Senior Counsel
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Description: Bridgestone Americas, Inc. is hiring Senior Counsel right now, this position will be reside in Tennessee. More complete informations about this position opportunity please read the description below. Nashville, Tenn.-based Bridgestone Americas, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, the world's largest tire and rubber company.
Bridgestone Americas and its subsidiaries develop, ma! nufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand tires to address the needs of a broad range of customers, including consumers, automotive and commercial vehicle original equipment manufacturers, and those in the agricultural, forestry and mining industries.
The companies are also engaged in retreading operations throughout the Western Hemisphere and produce air springs, roofing materials, and industrial fibers and textiles. The Bridgestone Americas family of companies also operates the world's largest chain of automotive tire and service centers.
Guided by its One Team, One Planet message, the company is dedicated to achieving a positive environmental impact in all of the communities it calls home.
Position Summary:
The Senior Counsel is a member of the Corporate Services Group in the Law Department supporting a variety of functional groups such as: Information Technology, Logistics and Supply Chain Manag! ement, and Corporate Purchasing. This position works with busi! ness and functional leadership to help them understand, assess and appropriately address legal risks and implications of business decisions; negotiates key terms of business arrangements; and responds to client inquiries.
- Draft, review, revise and negotiate terms and conditions of agreements with vendors and outside parties in a variety of areas including information technology services, software as a service, software licensing, IT outsourcing, transportation law, and other areas.
- Provide strategic legal counsel to various functional groups and business units on various legal matters including contract terms and negotiations, assessment and assumption of legal risk, and legal implications of business decisions.
- Coordinate with and provide direction to outside counsel, manage outside counsel involvement in projects, and ensure adherence to established legal budgets.
- Collaborate with fellow attorneys, paralegals, support staff, an! d business clients on projects.
- Cultivate relationships with business and functional groups to understand business needs and priorities, and develop solutions to meet those needs.
- Other duties as required.
- Law degree from an ABA-accredited law school and a license to practice law in state of residence
- A minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience, with an emphasis on contract drafting and negotiation, and business counseling.
- Two or more years of experience in drafting and negotiating contracts, with particular emphasis in the area of information technology services, software as a service, software licensing, IT outsourcing and related areas.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite: Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
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If you were eligible to this position, please send us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Bridgestone A! mericas, Inc..
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This position will be opened on: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 11:07:43 GMT