Legal Manager, Purchasing & Sales (F/M)

Automotive Cells Company (ACC) is a joint venture created in the summer of 2020 and backed by Stellantis, Mercedes-Benz and Saft (a subsidiary of TotalEnergies). Our ambition is to produce electric batteries at the highest technological level while developing cleaner mobility that is accessible to as many people as possible.

🔋 We are proud to manufacture, in our Gigafactory in Billy-Berclau, the batteries that already equip several electric vehicles available on the market (PEUGEOT E-3008 and E-5008, Opel Grandland, DS N°8, Citroën C5 AirCross and the new Jeep Compass).

To bring this ambition to life, we're looking for skilled, agile people in all areas linked to running a factory: Production, Maintenance, Quality, Engineering, HSES... to join our Gigafactory in Billy-Berclau (Hauts de France), our Industrial Center of Industrial Excellence in Nersac (Angoulême), our R&D center in Bruges (Bordeaux) or our office in Paris.

⚡ If you're looking to develop your career beyond what you imagined in the industry of the future, don't hesitate any longer and join us!

ACC activities have developed at a fast pace from the creation of the company.  The current business context has increased the workload and complexity of legal matters.  In this respect, the role of a dedicated senior legal counsel is opening to support and secure Purchasing & Sales activities.

Reporting to the Group General Counsel, you will support and advise the Purchasing Department and the Sales Department in all legal matters related to such activities at ACC Group level -such as commercial contracts, new customers / suppliers, litigation management with key customers / suppliers- by ensuring compliance with the applicable legal framework and limiting exposure to risk.

You will work directly with the Purchasing Department and the Sales Department, and transversally with all functions / entities / métiers and external stakeholders such as strategic partners (customers, suppliers), law firms and other advisors.

Your objectives

- Provide proactive legal support to internal clients on all project-based and transactional matters (including commercial, regulatory and litigation support) within the responsibility of the Purchasing Department and the Sales Department at ACC Group level.

- Represent the corporate legal function with operating committees and act as primary point of contact of the Purchasing Department and the Sales Department for all legal matters.

- Ensure proper coordination with the Group General Counsel on organization, cross-functional and restructuring project-based and transactional matters.

- Ensure that actual internal and external legal spend is in adherence with established legal budgets at corporate level.

Your profile

The selected candidate should match the requirements below. However, if you feel you are a good fit for the role even though you are lacking a part of the requirements, you are welcome to apply:

Knowledge / Know-how

- The ability to build, shape, animate a strong business partner / trusted advisor relationship with diverse business teams with multiple expertise and styles, and create a network of professionals throughout the organization

- Multicultural astuteness with proven experience in France and abroad.

- Judgment and independent thinking skills with an outstanding level of ethics and integrity.

- Persuasiveness and strong communication skills at all levels within the company and externally.

- Learning agility with deep analytical and conceptual skills with a demonstrated ability to rapidly absorb new facts, data and information.

Experience

- Rich professional background in industry. At least 10 years of directly relevant experience.

- Autonomy and proven experience in Purchasing & Sales legal matters: complex commercial contracts, business litigation.

- Very good business acumen and customer focus enabling you to have instant understanding of business matters and consequences.

Qualifications

- Master 2 (or equivalent) – Business law / Certified attorney at law.

- Fluency in French and English.

- Solid and recognized academic background.

Key behaviours

- A strong aptitude to manage ambiguity and spend sufficient time in complex situations to understand the characters and get the lay of the land before articulating an opinion or advice.

- A results and performance driven attitude as well as decisiveness.

- Agility to operate effectively in a fast-moving environment.

- Tenacity despite obstacles.

Some extra skills which make the difference

- Experience within the automotive, energy or chemical sectors.

- Fluency in German.

Our process usually involves 3 interviews: 2 technical and one HR.