AGM/GM - Company Secretary

Job Description

* Who are we Schneider Electric is passionate about its people, we are proud to promote diversity, inclusion and work-life integration we re a great place to work but we are continually striving to be the best place to workWhat do we stand for When you work for Schneider Electric you work for a company passionate about its people. We are proud to promote diversity, inclusion and work-life integration we re a great place to work but we are continually striving to be the best place to workWhat is the role The company secretary is responsible for the efficient administration of the company, particularly with regard to ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements and for ensuring that decisions of the board of directors are implemented.The company secretary ensures that an organization complies with relevant legislation and regulation and keeps board members informed of their legal responsibilities. It is the responsibility of the company secretary to ensure that the company and its directors operate within the framework of law. It is also their responsibility to register and communicate with shareholder and to maintain company records, such as lists of directors and shareholders, and annual accounts.Based in Gurgaon and reporting to the Zone General Counsel we have an exciting and challenging role for a General Manager Company Secretary to join our team.Key responsibilities for this role include, but are not limited toAs a company secretary, the candidate needs to:

• • Customers: Examination and approval of contractual and legal documents, vetting forms of agreements, contracts, sub-contracts and non-standard conditions, identifying any adverse terms to comply with Indian law and Schneider Electric Group Directives.

• • Internal stakeholders: Working collaboratively within Schneider internal systems to examine and review of contractual and legal documents, obtaining approval via Schneider s risk review procedure, negotiating and agreeing internal contracting arrangements.

• • Legal and Integrity: Assisting the Legal and Compliance function in ensuring the business meets legal, regulatory, integrity and contractual obligations in a way that appropriately takes account of commercial imperatives.

• • Lead and present legal review for risk reviews, engaging with all internal stakeholders.

• • Identify and provide appropriate training for the Schneider Electric cross-functional teams.

• • Assisting the Legal and Compliance function in training and compliance matters as required

• • Lead negotiation of acceptable contract terms with clients on Schneider business opportunities, liaising with all relevant parts of the Group in the process

• • Understands in detail the relative importance of differentcustomer and product groups within Schneider Electric.

• • Customers: actively engages to understand regional/local customer s business, strategies and opportunities

• • Internal stakeholders: identifies opportunities to modify internal processes, services and structures to improve the business ability to execute projects and customer strategies
  • Legal and Compliance: develop an understanding of the regulatory environment.
  • Invites input and opinions to help form specific decisions and plans
  • Encourages the open expression of ideas and opinions in the group around what needs to be done
  • Respects concerns and limitations of individual team members without compromising standards of performance, assigns individual responsibility
  • Identifies training and knowledge requirements within team.
  • Lead negotiation of acceptable contract terms with clients on business opportunities, liaising with all relevant parts of the Group in the process.
  • Protecting Schneider Electric from unacceptable contractual risks and exposures.
  • Reaching agreement with customers and internal stakeholders on mutually acceptable terms
  • Obtaining risk review approval for projects
  • Handover of contract document to project teams to ensure project teams understand the contractual obligations accepted by Schneider on their project.

y listed company.Why You You are someone who gets excited by Governance, Compliance and Best practices. You are a highly driven and confident individual who wants to work for a value-based organization whose solutions are leading edge. You are focused, collaborative and passionate about sustainability outcomes., *Academic Qualification:Experienced Lawyer with PQE of 12+ experience;Extensive experience of negotiation of large value construction or engineering contracts; Experience of EPC infrastructure contracts; Legal Analysis; Drafting Skills; Litigation/advocacyDispute resolution and negotiation skills; Ability to meet demanding and numerous deadlines; and Good team working skillsSkills: Good verbal and written communication skills; Interpersonal skills and the ability to work well with people at all levels; Attention to detail and a well-organized approach to work; The ability to prioritize work and to work well under pressure; The capability to work with numerical information, plus analytical and problem-solving skills; A diplomatic approach and the confidence to provide support to high-profile company staff and board members; Stakeholder and Team Management skills; Integrity and Discretion when handling confidential information; A sound grasps of corporate governance issues; A commercial frame of mind.

Keyskills :
legal reviewteam managementteam management skillsproblem solvingdispute resolutionrisk reviewsproject teamsboard of directorsindian lawmanagement skillscompany secretary