Contract Writer - Johannesburg, South Africa - Glencore

Glencore

Verified Company

Johannesburg, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

1.

ACCOUNTABILITY:

This role will be responsible for drafting the sales and purchase contracts for the various commodities handled in the Zinc/Copper Department and their related legal documents.
This role will support the commercial/legal work throughout all phases of the deal starting from the business proposal unit post signature issues.

2.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS:

Trading & Traffic Teams
Team colleagues
Relevant field offices
Contract Management
Group Legal, Compliance and Sustainability
Suppliers, vendors, contractors, and other external stakeholders as required

3.

QUALIFICATION & SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum Qualifications & Requirements:

BA Degree or similar sound qualification in Economics, Law or comparable qualification such as Paralegal Diploma
Fluency in English, verbal and written (corporate language)
Willing and able to travel abroad for training purposes

Additional Qualifications:

Competencies:

Fluency in English (corporate language)
Strong verbal and written communication skills that work effectively within team and different audiences
Flair for legal language
Able to prioritize tasks and to work with short deadlines and adhoc requests
Able to work and communicate with people from various multicultural backgrounds inside and outside the Company
Able to understand economic workflows, the legal requirements and the interaction between both
Interested in Commodity Trading
A strong team player, with the ability to also work independently, with a proactive and flexible work attitude
Computer literate MS Office. Strong Excel, Word & PowerPoint skills

Work Experience:

1 to 3 Years relevant experience

4. GENERAL

ACCOUNTABILITY:

Responsible to enter new business in the internal trading system, including pricing lines and liaise entries with Terms book
Submit contract headers for validation
Send contract no. to traffic team, as per Trading system
Keeping track of traders' business confirmations
Follow up on external/local counterparty business confirmation if not yet available for deal validation purposes
Coordination with Terms books and Traffic Team Members for entry of new products/qualities
Liaising with the KYC/ Compliance coordinators in case information on counterparties is missing
Monthly reporting on open/pending contract status.
Drafting/issuing/reviewing of sales and purchase contracts including offtake, requirements, tolling contracts and all related legal documents (NDA/MoU/LOI/Force Majeure declarations, letters of notice, claims and similar) and its verification with Trading, Compliance, Insurance, Finance, etc.
Providing prompt practical business oriented legal and commercial advice directly to traders and other stakeholders within the department as well as to customers (with support of our legal department).
Offering proactive advice and signalling of prospective legal/commercial risks
Assisting all Teams within the Zinc/Copper Department with regard to various legal matters/queries
Negotiating and coordinating matters related to Supplier Code of Conduct clauses in cooperation with Group Legal and Sustainability.
Maintaining the internal trading system and administration of the contract files
Preparing PoAs for third parties, such as custom clearers, service providers
Complete RDE table and obtain signature from corporate services, as well as arrange for Translations of Documents with notarisation and apostille
Service Agreements:
Draft/review service agreements for storage, warehousing, software licenses, freight forwarding jointly with ACB team if in scope of TPDD
PCG:
Draft / review Parent Guarantees and liaise directly with finance and credit risk team when needed
Glencore entities:
Drafting of local/direct contracts on behalf of entities other than Glencore International AG with their direct customers
Intercompany contracts/ Xover ctrs:
Drafting of intercompany contracts between Glencore entities
Drafting of all xover ctrs. Between Glencore entities
Audit:
Compile documents stored electronically for any internal and external audit
Check Termsbook entries vs. finalization of contracts/amendments and raise matter if amendment/addendum/cancellation agreement missing
Year end tasks:
Maintain Evergreen contracts/Longterm in

CTTS:
adding another year to all evergreen contracts with same quantity as the year before, adjusting the contractual quantity respectively and splitting the new year into 4 equal schedules

Check of duration type in contract header (Spot =

3 months)

Enter Counterparty reference number where missing
Enter Conversion ctr associated Metal ctr where missing
Creating of all new tolling/conversion contracts in CTTS for following calendar year based on instructions from traffic
Supply Chain Due Diligence:
Maintain lists required for SCDD purposes
Update the trading system execution fields with product