Find your purpose at Unilever. Help to protect and land innovations that drive our business to win and grow. Be a frontline lawyer to help business navigate uncertainties and comply with the law, being the guardians of our values. Learn from brilliant leaders and diverse colleagues in a global environment, becoming your best self. Are you a senior lawyer (+15 years’ experience) passionate about ice cream innovation, digital commerce, marketing and negotiations, in a constant evolving world, and would like to be part of a multi-cultural global legal team, for the leading ice cream business in the world? Then this role is tailored for you.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- The India General Counsel will have a rich and engaging role, business partnering the India General Manager and his leadership team and will be responsible for:
- Ensuring compliance of all operations in India (Competition Law, Business Integrity, Data Privacy, Anti-Bribery, Governance, Corporate Secretary) through effective business partnering to the India Leadership Team and the wider India Ice Cream organisation (Marketing, Sales, Procurement, Supply Chain, R&D and Finance). Collaboration across the METSA (Middle East, Turkey, South Asia, Israel and South Africa) Legal team as well as the Corporate Centre (for Tax, IP, Corporate, M&A, Business Integrity and Data Protection teams).
- Partnering the India Leadership team and support transformational projects
- The compliance and roll out of global legal corporate policies for the Ice Cream Business in the country.
- Advising on key legal risks for the Ice Cream Business and provide a strategy and plan including resourcing as to how this would be mitigated and managed;
- Advising on sales and route to market topics and projects / alternative business models, including Business2Business/Customer Development models /ecommerce;
- Advising on all legal aspects, including contracts assessments with suppliers, distributors, Ecommerce, Logistics, Factory maintenance and contractors;
- Advising on new product development projects, including the legality of and support for claims, product positioning, input into preparation of communication materials.
- Any Ice Cream related litigation in the country;
- External legal issues impacting the Ice Cream business such as Competition/ Commercial, Corporate, Marketing, regulatory, and Advertising Environmental/sustainability, related and where relevant.
- Managing legal risks & reputation for operations in India by supervising any major crisis and/or litigations in relationship with Authorities (Competition, Consumer, Environmental, Data Protection Authorities amongst others) and Competitors, and implementing policies and compliance program in India.
- Supporting the Sales Department in managing supplier/distributor relations by negotiating, analyzing, and drafting the various contractual agreements (single agreement, GTC/GTS, international agreements) whether for In-Home Retail Clients, Wholesalers & Chains (Foodservices & OOH), Direct to Consumer & E-commerce.
- Providing legal support for the Customer Service, Logistics, Finance teams on all contracts and operations related to their activities in the cluster (Payment terms, electronic invoicing, invoicing, issue related to the transport of goods, negotiation of General Terms and Conditions of Purchase and penalties).
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:
- SKILLS: Legal Expertise, Advanced Risk Management, Business Partnering, Stakeholder Management, Problem Solving, Decision Making, Business Acumen, Project Management, Collaboration, Influential Leadership, Negotiation Skills, Digital Curiosity, Versatility, Advocacy, Emotion Intelligent, Prioritisation Skills, Multitasking, External Network, External Communications, External Network, Budget and Management Controls.
- EXPERIENCES & QUALIFICATIONS: senior lawyer (+15 years’ experience/PQE), experienced in corporate law, commercial & sales contracts, legal marketing activities, competition law, factory support, issues management.
LEADERSHIP:
- You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team delivers with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.
- You are still responsible for your own results and as a manager, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching. You understand the wider business context and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed.
- Passion, energy and enthusiasm for your work and for everything that makes Ice Cream unique
- Outstanding communication and problem-solving skills
- A team player who is highly collaborative, flexible and enjoys working with others
- Boundaryless – will go above and beyond to get the job done
- Curious with an unquenchable desire to learn
- Strives for constant improvement
- A commitment to unyielding integrity who will serve as a role model
- A great sense of humor, enjoys fun and strives for a proper work-life balance
- Able to work across time zones and possessing global sensibilities
- A doer more than manager – always willing to roll up own sleeves to get something done
- Ability to assimilate information quickly, identify and articulate risks and provide pragmatic solutions
- A business partner mindset that emphasizes practical and effective solutions
- Close attention to detail
- Strong organizational skills
- Capable of multi-tasking, address changing demands in a fast-paced environment and juggling multiple projects while always meeting deadlines
- Lead with a global mindset to ensure our teams operate on a consistent legal practice on a worldwide, cross-jurisdictional basis.
- Able to work with team members in different jurisdictions, in a truly distributive leadership.
Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
- PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Has emotional intelligence to take feedback, manage mood and motivations, and build empathy for others.
- PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed. Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results.
- TALENT CATALYST: Invests in people – coaches individuals and teams to realize their full potential. Creates an inclusive climate, empowering everyone to be at their best.
- PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
- CONSUMER LOVE: Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
- BUSINESS ACUMEN: Creates sustainable growth with purpose, engaging different partners across the system for change.