Commercial Legal Manager (JG6)

In brief

**Overview** This role is for a Commercial Legal Manager (JG6) within Group Procurement Risk & Governance - Group Procurement Commercial Legal Manager at Sanlam Group, located in Tygervalley, Bellville, Cape Town. This is a Group-level position within the Group Procurement Office, operating across both the Sanlam and Santam Groups, and reports to the Head: Group Procurement Risk & Governance. The Commercial Legal Manager is described as a specialist management-level role responsible for commercial procurement contracting oversight, legal risk management, and contracting governance, supported by Group Legal. The incumbent supports the formulation and implementation of the commercial contracting strategy for Group Procurement, ensures compliance with Group and Cluster policies, frameworks, standards, and regulatory requirements, and enables efficient first-line legal risk management through sound advice, contracting oversight, governance discipline, and business intelligence. **What you will do** The key responsibilities for this role include: * Providing commercial procurement contracting oversight, legal risk management, and contracting governance across the Sanlam and Santam Group. * Supporting the formulation and implementation of the commercial contracting strategy for Group Procurement. * Ensuring compliance with Group and Cluster policies, frameworks, standards, and regulatory requirements. * Enabling efficient first-line legal risk management in collaboration with Group Legal through sound advice, contracting oversight, governance discipline, and business intelligence. * Managing a portfolio of major procurement programs in line with the overall procurement strategy. * Managing the delivery of a significant part of the organization's contract management program, while also taking personal responsibility for a limited number of mission-critical contracts. * Communicating the actions needed to implement the function's strategy and business plan within the team, explaining its relationship to the broader organization's mission, vision, and values, and motivating commitment to achieve business goals. * Using the organization's formal development framework to identify individual development needs within the team, planning and implementing actions including continuing professional development to build professional capabilities. * Providing informal training or coaching to others throughout the organization in own area of expertise. * Managing and reporting on the performance of a substantial, diverse team, setting appropriate performance objectives for direct reports, and taking corrective action where necessary. * Identifying contract requirements and writing specifications for a medium-sized portfolio or area of the business for existing and/or new contracts. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * **Education and Qualifications:** * BComm Law, LLB Degree, LLM advantageous. * Admitted Attorney or Advocate is highly preferred. * Relevant procurement qualifications, industry certification and/or professional membership advantageous. * Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Level. * **General Experience:** * Minimum 8-10 years’ post-qualification experience as a legal officer, legal practitioner, contracts lawyer, contract specialist or legal advisor within a large insurance, financial services or comparable complex organisation. * Minimum 10 years’ experience in commercial, corporate, procurement or commercial litigation-related legal work. * Minimum 5 years’ senior management-level experience, including managing complex contracting matters and high-pressure deadlines. * Experience in technical legal interpretation and application, procurement systems, procurement processes and legal frameworks. * Familiarity with Contract Lifecycle Management software and advanced proficiency in the MS Office Suite. * **Managerial Experience:** * Over 3 years to 6 years of experience in planning and managing resources to deliver predetermined objectives. * **Required Skills (Advanced Level):** * Negotiation: Ability to obtain consensus between two or more parties with different interests for the benefit of the organization, typically working independently and providing guidance. * Contract Management: Ability to administer, monitor, and manage the provision of services in line with an agreed contract, typically working independently and providing guidance. * Contract Administration: Ability to administer contracts effectively, typically working independently and providing guidance. * Managing Change: Ability to demonstrate a change mindset, plan, execute, and monitor activities during times of change while maintaining performance levels, typically working independently and providing guidance. * Costing and Budgeting: Ability to systematically estimate, allocate, and control costs to manage financial resources effectively, typically working independently and providing guidance. * Procurement software: Ability to automate the end-to-end procurement process, including sourcing, vendor evaluation, purchase order creation, supplier management, and invoice reconciliation, to streamline operations and improve cost control, typically working independently and providing guidance. * **Required Behavioural Competencies:** * Manages Complexity * Instils Trust * Drives Results * Cultivates Innovation * Builds Effective Teams * Directs Work **Who should apply** This role is suitable for a highly experienced legal professional holding a BComm Law or LLB Degree, with an LLM being advantageous, and who is preferably an admitted Attorney or Advocate. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 8-10 years of post-qualification legal experience in a large, complex organization (such as insurance or financial services), specifically within legal officer, practitioner, contract lawyer, contract specialist, or legal advisor roles. They must possess at least 10 years of experience in commercial, corporate, procurement, or commercial litigation-related legal work, alongside a minimum of 5 years of senior management-level experience managing complex contracting matters under high-pressure deadlines. Applicants should demonstrate advanced proficiency in negotiation, contract management, contract administration, managing change, costing and budgeting, and procurement software. Essential experience includes 3 to 6 years in planning and managing resources to deliver objectives, as well as experience in technical legal interpretation and application, procurement systems, processes, and legal frameworks. Familiarity with Contract Lifecycle Management software and advanced MS Office Suite proficiency are also required. Candidates should also exhibit strong behavioural competencies in managing complexity, instilling trust, driving results, cultivating innovation, building effective teams, and directing work. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/commercial-legal-manager-jg6-sanlam Source: myjobmag

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