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NETZSCH Group

Manufactures pumps, grinding, and analyzing equipment

Contract & Compliance Manager

Legal Counsel & Legal SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSelb, GermanyNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A completed degree in law, business law, or a comparable legal qualification, such as the first or second German State Examination in Law or a business-law qualification.
  • At least five years of relevant professional experience in a legal department, a business-law-focused law firm, or a comparable corporate function.
  • Substantial experience drafting and negotiating national and international commercial contracts.
  • Practical experience in contract and claims management, ideally in mechanical and plant engineering or a comparable industrial, project-oriented environment.
  • Knowledge and practical experience in compliance, risk management, corporate governance, internal controls, or regulatory advisory.
  • Strong legal expertise combined with a solid understanding of business contexts.
  • A structured, pragmatic, and solution-oriented working style, personal integrity, discretion, and professional judgment.
  • Confident communication with executive management and international stakeholders, with business-fluent spoken and written German and English.

Responsibilities

  • Advise Sales and other specialist and business units on contractual legal matters and support national and international contract negotiations with customers, suppliers, and cooperation partners.
  • Review, draft, and negotiate complex commercial contracts, particularly in international mechanical and plant engineering.
  • Assess contractual risks and develop strategies to prevent and defend against change-order claims, damages claims, and contractual penalties.
  • Create and develop contract templates, standards, and related processes in close cooperation with specialist departments.
  • Develop the compliance management system and the group-wide risk management system.
  • Advise executive management, managers, and specialist departments on compliance, governance, and risk matters.
  • Identify, assess, and monitor material business risks and support implementation of regulatory requirements, including supply-chain compliance, information security, CRA, NIS2, the AI Act, antitrust law, corruption prevention, export controls, and whistleblower protection.
  • Coordinate risk analyses, internal controls, and audits, and develop reports, action plans, and international training and awareness measures.

Desired Qualifications

  • Practical experience in contract and claims management in mechanical and plant engineering or a comparable industrial, project-oriented environment is preferred.

About the Company

NETZSCH Group

Manufactures pumps, grinding, and analyzing equipment

NETZSCH Group designs and manufactures machinery and instrumentation with three business units: Pumps & Systems, Grinding & Dispersing, and Analyzing & Testing. Pumps & Systems produces positive displacement pumps for various applications; Grinding & Dispersing makes machines for wet/dry grinding, mixing, dispersing, homogenizing and classifying; Analyzing & Testing provides instruments for thermal analysis, thermophysical properties, and fire testing. The company differentiates itself by combining regional roots with a worldwide sales and service network and by offering customized, end-to-end solutions backed by a history dating to 1873. Its goal is to stay close to customers globally while delivering reliable performance and expanding market reach through tailored solutions and strong service support.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Selb, Germany
Founded
1873

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