Director of Legal

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Who We Are

Formerra is a preeminent distributor of engineered materials, connecting the world’s leading polymer producers with thousands of OEMs and brand owners across healthcare, consumer, industrial, and mobility markets. Powered by technical and commercial expertise, it brings a distinctive combination of portfolio depth, supply chain strength, industry knowledge, service, leading ecommerce capabilities, and ingenuity. The experienced Formerra team helps customers across multiple industries to design, select, process, and develop products in new and better ways – driving improved performance, productivity, reliability, and sustainability. To learn more, visit www.formerra.com .

Formerra leads in the market with the following key capabilities:

• Problem-solving mindset, based on ingenuity and backed by a skilled and experienced commercial team that brings differentiated insights across markets including healthcare, consumer, industrial and mobility
• Expansive material portfolio, including engineering thermoplastics and traditional polymers across leading material brands
• Integrated, long-standing relationships with leading, global suppliers
• Unparalleled and highly specialized technical, processing, and design support
• Regulatory-compliant material support and expertise

Position Overview

The Director of Legal serves as the company's primary in-house legal advisor and is a senior individual contributor responsible for providing practical, business-oriented legal guidance across the organization. The role partners closely with executive leadership and functional and commercial leaders to identify and manage legal, regulatory, compliance, contractual, employment, and enterprise risks while enabling the company's strategic and operational objectives.

The Director of Legal retains internal ownership and accountability for legal matters supported by external counsel, ensuring outside legal advice is appropriately translated into practical business recommendations and actions. This position does not have direct reports and requires a high degree of independence, judgment, prioritization, executive presence, and cross-functional influence.

Location Requirement: This role is considered hybrid, and candidates must be within a commutable distance to our Romeoville office for 3 days a week.

Key Responsibilities

Legal Strategy & Executive Counsel

• Serve as the company's primary internal legal advisor and trusted legal partner to executive and functional leadership.
• Provide practical, commercially focused legal advice that balances business objectives, legal requirements, risk, and speed of execution.
• Proactively identify emerging legal and regulatory risks and recommend appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Translate complex legal requirements and external legal advice into clear, actionable guidance for business leaders.
• Support leadership in establishing appropriate legal risk tolerances and escalation protocols.
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• Technology proficient (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, with some experience using Ai / Co-Pilot to assist in identifying efficiencies to processes)

Disclaimers

• Legal authorization to work in the specified country is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
• The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
• It is the policy of Formerra that all employees are employed at the will of Formerra for an indefinite period and are subject to termination at any time, for any reason, with or without cause or notice. At the same time, employees may terminate their employment at any time and for any reason.
• Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, pregnancy, genetic information, creed, citizenship status, marital status or any other consideration prohibited by law or contract.
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