Contracts Administrator

The Company

Join TNA, an award-winning company recognized globally for innovation and rethinking the conventional.

TNA was started by Alf and Nadia Taylor as a consulting company for the food industry. Soon after, Alf Taylor invented the world’s first rotary vertical form fill and seal packaging machine which revolutionized packaging speeds for snack foods. Today, we’re the industry’s leading innovator, providing complete turnkey processing and packaging lines for a variety of food production including snacks, French fries, confectionery and more.

Click on www.tnasolutions.com  to learn more about the organisation.

About the Role

We are looking for a 
Contacts Administrator to join the team on a fixed term contract for a period of 8 months working 5 days per week, who will be responsible for administrating business contracts, including purchasing and sales.

The contract administrator acts as liaison between internal stakeholders and external customers and suppliers, making sure that the terms and conditions are correctly documented and followed through.

This position will be based in Sydney Olympic Park, Australia and will report to the Group Finance Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

Your core responsibilities will be as follows:

- Draft, review and negotiate contracts (internally and with external parties) while considering highlighting and catering to legal and commercial risks to relevant TNA stakeholders. The range of TNA contracts includes all TNA global regions

- Administer and maintain TNA's existing global NDA practices. Draft, negotiate and implement confidentiality agreements with customers, suppliers, contractors and strategic partners and provide guidance on confidentiality obligations especially in line with jurisdictions.

- Risk advisory: Advise senior management (Group Finance Officer, CFO, CEO etc. on any present risks to guide business decisions relating to the transaction in contracts that come for review. Partner closely with executive leadership, finance, sales, procurement, project management, engineering, manufacturing and IT teams globally to achieve commercially balanced and legally compliant outcomes.

- Liaise with external counsel: where required, liaise on matters with TNA’s existing external counsel on contractual matters and otherwise.

- Legal advisory: Based on TNA’s business profile and prevalent jurisdictions, advise on basic legal matters such as clauses, disputes, consent forms, breaches and coordinate legal strategies.

- Assist internal TNA stakeholders with review of any external policies and codes that TNA may need to sign off as well as assist TNA internal stakeholders with review and drafting of TNA global policies.

Desired Knowledge, Experience and Skills

- Contract Management (Legal) qualifications, preferably Bachelors of Laws.

- Previous experience of at least 1-3 years in a global contract administrative role in same or similar industry

- Proven record of successfully managing existing contact management processes and following established contract-related practices at the workplace.

- A strong understanding of contract law and management

- Business acumen to align contractual needs on a global basis is a must

- Risk analysis related to the transactions in contracts is required.

- An eye for detail and ability to spot errors and/or omissions.

- Ability to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines with limited turn-around times.

- Ability to learn quickly and carry on with internal contract management systems

- Ability to develop relationships with all levels of personnel within the organisation on a global level.

- Must be able to deal with multicultural stakeholders.

- Impeccable Evaluation skills

- Strong Negotiation skills

- Excellent communication (written and verbal)

- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, etc.

- Thrives in a complex and hands-on environment.

- Candidate should be flexible toward global time differences.

Why work with us?

- Egalitarian company structure which e.g (empowers employees and nurtures leaders)

- Professional and career development benefits and education investment

- Birthday leave.

- Volunteering opportunities with the Nadia and Alf Taylor Foundation

- Recognition program linked to health and lifestyle benefits.

- A company that truly values diversity.

To be considered for this role:

If you are interested in working with a highly talented team with a family culture built on innovation, then please email your resume to [email protected]