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Maria Vechorek

@mariavechorek

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I lead legal operations and contract management, improving speed, risk control, and recovery outcomes.

France

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a legal operations or contract administration role where I can streamline SOPs, strengthen risk controls, and accelerate contract cycle times and receivables recovery in an international environment.

I’m a Contract Administrator and Legal Operations professional with 20 years of sole-counsel experience across commercial contracting, risk assessment, and process design. I’ve managed portfolios of 200+ active commercial agreements and also led legal functions overseeing up to 15 simultaneous high-value agreements, consistently using structured frameworks to reduce cycle times and improve outcomes.

I focus on building full-cycle systems—from contract intake and compliance monitoring to dispute resolution, receivables, and enforcement. I reduced contract approval turnaround by 30% through company-wide SOP implementation and achieved a 50% pre-enforcement debt recovery rate by implementing proactive receivables management and structured dispute resolution; I also strengthen teams through SOP documentation and KPI reporting.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

AI Model Quality Evaluator

TELUS Digital

Mar 2025 - Mar 2026 (1 year)

Evaluated up to 150 AI-generated outputs per day against compliance and safety policy frameworks, maintaining a 98% quality assurance score over 12 months. Authored adversarial test prompts across 13 content categories and escalated recurring guideline edge cases to improve scoring consistency and response accuracy.

Adversarial Testing LLM Evaluation Guideline Calibration Edge Cases

Business Process Analyst

Renaissance Insurance Group

Jan 2024 - Jun 2024 (5 months)

Built and maintained an Excel KPI tracking dashboard for contact centre performance and supported weekly departmental reporting. Analyzed call-handling workflows to identify bottlenecks, reducing average call handling time by 20%.

KPI Tracking Excel Dashboard Process Mapping Performance Metrics

Legal Counsel

Biovet

Feb 2021 - Feb 2023 (2 years)

Served as sole legal counsel for ~2,000 supply, services, and distribution agreements, including domestic and international counterparties. Built a full-cycle debt recovery system from scratch, enabling ~150 court claims totaling ~€4M and resolving 60% of overdue cases pre-litigation; also performed pre-contract due diligence to determine credit limits and shipment volumes, and standardized the co

Contract Lifecycle Management Contract Drafting And Negotiation Risk Assessment Debt Recovery Dispute Resolution Contract Standardization

Legal Counsel

Amarilis / Amarilis Lyuks

Jul 2018 - Jan 2023 (4 years 6 months)

Acted as sole legal counsel for two related entities, managing overlapping commercial contract portfolios of ~2,000 agreements across supply, distribution, and services. Expanded the contract template library from 1 to 20 templates, conducted supplier/client due diligence with risk registers, and supported corporate governance documentation.

Contract Management Commercial Contracting Risk Register Corporate Governance Contract Compliance

Leading Legal Counsel

Autoprofi

Feb 2015 - Feb 2018 (3 years)

Managed up to 20 simultaneous commercial contracts across procurement, supply, and distribution for a 700-person auto parts manufacturer and wholesale distributor. Implemented counterparty vetting to reduce disputed accounts and maintained an 80% pre-litigation resolution rate for overdue claims, with only ~10 cases per year progressing to court.

Commercial Contracts Dispute Resolution

Head of Legal

Eksmo Publishing House

Mar 2009 - Apr 2015 (6 years 1 month)

Led the legal function and managed up to 15 simultaneous high-value agreements across supply, licensing, distribution, and international print production. Negotiated cross-border manufacturing contracts, implemented contract approval frameworks that reduced internal turnaround time by 20%, and handled ~70 court claims, resolving ~50% of overdue accounts pre-litigation through structured negotiatio

Legal Leadership Contract Negotiation