Legal Director 1

Celestica Inc.; Bayan Lepas; Sur place; MYR 240 000 - 360 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Celestica Inc. is seeking a Legal Director 1 in Penang, Malaysia, to lead contract strategy and management for global customer engagements.

The role drives complex negotiations, risk analysis, and cross-functional collaboration across Contracts Management, Sales, Marketing, and Account teams. The candidate should have 11–14 years of relevant experience, a law or business background, and a proven ability to draft sophisticated contracts while mentoring junior staff.

Qualifications

• Eleven to fourteen years of applicable experience, including the management of a contracts organization.
• Bachelor's degree in related field (Law or Business), or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsabilités

• Provide contractual/legal direction and guidance across Contracts Management, Sales & Marketing, and Account Teams from pre-bid to contract completion.
• Integrate Celestica's Contracts Management and best practices worldwide.
• Coordinate with Celestica's global Contracts groups and other departments (e.g., ISS, NAOF, Proc., Ops) to execute and support customer contracts.
• Evaluate and prioritize divergent interests of Celestica and customers.
• Balance needs to be customer-responsive with protecting Celestica's interests through risk management and profitability.
• Work with customer account teams and legal counsel to translate legal advice into business practice.
• Provide contractual direction and educational support to all contract process participants.
• Demonstrate excellent writing and communication skills.
• Possess significant experience and knowledge of legal concepts, complex contract development, negotiation practices and risk analysis.
• Mentor junior team members in drafting sophisticated contractual documents.
• Develop and implement new global processes in a team-based environment.
• Maintain excellent attention to detail and strong negotiation/relationship management skills.
• Demonstrate HR and people management abilities.

Connaissances

Negotiation skills

Communication skills

Contract management

Leadership

HR skills

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Law or Business

Description du poste

Legal Director 1

Date: Oct 11, 2026

Location: Penang, 07, MY

General Overview

Functional Area: BUS - Business Services
Career Stream: LEG - Legal
Role: Director 1
Job Title: Legal Director 1
Job Code: DR1-BUS-LEG
Band: Level 12
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Provides contractual/legal direction and guidance to the Contracts Management, Sales & Marketing and Account Team(s), from pre-bid and contract negotiation through to the completion of the contract work.
• Responsible for integrating Celestica's Contracts Management and best practices across Celestica (subsidiaries and affiliates) world wide.
• Provides contractual direction, support and coordination to and between Celestica's global Contracts groups and the various other departments (e.g. ISS, NAOF, Proc., Ops) in executing and supporting the performance of customer contracts and other agreements (e.g. - licenses, sales reps).
• Requires the ability to evaluate and prioritize often divergent interests of Celestica and the customer.
• Makes key decisions with respect to balancing the need, in order to be customer-responsive, with that of protecting (risk management & profitability) Celesticas interests.
• Works with the customer account teams and legal counsel (Celestica & customer) and interprets legal advice; turning it into business advice and practice.
• Provides contractual direction and educational support to all participants in the contract process.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• Significant experience and knowledge of legal concepts, complex commercial contract development, negotiation practices and contractual/business risk analysis.
• Very high level of ability to independently draft sophisticated contractual documents and mentor junior team members in doing the same.
• Ability to develop and implement new global processes in a team-based environment.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent negotiating skills, perception management skills and relationship management skills.
• Very good HR skills as well as employee/team management skills and abilities.

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.
• Overnight travel may be required.

Typical Experience

• Eleven to Fourteen years of applicable experience, including the management of a contracts organization

Typical Education

• Bachelor's degree in related field (Law or Business), or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Educational requirements may vary by geography.

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

Celestica is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law).
At Celestica we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. Special arrangements can be made for candidates who need it throughout the hiring process. Please indicate your needs and we will work with you to meet them.