□ Responsible for review of procurement and sales contracts for international company with over $4 billion in annual sales and multiple company sites throughout the U.S., in order to mitigate against legal liability and to ensure compliance with company policy.o Responsibilities include multiple plants located in several states throughout the U.S.o Contract partners (vendors and customers) are local, national, and international.o Procurement includes (i) capital expenditure project purchasing (construction services, chemical plant process and related equipment, construction services,EPCM and other engineering services, etc.), and (ii) operations purchasing (raw materials, general services such as landscaping, equipment repair and preventative maintenance, IT services, engineering services, tax and other consulting services, MRO, plant process equipment an supporting materials, office equipment, vehicle an equipment rental, etc.).o Contracts valued between less than $50,000 and $100,000,000 or more.□ Advise procurement and business teams of contractual rights and obligations; provide interpretation of terms and conditions.□ Proficient in understanding of legal liability, Uniform Commercial Code, and construction law.□ Work under limited direction of corporate counsel to serve as principal contact for review, amendment and renewal of standard sales and procurement agreements.□ Use of strong analytical skills to conduct contract negotiations.□ Train and assist internal business customers on the use of company templates and interpretation of preferred contract terms.□ Manage database of company contract templates, including draft and/or review of revisions to such templates.□ Oversee tracking of contracts for customers with large purchase volume.□ Review letters of credit and bonds to ensure compliance with company requirements.□ Draft, review, and revise legal correspondence, including default notices and responses to same.

Purchase engineering services, contractor services, and production equipment during construction of $2 Billion polysilicon plant project. Including review, analysis, and clarification of contractor/vendor proposals, negotiation of legal and commercial contract terms, coordination of technical scope clarifications, performing due diligence on potential contractors/vendors, drafting of purchase orders and revising attached contract documents, and management of ongoing contracts.Review of contractor/vendor redlines, author alternative contract language (for use in individual agreements as well as drafting of templates for subsequent use), and make risk management decisions related to insurance terms. Advise procurement colleagues on acceptance and rejection of contractual changes. Act as liaison between internal legal counsel, procurement colleagues, and contractors/vendors. Advise procurement colleagues on insurance issues, contractual and otherwise. Coordinate insurance claim information and documentation with insurance brokers, investigators, legal department, and external contractors. Negotiate contractual insurance terms for equipment purchase and contractor services agreements. Assist procurement colleagues and legal counsel in contractual disputes, including compilation of supporting documentation and authoring of contractual notices. Authored notice templates for use by colleagues. Manage approval of all site contractors and subcontractors, including communications with contractors and other internal departments in order to educate both on approval requirements and answer questions re: same, facilitation of contractors’ enrollment in OCIP and submission of required insurance documents, verification of proper safety documents, organization of internal approvals, and verification of bonds and contractor’s licenses.

Reviewed construction subcontracts for potentially harmful language. Completed subcontract revisions and drafted addendums to reflect changes in contract terms. Negotiated subcontract and insurance terms with general contractors.

Performed investigations and compiled pertinent information related to corporate and individual parties by utilizing local, state, and federal case records. Drafted and prepared witness lists, indices of authorities, privilege logs, subpoenas, document requests, deposition notices, construction liens, FOIA requests, and related correspondence. Summarized deposition transcripts, contracts documents, employment files, medical records, hearing transcripts, and documents produced in discovery. Created and maintained document and transcript databases and chronologies. Drafted spreadsheets analyzing contract document, financial records and other case data. Reviewed case files and identified/compiled key pleadings, discovery, exhibits, and other pertinent case documents. Prepared notebooks and case files related to trial/arbitration, hearings, discovery, depositions, witnesses, and exhibits. Reviewed Lexis and Westlaw databases, compiled relevant case law, and prepared research notebooks.