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.
Provide legal perspective on new business models, markets, products, services, partnerships, and geographic expansion.

Commercial Contracts & Transactions

Lead the review, drafting, negotiation, and interpretation of commercial agreements, including:
Customer and supplier agreements
Distribution agreements
Master service agreements
Vendor and procurement agreements
Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements
Consulting and professional services agreements
Technology, software, SaaS, and licensing agreements
Logistics and warehousing agreements
Real estate and lease agreements
Other strategic agreements
Identify material contractual risks and provide practical recommendations regarding risk acceptance, negotiation, or mitigation.
Develop and maintain standard contract templates, legal terms, negotiation playbooks, and approval guidelines.
Manage contract review and escalation standards based on risk and complexity.
Partner with business teams to improve contract lifecycle management and contracting efficiency.
Support legal due diligence associated with acquisitions, divestitures, investments, strategic partnerships, and other corporate transactions as needed.