Legal Executive Manager - #657911

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We are looking for a talented Legal Executive Manager to join our team in Guarulhos, SP | CBL .

In this role, you’ll make an impact by being responsible for handling a variety of legal matters or projects across a wide range of business, functions and subject matters appropriate to their level of capability and experience. Performs more complex legal work under supervision of more senior level counsel.

Key Responsibilities:

• Performs legal work independently.
• Addresses a mixture of routine and more complex legal questions and projects.
• May assists more experienced attorneys in complex legal questions and projects that have broad reaching implications for the organization if the situation arises.
• Reviews standard documents and contracts, and prepares filings.
• Builds professional experience and learns the practical aspects of applied law, as well as the functions of the business.
• Demonstrates some proficiency in an area of law, specialty, function, or geographic region.
• Provides support or contributes to overall objectives and goals of organization.
• May supervise and/or mentor one or more paralegals or administrative assistants.
• May lead projects for the legal function.

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead legal advisory and litigation strategy in labor and environmental matters, ensuring risk mitigation and alignment with business priorities.
• Partner closely with HR, Labor Relations, HSE and Operations to provide proactive, solution-oriented legal guidance and drive consistency across Brazil.
• Manage and optimize labor litigation portfolio, including strategy definition, external counsel oversight, and identification of root causes and preventive actions.

Competencies:

Action oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.

Balances stakeholders - Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders.

Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

Decision quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.

Manages complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

Manages conflict - Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise.

Persuades - Using compelling arguments to gain the support and commitment of others.

Situational adaptability - Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations.

Strategic mindset - Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.

Assertiveness - Delivers information confidently in a direct way to reflect what is needed or believed.

Legal Acumen - Demonstrates knowledge in substantive legal specialty and general knowledge of legal issues affecting the manufacturing industry.

Project Issue and Risk Management - Manages the process to identify, assess and prioritize issues and risks using recommended tools and disciplines. Drives actions to minimize, monitor and control risks and issues and to maximize the most positive outcomes possible.

Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Required skills, education and experience:

• Law degree with solid experience in labor law (consultative and litigation); exposure to environmental matters is required.
• Proven ability to work in a cross-functional environment, influencing stakeholders and driving alignment across different areas.
• Fluent English (mandatory), with ability to interact in a global environment.
• Strong collaboration mindset, with demonstrated teamwork and effectiveness in alignment and decision-making processes.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have):

• Experience in a multinational or industrial environment, supporting operations and manufacturing sites.
• Exposure to environmental regulatory matters and HSE interface, including preventive legal strategies.

Additional Profile Attributes:

• Business-oriented and pragmatic
• Strong stakeholder management
• Structured and outcome-driven
• High sense of ownership and accountability

Job Law

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category On-site with Flexibility

Job Type Exempt - Experienced

ReqID 2431462

Relocation Package No

100% On-Site No