Deputy General Counsel

Are you looking for more?
 

At Mohawk Industries, we’re committed to more – more customer solutions, more process improvements, more sustainable manufacturing and more opportunities for our team.

As a Fortune 500, global flooring leader with some of the best-known brands in the industry, Mohawk is a great place to start or develop your career with an emphasis on more of what’s important to you. Whether you want to lead more, innovate more, learn more or create more, you can find your more with Mohawk.

What We Need:

The Deputy General Counsel is a senior-level leader that serves as the company’s lead corporate, securities, and governance attorney and a key member of the Legal Leadership Team. This role partners directly with the General Counsel, executive leadership, cross-functional corporate departments, and international business teams to manage public company compliance, strategic transactions, and enterprise governance across a complex multinational organization. The role also serves as a strategic advisor to the Board of Directors and senior management on disclosure, governance, capital markets, and related enterprise risk matters. 

What You'll Do:

· Advise on SEC and NYSE reporting requirements, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, proxy statements, and Section 16 filings.

· Lead preparation and review of public disclosures, earnings releases, investor communications, and sustainability reporting.

· Support the Disclosure Committee and enhance disclosure controls and reporting processes.

· Partner with the corporate secretary and Board on governance matters, including meetings, materials, policies, and shareholder engagement.

· Advise senior leadership and the Board on governance trends, fiduciary duties, and regulatory developments.

· Provide legal support for debt financings, capital markets transactions, intercompany activities, and treasury matters.

· Lead or support mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, and other strategic transactions.

· Oversee global subsidiary governance and legal entity management.

· Support corporate compliance programs, including insider trading, sanctions, and anti-corruption initiatives.

· Provide legal guidance on emerging risks, including regulatory and sustainability-related matters.

· Advise business leaders on legal implications of strategic and operational decisions.

· Draft, review, and negotiate legal documents and manage outside counsel.

· Lead cross-functional collaboration and drive process improvements within the legal function.

· Mentor legal team members and support overall legal department operations.

· Performs other duties as needed.

What You Have:

· Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent education and/or experience.

· 12+ years relevant experience or equivalent education and/or experience.

· 7+ years of management experience.

· JD degree and active bar membership preferred.

· Licensed to practice law preferred

What You're Good At:

· Broad commercial legal experience required, with particular focus in commercial transactions (including real estate), employment law and litigation management.

· Thorough understanding of current federal, state and possibly international regulatory requirements affecting public corporations to include SEC, FASB, SOX, ERISA, EEO, HIPPA, OSHA, ADA and all other laws and regulations.

· Demonstrated experience in the ability to manage internal and contract counsel effectively.

· Ability to draft, negotiate and facilitate a wide range of commercial transactions, including complex commercial agreements, purchase and supply agreements, sales and distribution agreements, real estate leases, intellectual property licenses, etc.

· Demonstrated experience advising senior executives, boards of directors, and board committees.

· Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives and manage competing priorities in a global organization.

· Strong business acumen and understanding of corporate operations and financial structures.

· Able to delegate work effectively to team members; ensures tasks are completed without micromanaging.

· Focused on and responsible for their team's productivity and collective impact.

· Excellent communication, problem solving, and organizational skills.

· Able to multitask, prioritize, delegate, and manage time effectively.

· High level of integrity and discretion in handling sensitive and confidential people data.

· Proficient using Microsoft Suite of products.

· Flexible attitude, adaptable to change, team player and able to handle multiple projects at once.

· High degree of professionalism, judgment, maturity, and resourcefulness in the absence of formalized guidelines and procedures.

What Else?

· Travels to company work locations and board meetings as necessary to perform function. 

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Mohawk Industries is a leading global flooring manufacturer that creates products to enhance residential and commercial spaces around the world. Mohawk’s vertically integrated manufacturing and distribution processes provide competitive advantages in the production of carpet, rugs, ceramic tile, laminate, wood, stone and vinyl flooring. Our industry-leading innovation has yielded products and technologies that differentiate our brands in the marketplace and satisfy all remodeling and new construction requirements. Our brands are among the most recognized in the industry and include American Olean, Daltile, Durkan, IVC, Karastan, Marazzi, Mohawk, Mohawk Home, Pergo, and Quick-Step. During the past decade, Mohawk has transformed its business from an American carpet manufacturer into the world’s largest flooring company with operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, India, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia and the United States.

Mohawk Industries, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veteran committed to an inclusive workplace and a proud Drugs Don’t Work participant.