Legal Operations

We are looking for support for the Dematic Legal department in EMEA to continue and further develop the Legal Operations function.

The Legal Operations function provides critical support to the Legal EMEA Team and potentially more broadly within the KION Legal department.

Legal operations will help to ensure process and cost efficiency within the legal team and will be the champion of tools and processes to help streamline and manage workload efficiently.

In addition, the processes piloted in Legal EMEA are to be reviewed and might be implemented in other legal departments within Dematic Legal and the KION Legal department.

**What we offer**:

- Benefits eines internationalen MDax-Konzerns (KION Group)
- Viel Gestaltungsspielraum in einem stark wachsenden Unternehmen
- Flexibles und mobiles Arbeiten
- Individuelle Unterstützung und Förderung
- Mitarbeiterrabatte

**Tasks and Qualifications**:
Ihre Aufgaben:

- You will support the head of the legal department in managing the legal department using data-based key figures. This includes financial key figures as well as those relating to work management and capacity utilization
- In particular, you will support the head of the legal department, as well as the respective cost center managers in the preparation, compliance and management of the legal department's budget, in particular through regular cost center reporting, as well as the independent monitoring of essential reports within the legal department, such as Contractual Matrix, Litigation Report, Office&Signature Authority List, Corporate House Keeping
- You drive the digitalization of the legal department and implement of legal tech solutions
- You are responsible for the further development, optimization and control of processes within the legal department, as well as their permanent improvement to reduce inefficiencies in the work of the legal department
- You will be responsible for onboarding and training within the legal department on (new) processes and technologies
- You are responsible contact person for the between the legal department and other specialist departments, such as finance and controlling, insurance
- You are the ambassador for new processes and technologies within the legal department and promote cooperation within the legal department worldwide, as well as between the legal department and other departments within the KION Group
- You are the first point of contact for external lawyers and law firms when it comes to the administrative handling of the relationship including managing the repository of mandates and keeping the list of external counsels regularly updated. Monitoring external spend and arranging recharges to other departments as required
- Partner with the legal leadership team to collaborate on budget management and tracking of internal hours
- You will also be responsible for following up and ensuring various operational processes within the legal departmentIhre Qualifikationen:

- You have completed commercial training or legal assistant training; a degree in law or business administration and/or focus on legal operations is an advantage
- You have several years of professional experience in the area of legal or a similar central corporate functions, such as finance or controlling
- You have experience in the design and implementation of processes and/or legal tech solutions
- You have strong analytical and strategic skills and an excellent understanding of internal company processes and management methods
- You have very good communication and presentation skills, including the associated presentation technology
- You have experience in international business environment and you are an excellent team player
- You have at least 3-5 years of professional experience in a legal department or large law firm and you are familiar with legal processes
- You value diligence and accuracy in the processing of tasks, as well as a structured way of working and have strong organizational skills
- You have in-depth IT knowledge of SAP and MS Office products and you are interested in new technologies
- You are fluent in German and English; further language skills are an advantage