Marika Scott

Value Proposition:

Location: South Africa, Gauteng

Home & other languages: Afrikaans, English

Highest qualification type: Masters

Years of experience: 20 to 30 years

Gender:                                    Female

Ethnicity:                                 Caucasian/White

Nationality:                              South African

Highest Formal Qualification:  2 Law Degrees: BLC and LLB

What is your current / most recent job title?

Enshrine Recruitment Collaboration Partner and Managing Director at Legal Empire

What is the primary purpose of this position?

Finding either Business or Legal solutions for clients

What are the core elements or functions that must operate effectively in order for you to achieve your primary purpose?

-To find the most proficient solutions available to the clients
-Personal attention
-Confidentiality

What are some of your greatest achievements (When and how have you saved your employers time, money and resources)?

Proficient time-management, cost-efficiency and opportune contract drafting and management

If you were to illuminate your skills and abilities along with your greater purpose and passions in life, how would you describe yourself?

Intelligent, Adventurer, Result-driven, Peoples-person, Excellent leader.

What is the business title of your ideal position?

Senior Legal Advisor or Director

What are the key responsibilities and accountabilities of your ideal position?

Problem-solving: legal wise and business wise
Risk management
Finance
Procurement
Contracts (drafting and vetting)
Labour matters

What are the manufacturing processes/ technologies that you have experience in relevant to your ideal position/ next career steps?

The Legal sector as well as the Financial and Procurement sectors. Personally I specialise in drafting and vetting of Contracts and Labour Law, e.g. retrenchments, unfair dismissals, disciplinaries, etc. This is where I can add the most proficient value.

Describe your career in years of experience per sector/industry/commodity serviced:

21 Years experience in both

Describe the kind of company you would like to work for including the culture and values it should possess:

Listed Company with values of transparency, honesty, integrity, fairness, result-driven.

What do you absolutely love doing?

Contracts (drafting and vetting), problem-solving, helping others, building people up and businesses up, challenges, conflict negotiation, creative development.