Legal Procurement Advisor

Responsibilities

• Understand and negotiate standard procurement agreements
• Provide advice on regulatory compliance and legal requirements applicable to procurement contracts
• Participate in procurement negotiations
• Ensure desired business and legal terms and conditions are accurately captured in each agreement
• Ensure contracts appropriately reflect Key’s risk tolerances
• Work closely with internal risk partners and internal clients to ensure business and regulatory requirements are met
• Provide legal counsel primarily to procurement strategists

Essential Functions

• Act as knowledgeable business partner by providing competent and effective legal advice and support
• Provide procurement legal contract support for assigned clients with focus on obtaining business objectives while adequately addressing associated risks
• Perform legal research involving procurement issues
• Provide prompt legal counsel primarily to associate procurement strategists

Desired Outcome

• Client requests receive timely and collegial responses providing final resolution or an acceptable date for completion/delivery
• Workload for diverse client base, including diverse requests, is organized and prioritized in accordance with reasonable delivery dates
• Procurement Advisor viewed as significant participant in the procurement risk assessment process by manager, senior management, risk officers, and clients
• Support partners, clients and co-workers and be known as being an approachable, responsive, and knowledgeable resource

Essential Competencies and Skills

• Accountability: Keeps promises and honors commitments; accepts responsibility for mistakes and failures and learns from them; honors commitments and demonstrates open, honest communication
• Effective Collaboration: Identifies and involves the right stakeholders to make decisions and maximize results; readily shares information, knowledge, best practices, and ideas with teammates; leverages opportunities and capabilities across the team to accomplish goals; attentive and active listener; has the patience to hear people out; can accurately restate the opinion of others even when he/she disagrees
• Client Focus: Dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal clients; acts with shareholder value in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with and gains their trust and respect
• Business Acumen: Knows how businesses work; knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, and information affecting his/her business and organization; knows the competition; is aware of how strategies and tactics work in the marketplace
• Developing Self: Takes ownership of personal development plan and seeks opportunities to further develop professional effectiveness

Physical Demands

• Prolonged sitting
• Frequent use of PC/laptop
• Occasional lifting/pushing/pulling of backpacks, computer bags up to 10 lbs.

Compensation And Benefits

• This position is eligible to earn a base salary in the range of $71,000.00 - $125,000.00 annually
• Placement within the pay range may differ based upon various factors, including but not limited to skills, experience and geographic location
• Compensation for this role also includes eligibility for incentive compensation which may include production, commission, and/or discretionary incentives