Legal Counsel, Mexico Lead

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Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add a Legal Counsel, Mexico Lead based in Guadalajara, MX reporting to the Sr. Corporate Counsel of Cloud and Cooling business unit. The Legal Counsel, Mexico Lead will be a key part of the Mexico legal team, a critical business partner for the Mexico Operations and Supply Chain leaders of the sites as well as a dedicated commercial partner to the account team of the key customers in Mexico.

This role is essentially a country-specific general counsel assisting with variety of day-to-day operational issues as well as strategic guidance and ability to add global value for the company.

What a typical day looks like:

• Be a part of a 2-3 person regional legal team with responsibilities spanning supply chain agreement negotiation, operational issues, litigation/outside counsel management, real estate, facilities, regulatory, and corporate/entity management.
• Serve as the primary legal point of contact for site customers, supporting customer-facing commercial negotiations and resolving contractual issues and disputes.
• Manage negotiation, drafting, and escalation of foreign and domestic transactions (including commercial agreements) covering manufacturing services, procurement of materials, intellectual property, warranty, indemnity, inventory, and financing issues with customers and OEMS.
• Advise the site on regulatory and compliance requirements, including foreign trade and the IMMEX/maquiladora program, customs, data protection (LFPDPPP), environmental, and anti-corruption obligations.
• Participate and attend labor litigation process in front of the labor courtprocesses before the Mexican conciliation centers (Centros de Conciliación) and labor courts (Tribunales Laborales) to obtain the proper settlement.
• Manage government relations and liaise with federal, state (Jalisco), and municipal authorities and regulatory agencies on matters affecting the site.
• Collaborate with Trade, Government Relations, Human Resources, Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, IT, Labor & Employment to resolve day to day issues.
• Work across borders, time zones and cultures with a cross functional group of stakeholders.
• Explain complex topics in clear, easy to comprehend manner with executive-level internal clients.
• Develop and provide legal training to internal clients, assist in Global Account manager enhancement programs, Diversity and Inclusion programs, talent development, etc.
• This job description may not represent all the duties of the position; you may be asked to perform other related duties as needed.

The experience we're looking to add to our team:

• Licensed Attorney. Juris Doctor (J.D.) Degree.Law Degree (Licenciatura en Derecho) and a valid professional license (cédula profesional).
• Fluent in Spanish and English. (CVs required in English Format)
• Experience in providing legal assistance to executive-level clients in an international manufacturing environment preferred.
• Experience building, developing, leading high-performance teams.
• Working knowledge of Mexican commercial, corporate, and foreign trade regulations, with the ability to manage government relations and represent the site before regulatory authorities.
• Prefer subject matter expertise in one or more of the following areas: Supply Chain, Litigation, Labor & Employment, Trade, or Government Relations.
• Executes and provides input to functional strategic plans and goals for the site. Has experience in guiding major initiatives and provides input to those initiatives. Requires self and innovative thinking to identify and reviewing problems, to establish goals and to evaluate plans and programs

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Competitive Salary.
• Life & Medical insurance.
• Christmas Bonus.
• Food Coupons.
• Saving Fund.

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Job Category

Legal

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