Entry-level Legal Analyst - Itasca, IL

This position will be located in our Headquarters in Itasca, IL.

The Legal Analyst is primarily responsible for reducing risks to our company. Secondary responsibility is assisting both corporate and sales departments by assessing their business needs in areas such as customer agreements, contracts, new product releases, and importing and exporting regulations. A successful individual in this role demonstrates strong critical thinking skills and the ability to translate strategic business plans and goals into actionable projects.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Legal review of customer’s and vendor’s legal documents and agreements
• Drafting and editing Keyence legal documents
• Review of high-dollar contracts for sales departments. Identify areas of concern and work with sales managers and legal counsel to present negotiable options to the sales representative
• Review customer Agreements, such as Non-Disclosure Agreements, for sales representatives. Be able to identify red flags in these agreements and offer appropriate corrections
• Completing customer information surveys, product surveys, vendor surveys, and the like
• Responding to customer requests for product compliance certificates
• Systematically monitor and analyze the progress of contracts to ensure that they are still aligned with business objectives
• Legal law researcher of statutes, legislations and other state and Federal regulations, including new safety compliance requirements
• Legal focused projects such as legal review of business law changes, updating compliance policies and procedures

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in PolySci, Business, or related degree
• Integrity – job requires appropriate handling of confidential, sensitive information
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Attention to detail, critical thinking skills, complex concept understanding
• Able to work together in a team setting as well as individually
• Ability to accurately and thoroughly document, record, and maintain information and data

Preferred Skills/Technical Skills

• 1-2 years as legal intern or paralegal preferred
• Online legal research experience with legal platforms such as Lexis Nexus or similar
• Business acumen to create added value to our company, managers, and employees by aligning LPD practices with business objectives
• Ability to establish and sustain positive and productive interpersonal relationships

Why work for KEYENCE?

• Competitive compensation
• “Learn by doing” development policy
• Recognized by Forbes World’s Top 100 as “Most Innovative” company 8 years in a row
• Promote from Within Culture
• Benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, and other voluntary benefits
• Total Compensation (Base + Bonus) : $76,099

At KEYENCE, we never settle.  We aim to change the status quo for society and for the world, one product at a time. We are a global leader in industrial automation with the ability to add value to customers in all aspects of manufacturing, research, and design.  Our strict promote from within policy puts pressure on our organization to continue developing new managers so we can expand our business and provide lucrative careers for our employees.  We hire talented individuals who push themselves and our organization to get to the next level.

KEYENCE is an at-will, Equal Opportunity Employer.