Contract and Paralegal Support Specialist (Portuguese speakers)

Contract and Paralegal Support Specialist

• Location: Bogotá
• Grade: L1
• Hiring Manager: Contract & Paralegal Support Team Lead

About the job

Our Hubs are a crucial part of how we innovate, improving performance across every Sanofi department and providing a springboard for the amazing work we do. Build a career and you can be part of transforming our business while helping to change millions of lives. Ready? As Contract and Paralegal Support Specialist within our Contract and Paralegal team.

At Sanofi we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We are dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of the patients and families we serve, and we accomplish our goals through world-class research and with the compassion and commitment of our employees.

As we continue to transform the practice of medicine, the next chapter of Sanofi’s Play to Win strategy will require a focus on delivering transformation and simplification of our core processes, optimizing resource allocation and deployment to fuel business growth and investment in science.

To facilitate this transformation, a new Business Operations Business Unit is being established, bringing together existing business service activities, and driving further expansion of centralized services at scale into a global unit, with a focus on driving simplification, efficiency, and productivity.

This new Business Unit will enable the delivery of best-in-class business support capabilities across the organization, incorporating and engaging disparate teams from across areas such as R&D, M&S, the Corporate Functions and GBUs into new global Service Delivery Towers with initial services spanning Commercial, Finance, Procurement and People & Culture.

Reporting to the Team Lead, within the Contract Services organization, the Contract Support Specialist plays a critical role in providing support to relevant internal teams, in particular Legal and Procurement, ensuring accurate documentation, and facilitating efficient contract processes.

Main responsibilities:

• Contract Preparation: Assist in the preparation, review, and editing of contracts, collaborating with legal and procurement when relevant to ensure contract accuracy and, in accordance with relevant contract policies, contributes to the development, deployment, update, and continuous improvement of contract templates and Sanofi contractual landscape.
• Contract Research: Conduct research of existing and related contracts and agreements, keeping informed about relevant laws and regulations affecting current and future contracts.
• Documentation Management: Maintain organized, accurate and up-to-date contract files and documentation and track contract lifecycle events, deadlines, and renewal dates in Coupa CLMa;
• Communication and Coordination: Establish and maintain strong stakeholder and customer relationships, acting as a liaison between Procurement Services, Procurement, Legal and Sanofi’s GBUs and Corporate Functions to continuously improve operations, drive simplification and standardization, and strengthen the control environment. Assist and guide customers on questions related to contracts and the contracting process.
• Risk Identification and Mitigation: Identify potential legal and contractual risks and collaborate with legal and procurement teams to develop strategies for risk mitigation.
• Compliance Oversight: Ensure contracts adhere to laws and regulations and internal policies and procedures affecting contracts. …

About you

• Experience: Previous experience in a legal support/contract specialist role or as a paralegal.
• Experience working in a corporate legal environment.
• Soft and technical skills: Advanced contract drafting skills.
• Negotiations skill
• Strong understanding of legal terminology and contract principles.
• Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills.
• Effective communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Familiarity with contract management tools/software.
• Knowledge of industry-specific regulations and compliance requirements. (Preferred)
• Education: Legal studies or paralegal certification
• Languages: Fluent in Portuguese (spoken and written).
• Additional languages a plus.

Why choose us?

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• You’ll be part of leading the first experiences a job seeker has with Sanofi and ensuring it is best-in-class and driving conversions.
• You’ll be part of a truly diverse cross-cultural team and can have real business impact.
• Flexible working policies, including up to 50% remote work.
• Private medical care, life and health insurance, and gender-neutral paid parental leave
• Colombia is one of Sanofi’s key locations for new talents, having a big footprint with the Bogota HUB and its best-in-class operation.
• Mexico and Argentina Play an instrumental part in creating best practice and innovation within our 3 vaccines production plants.

PursueProgress. Discover Extraordinary.

Progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together.

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