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AmerisourceBergen Services Corporation Assistant General Counsel - Supply Chain / Remote in Charlotte, North Carolina
This Position is for an Assistant General Counsel -- Supply Chain/ Manufacturing with a remote work location in Charlotte, NC.
What you will be doing
This is a position within the Legal Department that is held by a lawyer with strong legal skills and the ability to deliver business-oriented, effective and efficient legal services, project management, and strategic counseling on significant projects or matters for defined business or corporate clients for which he or she has overall responsibility.
Legal associates have an important impact on business operations by protecting Company interests through the accuracy of advice given and propriety of decisions made on the Company's behalf. You are expected to be able to interact confidently with senior business management and, when necessary, with senior Company management.
This is a US based remote position (preferred candidates in the East or Midwest).
Act as legal counsel supporting buy-side contracting and procurement initiatives, primarily in the area of specialty and brand pharmaceuticals with the opportunity to assist in other areas of supply chain management
Draft and negotiate and advise regarding full pharmaceutical manufacturer-facing agreements to ensure that these contracts accurately express the Company's strategy, objectives and minimize legal and regulatory risk
May have management responsibility for one or more legal professionals and, if so, is required to be an effective manager of his or her reports
Required to be adept at handling significant legal projects, matters, and issues and should have very good to excellent technical legal skills and expertise
Take on mixed legal and business responsibility for, and project management of, contracts or other matters that the client group wants to pursue
Make business-oriented yet legally compliant recommendations to his or her clients
Solve both straightforward and complex problems and take a new perspective on existing solutions
Juggle multiple matters and effectively multi-task and prioritize tasks to ensure that work is completed in a timely and efficient matter
Be comfortable with change and should be willing to shift priorities and focus
What your background should look like
A minimum of 9 years of experience as a lawyer combined with expertise in one or more specialty areas of legal practice (e.g., commercial law, healthcare regulations).
Law Degree - must be a graduate of an accredited law school and admitted into the state bar
Working knowledge of healthcare regulations and advice (Anti-Kickback Statute, government price reporting, 340B, government contracting, antitrust)
The lawyer in this role is comparable to a counsel, non-equity partner, or service partner in a law firm and is a lawyer who can do sophisticated work as an individual contributor and/or supervise and project manage other individual legal professionals or teams of legal professionals to do the work
Familiarity with a variety of the pharmaceutical industry's concepts, practices and legal procedures is required
Strong business acumen and extensive commercial contracting experience
Capacity to handle wide breadth of issues and prioritize accordingly
Excellent judgment and ability to actively resolve complex issues effectively
Strong customer service focus
Proactively provide legal support
Creative and innovative in approach
Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
Strong ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
Very good to excellent communication and information sharing with all levels of associates
Strong interpersonal skills
Strong negotiating skills
Strong leadership skills
Strong presentation skills
Strong organizational skills; attention to detail
Ability to follow and interpret legal trends
Equal Employment Opportunity
Committed to providing equal employment opportunity without reg rd to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.
The company's continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.
The Company is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email hrsc@cencora.com. Will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran