The Senior Legal Operations Associate will be part of the Ice Cream Legal Powerhouse which is part of the legal function and provide defined, structured services to the team and to the broader business and will be responsible for:
- Stay updated on the latest trends and best practices in legal operations and technology.
- Support to find and implement technology tools used by the legal team (e.g. Contract Lifecycle Management, Data Privacy, BI, litigation tools)
- Create and maintain advanced reports and dashboards using PowerBI to provide insights and analytics to the legal team and senior management.
- Identify and implement opportunities for simplification and automation of legal processes and workflows using Power Apps and Power Automate.
- Manage and optimize various legal operations processes such as management of the Contract Lifecycle Management, User Access Management, finance payment tools, updating of knowledge articles and other similar activities.
- Manage a central support mailbox and work with multiple stakeholders across the globe, including internal and external legal counsel, vendors, procurement and other business users and support them on any issues related to Contract Lifecycle Management.
- Support the BAU maintenance of technology tools used by the legal team, such as SharePoint, finance payment tools and Contract Lifecycle Management.
- Work with vendors in resolving complex technical issues.
- Engaging with and supporting other lawyers across the globe
Stakeholder Management
- Support the development and management of stakeholder relationships within Unilever and with key third parties, including within Legal, Procurement, Finance, Digital Marketing, HR, local Data Protection Officers and other businesses
Line Management
- Act as a Line manager for a small team of Legal Associates if needed.
- Key Interfaces
- Legal (including external legal counsel)
- IT
- Procurement
- Data Privacy
- Business Integrity
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor’s degree in business, law or technology
- A minimum of 6 years of experience in legal operations or similar role.
- Proficient in Advanced Excel and PowerBI, with strong data analysis and visualization skills.
- Experience in building automation through Power Apps and Power Automate.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and project management skills.
- Process oriented, detail oriented, and problem-solving mindset.
- Passion for technology and keen interest in simplification, AI and automation.
- Experience in legal departments is a plus.
Preferable:
- Experience in SharePoint and Contract Lifecycle Management.
- Prior experience of data analytics.
- Familiar with Lean Six Sigma and Agile methodologies.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.
- For the recruitment of this position, we would like to emphasize that local conditions apply to the position.
- Please be aware if you are applying for this role from outside the informed location, if successful, your internal application will be treated as a self-initiated Change Location Outside of Country (CLOC) transfer.
- No further relocation support will be provided in a self-initiated CLOC.