Contract Specialist

MD ELEKTRONIK Group; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits

Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

MD Electronics Corporation in Southfield, MI seeks a Contract Specialist to manage drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of contracts, ensuring compliance with policies and legal standards. You will support procurement, vendor relations and business initiatives while safeguarding the company’s legal interests.

The role requires a law-related degree, automotive industry experience and strong negotiation skills. Fluency in English is essential; Spanish or German is a plus.

Qualifications

• Degree in law, business law or the like.
• Experience in automotive industry surroundings is preferred.
• Strong negotiation and communication skills.
• Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Fluency in English; Spanish and/or German a plus.

Responsibilities

• Draft contracts including employment and non-compete agreements.
• Draft and review contracts, correspondence and related documents for compliance.
• Analyze and negotiate terms and conditions and quality documents.
• Serve as liaison to German HQ, insurers, brokers, and authorities.
• Advise US/MX CEO and QM/sales teams on contract matters.
• Monitor new laws affecting the business and summarize impacts.
• Assist in updating contracts to reflect regulatory changes.
• Support litigation, mediation, arbitration, and responses to complaints.
• Renew and maintain company licensing; prepare entity documents.
• Create and distribute annual reports.

Skills

High social skills & negotiation

Attention to detail

Organizational & multitasking

Resilient & proactive

Fluent English / Spanish / German

Education

Degree in law or business law

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

1342Together with our parent company and its subsidiaries, we operate

Career Level: Professionals I Location: Southfield I Job-ID: 1342 Together with our parent company and its subsidiaries, we operate worldwide and rank among the leading companies for data communication solutions in vehicles. Our organization excels through continuous growth, a very high degree of innovation and excellent product quality. We supply many well-known car manufacturers and system suppliers. With approximately 5,500 employees at our locations in Germany, Czech Republic, China, USA and Mexico, our company is internationally very well positioned. To support our Sales and Engineering Office in Southfield, Michigan – we are immediately looking for a Contract Specialist to join our team.

Job Overview

We are seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented Contract Specialist to join our team and drive excellence in contract management processes. In this role, you will be responsible for negotiating, drafting, reviewing, and managing a wide array of contracts to ensure compliance with organizational policies and legal standards. Your expertise will support procurement activities, vendor relationships, and strategic business initiatives, ensuring that all contractual obligations are met efficiently and effectively. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to our organization’s growth by safeguarding legal interests and optimizing contractual operations.

Responsibilities

• Draft contracts, such as employment contracts and non-compete agreements
• Drafting legal contracts, correspondence and other documents
• Analyze and negotiate contracts, T&Cs, quality documents and the like
• Contact person to German HQ and insurances, insurance brokers, authorities
• Advisor to US/MX CEO and US/MX QM/sales colleagues
• Timely analysis and summaries of new legislation/regulations affecting the business
• Assist in implementing changes to contracts to comply with legislation/regulations
• Support litigation, mediation, arbitration and responses to complaints
• Renewing and maintaining company licensing
• Drafting, filing and managing various business entity documents for corporations with state agencies
• Create and distribute annual reports

Competencies

• Degree in law, business law or the like
• Experienced in automotive industry surrounding
• High social and negotiation skills
• Attention to detail, organizational and multitasking skills
• Resilient, flexible, creative, taking initiative
• Fluent in English, Spanish and/or German kills advantageous
• Microsoft Office Suite

We offer a diverse and exciting working environment with competitive salary, comprehensive benefits and opportuniites for career advancement.

MD Electronics Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Jennifer Nash at [e-mail].

For ease of reading, the masculine form is used throughout this text. This is done without any intent to discriminate, and we expressly encourage applications from all qualified individuals.