Senior Legal Specialist

TGNA has an opening for a Senior Legal Specialist in the Legal department. The Senior Legal Specialist functions with a high degree of autonomy, and is responsible for providing support and assistance in company legal matters for Toyoda Gosei (TG) North America Corporation (TGNA) and TGNA Manufacturing Companies (AMCs).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform or support a variety of law-related activities that do not require a law degree, including contract administration, document preparation and analysis, citation checking, etc.
• Responsibilities are within the Legal Support Function as a generalist or in a combination of Disciplines
• Manage correspondence with inside and outside counsel; administer legal department invoicing and budget tracking and processing; maintain legal department files; submit annual filings and reports to government agencies and courts; maintain calendar for legal department regular operating rhythms; schedule and plan meetings; participate in meetings and take minutes; track legal department activities for reporting to management.
• Maintain, revise, and update company policies and procedures
• Organize and track customer and supplier agreements; administer electronic and physical contract files; and track contract revisions and drafts.
• Prepare, review, and revise corporate governance documents under the supervision of the legal team, including but not limited to: Entity formations, corporate name registrations, and foreign entity registrations; assist in corporate secretarial activities including shareholder and board of director meetings, powers of attorney, resolutions, etc., schedule meetings and prepare meeting minutes, track and obtain appropriate signatures, and maintain corporate minute books.
• Manage a docketing system for active company-involved litigation; provide support to TGNA Corporate Counsel in implementing case assessment and discovery strategy for active litigation; support legal counsel, HR, and employee relations in conducting risk assessments, including gathering and analyzing data and compliance matters; coordinate with Corporate Counsel, employee relations, internal audit and other internal stakeholders in managing the intake and administration of compliance matters
• Track and manage UCC filings; respond to requests for information; manage real estate documentation.
• Drive optimization by being actively engaged in continuous improvement efforts (kaizen)
• This role requires the completion of other duties as assigned

Required Education, Experience, and Skills

• Bachelor degree in paralegal studies or related field is preferred, or equivalent years of relevant experience is required
• minimum of 4-8 years of experience in Legal or Compliance is required
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office Suites 2016 or newer is required
• Ability to consistently meet deadlines is required (internal, customer, third party)
• Effective verbal, non-verbal, negotiation and written communication skills are required
• Ability to sustain a high degree of professionalism in interacting with internal and external customers is required
• Effective attention to detail, problem solving, analytical and organizational skills are required