Unilever Legal Director Job in Nairobi Kenya

Vacancy: Legal Director

Unilever is one of the largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods companies. Among our flagship brands are Omo, Sunlight, Royco, Blue Band, Lifebuoy, Vaseline, Geisha, Close Up, Rexona and Axe, among others. 
 

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So whether you’re looking for an internship, graduate opportunities, or a job opening to progress your professional career, at Unilever you can shape your own path as you work with the brands and people that drive our sustainable business growth. 

As one of the world’s greatest consumer goods companies, we offer people with talent, passion and integrity some of the world’s greatest careers. 

We are seeking for suitable persons to fill a Legal Director role in the Legal Function. The successful person will be a Business Partner to the relevant cluster functional heads & Brand Building (Marketing) and be responsible for a team of lawyers for East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda). 

Key Responsibilities

• Identifies legal risks and helps the business navigate them, providing legally compliant creative solutions which deliver competitive advantage to the business objectives taking into account cost, risk and other consequences.
• Develops a strategic approach to managing legal risk across East Africa
• Ensures legal compliance of Category projects, activities and contracts.
• Autonomously identify and manage legal and contract risks, their impact and practically how to manage/comply with these
• Advises on a broad range of complex cases which may be of strategic importance to long-term business performance.
• Key areas of activity are: litigation, brand-building, labour law, commercial law, IP protection locally, competition/antitrust
• Takes responsibility for local legal aspects of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other major organisational transactions.
• Partners with line management colleagues to identify the options for achieving business objectives within appropriate legal constraints and will advise on the optimal solution, taking into account cost, risk and commercial consequences.
• Plans the conduct of substantial projects/litigation over many months and may take ownership of significant commercial projects (e.g. joint ventures).
• Leads in negotiation/litigation, directing a team of lawyers, on a project basis.
• Working with the Legal Director for Marketing in South Africa, provide creative, risk-based advice to Marketing on; Marketing, advertising and promotional materials and related issues, Disputes with governmental agencies, competitors and third parties relating to claims and other marketing and product related issues, including recalls
• Responsible for identifying work to be outsourced, selection and management of external lawyers, fee arrangements and service levels

Key Skills and Qualification

• A Degree in Law
• At least 5 years experience in a General Counsel role
• A solid legal background in FMCG is desirable
• Proven track record of working with and leading diverse teams
• Working knowledge of Marketing Law, Employment Law, MCO/Cluster Contracts, Commercial Law, Supply Chain Contracts and Commercial Law
• Dispute management skills
• Code compliance and corporate governance experience

To apply, please log on to www.unilever-esa.com before 17th September, 2014. 

Under Professionals category, click on ‘Apply Now’ and follow the steps. 

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