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Rolls-Royce

Designs, manufactures, and services propulsion systems

Legal Counsel - Procurement

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

About the Job

Requirements

  • A completed degree in law with two examinations, or a comparable qualification with business-law expertise.
  • At least 5–7 years of professional experience in a law firm and/or industrial company, including experience in procurement or contract law or in procurement and supply-chain environments.
  • Sound knowledge of procurement contract law; knowledge of supply-chain law, product liability and recourse law, antitrust law, and product compliance is advantageous.
  • Experience leading projects; certification is advantageous, while demonstrated implementation practice is decisive.
  • Business-oriented thinking and the ability to make legal complexity understandable for the relevant audience.
  • Negotiation-fluent English; additional foreign languages are advantageous.

Responsibilities

  • Provide legal support for procurement activities and sourcing projects involving direct and indirect materials, capital goods, and services, including escalation and approval committees.
  • Advise procurement leadership and business functions as an embedded sparring partner, with an understanding of cost structures, security of supply, and risk capacity.
  • Develop and maintain procurement general terms and conditions, risk standards, playbooks, and contract templates for framework, supply, tooling, development, and quality assurance agreements.
  • Manage supplier risks, including critical or insolvent suppliers and single-source or sole-source situations.
  • Negotiate and review complex domestic and international procurement and framework agreements under German and Anglo-American contract principles, including supply, works, development, and tooling contracts.
  • Manage claims and recourse against suppliers, including warranty claims, supply-chain supplier recourse, damages, and product-liability recourse.
  • Address supply-chain due diligence under the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act and future Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, conflict minerals, and procurement-related sanctions, export-control, and customs matters; flow down product-compliance requirements to suppliers, including the Cyber Resilience Act, Battery Regulation, and General Product Safety Regulation.
  • Ensure antitrust-law guardrails in procurement, including information exchange and buyer power, in coordination with compliance functions.
  • Independently lead legal projects related to procurement, such as contract lifecycle management implementation, standardization of procurement terms and conditions, policy rollouts, and process harmonization.
  • Coordinate interdisciplinary teams across procurement, legal, compliance, quality, and supply chain, as well as external law firms.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of supply-chain law, including the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
  • Knowledge of product liability and recourse law, antitrust law, and product compliance.
  • Project certification.
  • Additional foreign languages.

About the Company

Rolls-Royce

Designs, manufactures, and services propulsion systems

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc designs, manufactures, and services complex power and propulsion systems for aerospace, marine, and industrial markets. Its offerings include aircraft engines, marine propulsion systems, and industrial gas turbines, paired with long-term maintenance, repair, and overhaul services under service agreements. The way its products work is by delivering integrated power and propulsion through high-performance engines and turbines, supported by ongoing maintenance to ensure reliability and efficiency. The company differentiates itself through deep engineering expertise across defense and civil sectors, an emphasis on integrated power systems, and a strong focus on long-term service contracts that provide recurring revenue and sustained performance. Its goal is to reduce environmental impact and improve operational efficiency for customers by advancing technology through research and development and delivering reliable, efficient power solutions.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
1904

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