Are you passionate about discovering new ways to improve and extend people's lives? If you've got what it takes to support us in our mission to pioneer new approaches to helping people around the world to access high quality medicine, then we've got the opportunity for you. #ImproveLives
About Sandoz
Sandoz medicines reach 433,000 patients a month, 5.2 million a year.
Sandoz is a global leader in generic and biosimilar medicines. Our purpose is pioneer access so the NHS can treat more patients. Our business is to develop, produce and market affordable medicines following the loss of patent protection.
Sandoz, a division of Novartis, is the second largest generics company globally and has a reputation for exceptional quality. We have built a culture that is 'unboss' where servant leaders put their teams' success above their own. The UK organisation is friendly, fast-paced and focused on achieving results. We are keen to develop ourselves and our business.
Graduate interns learn quickly from their manager and hands-on experience with the wider business, making them more skilled, experienced and employable within and outside Sandoz.
Job Summary
Are you on track for a legal career and looking for an opportunity to gain substantial commercial experience? This a great place to start.
This role will directly support the Head of Legal to provide commercially focused legal advice on all aspects of the UK Sandoz business. Carrying out the role will provide extensive development opportunities through exposure to challenging business issues in a fast moving environment.
Job Accountabilities
- Provide support to the UK Head of Legal to better facilitate delivery of timely advice to the UK business on legal and commercial risks.
- Coordinate and filter input from relevant support functions (Compliance, Supply Chain, Regulatory etc.) where this is required to develop the legal position on an issue.,
- Support on the drafting, negotiation and implementation of simple contracts and other agreements with suppliers and customers.
- Work with relevant Sandoz stakeholders at European and Global level.
- Contribute to the development of Sandoz UK's position on various strategic and policy initiatives.
- Development and delivery of training materials to educate Sandoz team on the impact of legal developments
The successful candidates will also benefit from:
- Open door, approachable culture at all levels
- Team oriented atmosphere
- Good work, life balance
- Cutting edge science
- International workforce
- Talent development from within
- Making a difference to patient's lives
We are looking for an individual who can meet the following criteria:
- Degree in law
- Strong organisational and prioritisation capabilities
- Ability to work unsupervised between regular task reviews.
- Capable of building relationships quickly and strong influencing/negotiation skills
- Experience in multi-disciplinary projects
If you think this role sounds interesting and you have the required skills, we'd really like to hear from you - please get in touch or apply today.
Guidant Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
