Legal Counsel - SRP Africa

The Legal and Compliance Counsel, Africa, will serve as a strategic and commercial legal and compliance advisor within Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions. This individual will play a key role in the Africa Sales Areas, ensuring sound legal and compliance practices within the organization. The role will further encompass supporting the business's growth and development through providing comprehensive legal advice, assessing and mitigating risks, and managing various legal disciplines.

Legal Counsel will work closely with the BA General Counsel and other key stakeholders to ensure that legal support is aligned with strategic initiatives and major projects initiated by BA and Divisions management.

The job responsibilities:

• Assess and mitigate key risks in line with the Sandvik Way.
• Coordinate legal and compliance work across the Africa sales areas and provide necessary support and advice across the SRP organization in Africa.
• Facilitate legal and compliance integration in line with the company's expansion.
• Manage a variety of commercial agreements, negotiations, legal documents, correspondence, and governance.
• Provide legal training, integrate and implement the BA processes and tools to support the business.
• Manage disputes and ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and Sandvik Group and BA Legal and Compliance policies and procedures.
• Occasionally support matters related to corporate governance, data privacy, financing, competition law, and IT and digital law.
• Play an active role in the creation, implementation, and enhancement of Sandvik's compliance program, including anti-corruption, anti-bribery, and data privacy initiatives.
• Work proactively with the business teams to understand their needs and provide legally sound, clear, and practical advice to meet business objectives while managing and mitigating associated legal risks.
• Keep up to date with changes in regulatory legislation and guidelines, and interpret laws, rulings, and regulations that could impact the company.
• Contribute to the strategic legal decisions involving the company's structure and legal rights and obligations.

Qualifications & Experience Requirements

• Degree in law (LLB or equivalent).
• At least 5 years' experience gained within a top tier law firm and/or an in-house legal function of a multinational company.
• Corporate transactional experience including mergers and acquisitions will be considered favorably.
• Experience in managing external legal costs effectively.

Other Requirements & Competencies

• The role will appeal to candidates who have maturity and initiative and a desire to use their experience to support the business and BA SRP in all aspects of legal and risk issues.
• Experience in analysis of complex issues and risk management. Attention to detail and willingness and ability to marshal the relevant facts are important.
• Understanding key strategic and business drivers for the BA and the legal issues affecting the organization and their implications in different Group companies and across borders.
• Ability to gain the confidence and respect of regional management and provide advice with integrity and insight.
• Ensure regular communication on opportunities, risks, and relevant regulatory and compliance issues across the organization by developing effective internal and external relationships within the region.
• Provide confidence in the quality and effectiveness of services provided by the Legal Support Function to ensure that legal advice is sought proactively at all appropriate stages.
• Capability to build strong relations and offer legal advice based on sound judgment and thorough business understanding.
• Ability to merge stakeholder expectations with applicable laws and regulatory requirements.
• Excellent knowledge of legal and compliance aspects of the core business.
• Strong ability to act independently and decisively.
• Aptitude to work effectively in a global setting, demonstrating excellent communication skills in English.
• Ability to adapt to different situations and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Excellent service attitude, coupled with an innovative mindset.
• Practical, structured, and detailed approach to work, with an ability to prioritize and multitask.

The role is based in Kempton Park, Spartan.

What is in it for you?

• We offer you an interesting role in an international business environment, extraordinary products, great colleagues, and opportunities for your professional development. At Sandvik, we believe that diversity of experience, perspective, and background will lead to a better environment for our employees, our business, and, thereby, our customers.

Application

• Send your application as soon as possible as we will be evaluating candidates continuously, and no later than 20 November 2024.
• Read more about Sandvik Group and apply at home.sandvik/career.

About us:

• Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a leading supplier of equipment, tools, parts, service, and solutions for processing rock and minerals in the mining and construction industries. Application areas include crushing and screening, breaking and demolition.