spaces at the KWS location
- We create the appropriate conditions for you: an attractive salary including Christmas and holiday bonuses, capital-forming benefits, childcare allowance, job bike.