Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelez International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Matter.
Under the guidance of Mondelez International's legal leader or counsel, you deliver on our legal strategy, activities, and service delivery model in a legal specialist and generalist area of focus. You use your ability to work independently, your in-depth knowledge, and significant experience in a specialty area to apply legal knowledge in the practice area and propose legal solutions and alternatives to in-house counsel.
How you will contribute
In this role, you provide strategic legal support to the legal business unit, region and global stakeholders and work closely with them to ensure legal concepts and implications are understood and related legal and operational risks are assessed. You will operate systems and technologies relevant to the area of support, prepare documents, gather information, and interact with business partners to deliver objectives and provide expertise and experience in a legal specialty area to identify and advise on laws and regulatory changes for a given country and/or across multiple countries.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career with experience and knowledge in:
Legal experience, ideally in a large matrixed multinational company
Working independently and coping with stressful situations and deadlines.
Excellent problem-solving, project management, and time management skills
Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
Technology and Systems Savvy; ability to operate and manage systems and technologies relevant to particular job
Responsibilities:
Work with Senior Director and Chief Counsel MX BU in the following priorities, ensuring clear communication and teamwork:
Decisive, creative and pragmatic business leader; strategic advisor with strong ability to use own initiatives and help the business achieve or exceed their objectives.
Operations: provide legal service to the operations group in matters such as environmental, energy, EHS, etc., pertaining to the MX BU manufacturing facilities, distribution centers, and CEVES located in Mexico.
Supply chain and Procurement: Provide transactions-related legal services, including review, advice, structuring, negotiation, drafting, and tracking of contracts for sale and acquisition of goods and services for the MX BU, will provide training and day-to-day problem-solving.
CGA: support the CGA to distill complex laws and regulations into MX BU useful, understandable principles and concise explanations.
Regulatory: Identify and interpret applicable laws and regulations; provide timely, clear, and thoughtful legal advice and solutions pertaining to the laws, regulations, and policy changes that may have an impact on the business, manufacturing process, and our products.
Identify and interpret applicable laws and regulations; monitor, anticipate and analyze relevant law and policy changes to address and implement them in the most advantageous way to MDLZ consistently.
Claims: manage claims pertaining to regulatory matters, conduct thorough factual and legal investigations, and develop claims resolution strategy accordingly.
Use outside counsel efficiently and as necessary. Provide feedback to the Senior Director and Chief Counsel on the level of services of outside counsel and look for opportunities to improve the services.
Job Requisitions:
Bringing successful experience in a multinational consumer goods company or law firm that has worked in a complex commercial setting, the ideal candidate should possess at least 15 years of business experience, with a successful track record operating as an advisor/counsel in fast-moving, consumer-centric and dynamic environments.
Law degree;
Master's degree is a Plus;
Admitted to practice law in Mexico;
Impeccable professional and personal integrity background;
Seasoned in-house lawyer or law firm advisor/counsel with at least 15 years' experience;
Generalist background with broad exposure to multiple legal disciplines;
Experience in Marketing, Manufacturing and/or Sales law or Consumer Packaged Goods industry experience preferred but not mandatory;
Great interpersonal skills, teamwork, approachable and team builder;
Ability to work under pressure with a sense of diplomacy;
Strong strategic leadership orientation combined with strong analytical & conceptual thinking;
Fluent in English and Spanish.
No Relocation support available.
Business Unit Summary
Mondelez México has been in the country since 1927 and currently employs 6,000 wonderful people. Our diverse portfolio includes iconic global brands. We are leaders in the making of cream cheese, powdered beverages, and confections. Our growth is supported by our cutting-edge manufacturing facilities. We are pioneers in the country in work-life balance practices.
Mondelez International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law.
Job Details
Title: Counsel, Sr. Manager
Function: Legal
Date: 1/2/2024
Job ID: R-120155
Work Schedule: Full time
Location: Santa Fé, Mexico
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