Legal Counsel Legal Counsel with verification
Job Description
The Legal Counsel, India is charged with providing high quality and responsive legal support and guidance to the relevant functions or factories as part of the Legal team; establishing collaborative relationships with colleagues for effective business partnering; manage litigation through external legal resources within budgets and highlight and manage risk in areas supported.
Principal Accountabilities :
Listed below are a series of brief key statements which describe the principal accountabilities of this role
Provide legal support and risk evaluation to relevant Categories, functions and factories, through
Legal advice
Company Secretarial work
Contract risk management
Ensuring appropriate protection of intellectual property
Identification and interpretation of applicable laws and regulations
Policy interpretation, development and training
Litigation and support for customer claims
Negotiate and managing external legal fees within agreed budgets
Provide legal support for major projects in the business and the Legal Function
Statutory compliance
Establish a culture of compliance throughout the business through all forms of advice, communication, role modelling and training and includes:
overseeing corporate governance and compliance with law and policy
policy interpretation, development and training
Implementing effective compliance training programs for policies owned by the Legal function
Spearhead a regime of statutory compliance through the Statutory Compliance Tool
Participate in and contribute to the Global Legal department’s knowledge management and productivity building initiatives as agreed with the Counsel on an annual basis
Other Competencies
Robust knowledge of local law and regulations
Good business acumen
Savvy with digital projects and concepts
Understanding and experience of digital
Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively convey legal advice and documentation in a commercially sound and relevant manne
Sound judgment and business sense
Good interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively with a wide variety of managers across a wide variety of business disciplines
Strong customer focus, yet have the ability to give independent advice
Knowledge of domestic and international FMCG/Foods industry, competitors and regulatory environment
Ability to manage numerous matters and competing priorities and to work within a matrix set up
Candidate Experience Profile
Education:
Degree in Law (either 5 year course or post graduate 3 year course) from a recognized University and qualified Company Secretary
Experience:
At least 10 years Post Qualification Experience as in-house legal advisor and Company Secretary in a large corporation with multiple locations and manufacturing facilities.
Experience in FMCG or Food companies preferred.
Key Values: While all MDM Values are important, the following would be very critical for this role
Act like owners
Walk-the-talk / Lead by example
Take hard calls and decide what is right for the business
Focus on outcome over activity
Question the status quo / Encourage experimentation
Always act like this is our business and treat the company’s money as our own
Be proud custodians and take our stewardship of our brands and people seriously
Keep it simple
Focus on the core issue
Make our decisions and actions clear
Break complexity into steps to success
Don’t let perfect get in the way of better
Identify areas to reduce and manage complexity
Discuss, Decide and Deliver
Get to the heart of the issue
Be fully present during discussions
Promises made, promises kept
Align on the issue before coming to a conclusion
Discuss with the right people before you decide
Make decisions and back each other
Decide quickly and keep the business moving forward
Within Country Relocation support available and for candidates voluntarily moving internationally some minimal support is offered through our Volunteer International Transfer Policy
Business Unit Summary
Mondelez India Foods Private Limited (formerly Cadbury India Ltd.) has been in India for over 70 years, making sure our mouth-watering and well-loved local and global brands such as Cadbury chocolates, Bournvita and Tang powdered beverages, Oreo and Cadbury Bournvita biscuits, and Halls and Cadbury Choclairs Gold candies get safely into our customers hands—and mouths. Headquartered in Mumbai, the company has more than 3,300 employees proudly working across sales offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai and in manufacturing facilities at Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, at our global Research & Development Technical Centre and Global Business Hub in Maharashtra and in a vast distribution network across the country. We are also proud to be recognised by Avatar as the Best Companies for Women in India in 2019 – the fourth time we’ve received this award.
Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Job Type
Regular
Legal Business Growth Partners and Services
Legal
Legal Fundamentals