Legal Counsel

Your Role

As Legal Counsel, you will:

• Provide clear, practical and commercially focused legal advice across a broad range of business activities, projects and proposals in multiple jurisdictions.
• Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts, driving negotiations and protecting OMRON’s legal and commercial interests while enabling sustainable business outcomes.
• Manage claims and emerging disputes, using effective negotiation to de-escalate and achieve pragmatic commercial resolutions.
• Build trusted relationships with internal stakeholders and collaborate effectively with colleagues from different functions, cultures and backgrounds.
• Identify legal and commercial risks, apply balanced judgement and communicate proportionate, solution-oriented recommendations.
• Assess legal and regulatory compliance risks in new solutions, technologies and business models, and develop practical legal frameworks that mitigate risk while enabling responsible and sustainable growth.
• Contribute to the legal team’s continuous improvement through legal operations, knowledge management, process optimization and the responsible use of legal technology.
• Balance business objectives with OMRON’s ethical values and commitment to legal compliance.

Required Education and Qualifications

• Essential: a master’s degree in law (LL.M.) preferably awarded by a Dutch university or another EU Member State
• Approximately

3 to 4 years of relevant legal experience

, gained at a law firm, in-house legal department or a combination of both, preferably in an international or multinational environment.

• Experience supporting industrial automation, manufacturing, technology or comparable business-to-business organisation is preferred.

Required Skills and Experience

• Strong grounding in

commercial and contract law

, with demonstrated ability to draft, review and negotiate complex business-to-business agreements.

• A pragmatic business mindset and the ability to translate legal analysis into clear, concise and actionable advice.
• Strong judgement, analytical ability and attention to detail, with the confidence to take ownership and escalate appropriately.
• Excellent communication, listening and influencing skills, including the ability to adapt your approach to different cultures, jurisdictions, seniority levels and working styles.
• Collaborative, open-minded and resilient, with the flexibility to manage changing priorities, ambiguity and competing demands in a fast-moving cross-border environment.
• Curiosity and openness to learning OMRON’s solutions, technologies and evolving business models.
• A constructive and service-oriented approach, combined with the confidence to challenge and negotiate firmly when required.
• Fluent professional English; proficiency in an additional European language such as German, French, Italian, Spanish etc. is a plus
• Eligibility to work in the Netherlands.

We offer:

What OMRON Offers

• International and multicultural working environment.
• Close collaboration with internal clients across EMEA.
• Broad legal exposure and opportunities to implement best practices.
• Development opportunities to become a subject matter expert in specific legal areas.
• Support from experienced Legal Counsels and a cooperative, passionate team.
• Competitive remuneration package.
• 29 days of holiday for full-time employment.
• Hybrid working options.
• Working from abroad (Subject to OMRON’s EMEA policy)
• Access to company health insurance, pension, and fitness programs.
• Full-time position (40 hours/week, 36 hours/week negotiable).

Interested?

We welcome applications from

all backgrounds and experiences

. Please submit your

motivation letter and CV

and click on apply!