Senior Legal Counsel Job In Uxbridge

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Job Description

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Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Matter.

We are currently looking for a motivated and talented lawyer on a 12 month fixed-term contract to join our Northern Europe Legal Team. This role involves leading a full range of commercial legal matters in the UK and Ireland, including legal support and advice to a number of departments across the business and its subsidiaries, including our, Sales, Marketing and Supply Chain functions as well as working with our regional and global teams.
The position covers responsibility for the UK and Ireland, manages one direct report and will report into our Chief Counsel for the Mondelez Northern Europe region

How you will contribute

• As part of Northern Europe Legal leadership team, setting and providing strategic direction of the function for the team and wider business.
• Lead legal and strategic advisor, directly and through other members of the team, for Sales, Supply Chain and issues management across UK and Ireland. Examples include:

• Sales strategy and agreements with key customers, including joint business plans, promotional funding and rebates, and e-commerce initiatives.
• Developing and delivering competition law and other legal training across the business to ensure compliance and risk management effectively.
• Procurement agreements with strategic suppliers including logistics providers, ingredient suppliers and other supply chain requirements.
• Legal lead on issues management matters including relating to food quality matters, supply constraints and regulatory issues.
• Provide legal support for Marketing, corporate and government affairs, brand and reputation issues, data protection matters.

You will lead in setting and implementing legal strategies that enable Mondelēz International to compete and to protect our people, assets and reputation while complying with legal requirements and standards of ethical conduct. In addition to these contributions, you will also lead the legal team in providing legal services to the company at an optimal cost considering internal and external resources, technologies and systems; provide legal guidance to ensure managers make informed decisions regarding legal operational risks; manage the legal strategy with outside counsel, including spending without compromising financial and reputational risk; address the complex legal environment by partnering with business units, regions and global stakeholders to identify and advise on laws and regulatory changes for a given country and/or across multiple countries identifying risks and opportunities for the company.

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career with experience and knowledge in:

• Significant legal experience, ideally in a large matrixed multinational company
• Strong analytical, strategic vision, decision-making, and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated leadership skills and experience navigating and presenting at all levels of organization
• Significant experience assessing, advising on risk, advising/coaching and dispute resolution in a multinational company
• Highest level of integrity and trust; highly credible and willing to express
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Resourcefulness, including relevant new technologies and systems

More about this role

What we are looking for:

• You are a qualified lawyer with at least 10 years post qualification experience of working in the UK market within an in-house legal department (FMCG preferred).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills.
• Significant experience of commercial, competition and contract law. 
• Experience of Intellectual Property and Corporate Governance is desired.
• You are a driven and dedicated team player with a growth mindset and keen to learn and work with our business.

What else you need to know:

• Based in Uxbridge, we operate a flexible hybrid model where you can work 2 days from home and 3 days in the office.
• Free on-site parking and close to Uxbridge tube station
• Other benefits include 27 days holiday plus bank holiday and option to buy extra leave
• Excellent Pension Scheme
• Annual bonus scheme
• Private Medical
• Discounts on gyms, restaurant memberships and more

The responsibilities of this position are performed within the framework of a regional business model that is defined and managed by Mondelēz Europe GmbH, Switzerland .

No Relocation support available Business Unit Summary At Mondelez Europe, we are proud, not only of the iconic brands we make, but also of the people who make them. Our delicious products are created in 52 plants across Europe by more than 28,000 passionate people. We are the top maker of chocolate and biscuits and a leading maker of gum and candy. We make sure our powerful global brands and local jewels like Cadbury, Milka and Alpen Gold chocolates, Oreo, belVita, LU and Tuc biscuits, and Stimorol and Dirol gums get safely into our customers hands—and mouths. Great people and great brands. That’s who we are. Join us on our journey to continue leading the future of snacking around the world by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way.

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 Temporary (Fixed Term)Legal Business Growth Partners and ServicesLegal

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About Us

At Mondelēz International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right through offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broader range of delicious, high-quality snacks that nourish life's moments, made with sustainable ingredients and packaging that consumers can feel good about.

We have a rich portfolio of strong brands – both global and local. Including many household names such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. We are proud to hold the number 1 position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy as well as the No. 2 position in gum

Our 80,000 Makers and Bakers are located in our operations in more than 80 countries and are working to sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. They are energized for growth and critical to us living our purpose and values. We are a diverse community that can make things happen, and happen fast.