Global Legal Counsel - Unilever International (UI)

Job description

JOB TITLE: Global Legal Counsel – Unilever International

JOB LOCATION: Singapore

RELOCATION TERMS: Local terms only

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. It has 172,000 employees and generated sales of €48.4 billion in 2014. Over half (57%) of the company’s footprint is in developing and emerging markets. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Persil, Dove, Knorr, Domestos, Hellmann’s, Lipton, Wall’s, PG Tips, Ben & Jerry’s, Marmite, Magnum and Lynx.

Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan (USLP) commits to:

· Decoupling growth from environmental impact.
· Helping more than a billion people take action to improve their health and well-being.
· Enhancing the livelihoods of millions of people by 2020.

Unilever was ranked number one in its sector in the 2014 Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In the FTSE4Good Index, it achieved the highest environmental score of 5. It led the list of Global Corporate Sustainability Leaders in the 2014 GlobeScan/SustainAbility annual survey for the fourth year running, and in 2015 was ranked the most sustainable food and beverage company in Oxfam’s Behind the Brands Scorecard.

Unilever has been named in LinkedIn’s Top 3 most sought-after employers across all sectors.

For more information about Unilever and its brands, please visit www.unilever.com . For more information on the USLP: www.unilever.com/sustainable-living/

Main Purpose of the Job:

The Marketing Legal Counsel will support the Unilever International (UI) business division in all aspects of legal advisory and business partnering.

UI is a global business of over 1 billion Euros per annum which sells and markets Unilever products in over 100 countries through distributors and customers.

From expanding global brands into white-space geographies or channels to extending of product category portfolios; from bringing local jewels to international consumers; reaching niche channels like vitamins & supplements, kosher outlets; and selling to Governments, Institutional customers, and NGOs, UI is present across the world. This brings unique challenges not faced in the usual course of FMCG business pertaining to intellectual property, regulatory issues, marketing issues, quality risks, and consumer cases on an international level which requires legal advice in a timely manner.

Main Accountabilities:

· Being the day-to-day legal point of contact for UI Marketing teams globally, in advising and coordinating with the IP team in London for UI trade mark issues, reviewing and overseeing SMC (external contracts management team) work for UI contracts, and other legal advice for UI
· Advising UI business on IP issues, day-to-day contracting, and other legal advice
· Advising UI business on marketing claims, working with RA, R&D and QA for all marketing issues
· Collaborating and working with central teams across functions (Category Legal, RA, R&D) for HC, BPC and F&R as well as the UI Legal network
· Advising UI business on privacy, data protection, competition, and consumer law issues
· Drafting and negotiating agreements and other legal documents to support UI businesses including but not limited to confidentiality agreements, vendor contracts, tender agreements, and service agreements
· Managing, creating, and collecting: knowledge, best practices, precedents, and know-how for UI Legal
· Identifying potential legal risks of business activities, and proactively taking steps to minimize legal exposure effectively through practical advice to the business
· Ensuring that the business complies with all internal policies, local regulatory and reporting requirements
· Keeping abreast of legal developments and advising the potential impact of these developments on the business
· Preparing material and conducting trainings for the business in, amongst others, Legal Induction, Business Integrity, Marketing & IP Laws, Privacy Laws and Competition Laws
· Business partnering communications with governments, key negotiations, litigation activity and major projects as directed by General Counsel, UI
· Business partner communications with external parties including consumers as and when required by the business

· Supporting the General Counsel UI in managing strategies and plans to support the business goals

Requirements:

Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and have prior legal experience for at least 3-5 years in a law firm or in-house.

Able to converse, write and draft with business fluency.

TO APPLY:

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete an online assessment consisting of 2 questions.

This is an important part of our application procedure and will take approximately 2 minutes of your time to complete. When filled out partially or not at all it may adversely affect the progress of your application.

Please apply online by clicking on “Apply Online” below. Your application will be reviewed against our requirements. Should you not meet our immediate requirements, your profile will be registered in our talent pool system and we will match your profile to suitable future vacancies.

You will be able to access your status update through the candidate tracking link.

Due to the volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Thank you for your interest and application.