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What you will be doing
The Legal Department at Cencora is growing! We are looking for a lawyer with strong a strong aptitude and ability in commercial contracting, coupled with the ability to deliver effective and efficient legal services. Candidates must possess not only business savvy, but be able to manage projects, and provide strategic counseling to join the high-performing, collaborative, and growing Legal team.
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In this role, the Senor Commercial Counsel will provide general legal counsel to Cencora's Distribution (both Wholesale and Specialty) and Supply Chain units primarily supporting the Health Systems and Specialty business teams and will focus on negotiating agreements with hospitals, clinics, providers, health systems and Group Purchasing Organizations (GPO), as well as providing counseling to the business unit related to those services.
The ideal candidate is a skilled lawyer who understands the legal issues and can balance legal advice with pragmatic and strategic business-minded considerations. While strong legal skills are essential, the ideal candidate is expected to provide advice based on a nuanced understanding of Cencora's business, industry, and operations, and to work as a proactive business partner in achieving the company's business goals and objectives, while protecting Cencora's interests by identifying and managing regulatory and other risks. The ideal candidate will also be expected to provide advice in a succinct and straight-forward manner, while working directly with internal leadership, sales, financial, and operations personnel.
This role is a US based remote position (Preference is the Conshohocken, PA area).
- Prepare, review, and negotiate a variety of contracts including commercial purchasing agreements, sales agreements, credit agreements, RFP responses in accordance with the Company's objectives and policies and procedures.
- Coordinate with other attorneys and paralegals to ensure process efficiency and consistency across projects and business units.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams including the business, sales and finance teams.
- Advise internal groups on contract interpretation and other legal issues and risks.
- Research on regulatory, licensure, and/or contractual terms
- Take on special projects that arise as they arise.
What your background should look like
- 4-7 years of experience as a lawyer combined with complex commercial transactions, contract negotiation and drafting. Law firm experience and experience in-house is preferred.
- Law Degree - must be a graduate of an accredited law school, and must be barred with a state bar (preferably Pennsylvania)
- This role is comparable to a mid-level associate in a law firm and is a lawyer who can manage a volume of sophisticated work with minimal guidance and oversight from his or her manager in most instances
- Strong negotiating skills and the ability to negotiate directly with external parties with little oversight
- Business savvy and acumen
- Ability to contribute to legal team's ongoing efforts to create, improve and operationalize internal processes, best practices, and commercial templates
- Effectively multi-tasks and prioritize tasks to ensure that work is completed in a timely and efficient matter
- Demonstrates confidence in work product and seeks guidance on specific, sophisticated issues
- Excellent judgment and ability to resolve complex issues effectively, including demonstrating good business judgment by knowing what issues to push, when to seek help internally, and how to manage Cencora's internal negotiation and approvals process
- Demonstrate ability to be flexible and agile across the department
- Exceptional drafting skills and the ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
- Ability to provide contract interpretation counsel and business law advice directly to senior business leaders and decision-makers
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to maintain professional and positive demeanor with internal clients, clients of Cencora, senior management, and outside counsel in all circumstances
- Responsive and client-service focused
- Strong organizational skills; attention to detail
- Ability to utilize a contract management system
- Demonstrates initiative and a "self-starter" mentality
- Takes ownership of work and career aspirations
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What Cencora offers
We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members' ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave.
To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more.
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Schedule
Full time
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Equal Employment Opportunity
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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.
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