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Job Title Senior Manager Commercial Legal

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Mission/ Core purpose of the Job

The Senior Manager: Commercial Legal is responsible to manage all aspects of commercial legal requirements, transactions and initiatives within the MTN Group, with a primary focus on Global Sourcing and Supply Chain (GSSC).

This role will manage and provide guidance and advice on legal aspects of transactions, legal risks and other legal matters, Provide guidance, support and advice to operating units in relation to commercial legal matters Context (Global influences, environmental / industry demands, organisational mission etc.)

MTN is entering a new phase in its lifecycle where operational and commercial excellence has become critical for success. The urgency for change has become more heightened amidst increased competitive intensity across all markets in which MTN operates. The Group's Commercial Legal function must therefore ensure the successful delivery in context of: * Rapidly changing ICT environment

• The geographic complexity of MTN's foot print across Africa and the Middle East
• Management of executive and local shareholder expectations across all 20 OpCos
• Achievement of top quartile operating efficiency and effectiveness through scale and common processes
• Driving growth through business intelligence and standardization to maximize business impact
• Management of customer and supplier expectations
• Enhance MTN position as a leading network and system provider
• Constant dynamics and local challenges in the economic, regulatory and legal environments

Key Performance Areas: Core, essential responsibilities / outputs of the position (KPA's)

The Senior Manager: Commercial Legal will be accountable to achieve the following objectives: * Negotiating commercial interests across various functions and roles within MTN

• Manage and provide legal advice and opinions.
• Manage and participate in various projects undertaken by different departments from a legal perspective.
• Management of litigation and active engagement in on-going disputes resolution matters.
• Advise and decide on litigation strategy and approach.
• Facilitation and structuring of contractual framework.
• Managing the negotiation of legal framework with other parties whilst maintaining uniform standards adopted at group level.
• Manage legal relationships between Operations and management of legal relationships between MTN and its trade partners.
• Effective drafting and reviewing of quality contracts.
• Drive best practise on processes and procedures in MTN.
• Drive compilation of common contract templates and encourage common usage.
• Undertake contract negotiation function.
• Attend to all legal queries from various departments.
• Provide legal support for MTN IP requirements.
• Advise management on new legislation and the impact thereof on the business.
• Liaise with external law firms that provide legal support to MTN and ensure feedback filters through to the intended recipients.
• Ensure all agreements, letters of intent and contracts comply with the Company Framework Agreement, the Company Corporate standards and processes and Country and local legislation.
• Provide assurance that all commercial standards and expectations are delivered throughout program
• Assist in selection and evaluation of contractors and tendering process.
• Identification of possible risk, and manager the implementation of mitigating strategies.
• Tracking and enforcing key contract terms.
• Document the programme service and equipment requirements in support of procurement activities including Service Description, Service Levels.
• Develop Charges Methodologies, Change Management, Governance and Key legal terms and conditions.
• Assist with the evaluation of responses from Vendors on the Key Commercial considerations, Proposed Service Levels, Governance and Key Legal terms and conditions.
• Once vendor is selected, ensure all responses and details are captured in the Master Agreement.
• Enforcing key contract terms.
• Management of non-adherence to contractual commitments.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on the contract database with the ability to write user guidelines, conduct training sessions, deal with questions and concerns from the user base.
• Initiate and participate in fulfilment of contract requirements. Serve as a business advisor to internal customers on the contracts.
• Manage the process of ensuring subject matter expert opinion is implemented in draft contracts and templates.

Supervisory / Leadership / Managerial Tasks: Manage legal support function in MTN. * Provide legal counsel to various internal MTN

• Manage contractual relationships across MTN departments.
• Manage commercial transactions between MTN and other OPCOs and trade partners.
• Manage OPEX in legal function.

Role Dependencies * Understanding of restrictions applicable in other disciplines within the business namely, Tax and Finance requirements as applicable in contract structures within the Group.
Job Requirements Job Requirements (Education, Experience and Competencies)

Education: * Minimum 4-year Academic Degree with Honours (LLB or equivalent preferred)

• Admission as an attorney
• MBA / Masters advantageous
• Fluent in English

Experience: * Minimum 5 - 8 year's of Legal Experience at a reputable law firm.

• Experience advising on matters, transactions and regulatory issues relating to Sourcing and Supply chain
• Experience drafting and negotiating transactions involving the procurement, development, licensing and support of technology products and services, and intellectual property
• Experience managing and negotiating complex or sophisticated commercial transactions, including transactions involving multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience working with and managing multiple stakeholders
• Experience working in, or advising, entities operating in the telecommunications industry (an advantage)
• Work across diverse cultures and geographies
• Understanding of, and familiarity with:
• Sourcing and Supply chain
• regulatory and compliance requirements and principles impacting, or relevant to, Sourcing and Supply chain
• Intellectual property laws, data protection laws and anti-trust laws
• Emerging technologies
• Interest in the use of technology to deliver legal services
• Knowledge of the Telecoms industry and practices (an advantage)
• Knowledge and familiarity with procurement processes in large organisations (an advantage)

Competencies: * Strategy Formulator, Decisive Problem Solver, Innovative Value Creator

• Culture and Change Champion, Inspiring People Leader, Relationship Builder
• Results Achiever, Operationally Astute
• Excellent drafting skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong Negotiating skills
• Management skills
• Leadership skills
• Consulting skills
• Effective communication and writing skills
• Good general commercial awareness
• Good interpretation skills
• Articulate
• Computer literate

Other:

Regional and international travel

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