Commercial Legal Associate at Exigent Group Limited

Description

Exigent is transforming the way legal services are offered by leveraging the power of technology and data that’s locked in contracts and processes. But the data is the cornerstone; it is the people of Exigent that bring this vision to life. We combine the best of tech with smartest legal and financial brains to cultivate a revolution in the legal industry. Intelligent thinking underpins all of our solutions — from contract management to business analytics tools and legal services.

Responsibilities/ KPIs are, amongst others:

• Preparing enquiry (RFP) documentation / packs, ensuring maximum safeguards and benefits to the company, based on information provided by the originator such as technical specifications, commercial factors etc. 
• Engaging with originator /engineers to ensure that all specifications and product requirements are correctly ‘translated to legal speak’ and reflected in the contracts. 
• Issuing of enquiries to selected tenderers and overseeing the clarification process. 
• Commercial adjudication of tenders received and providing advice on legal and commercial implications of tenders during adjudication process. 
• Negotiating favourable terms and conditions, terms of payment etc. with suppliers. 
• Recommending supplier selection and progressing the tender package through the approval process to ensure timeous placing of contracts.  
• Attending to finalisation of contract documents, issuing same and managing performance of the contracts. 
• Providing active benchmarking and analysis to ensure the company achieves continued value. 
• Engage with contract managers about the value of robust procurement and ensure adequate internal training and processes are understood and best practices are adhered to.
• Attending to all meetings with providers, taking minutes where required and providing general support to the team.