Ice Cream Senior Legal Associate

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:

Contracting:

• To negotiate terms and conditions with third parties with whom Ice Cream Company business wish to contract, by both influencing them to accept our own standard templates or, alternatively, negotiating the use of their templates, with changes that suit Ice Cream Company s interests.
• To ensure there are adequate schedules included in the overall supplier contracts so that the contract risk profile of 3rd party suppliers providing or supporting Ice Cream Company information and systems is adequately managed and addressed.
• To interact with Ice Cream Company legal team who own the contracts expertise in order to ensure that up to date version of clauses, templates and schedules are used.
• Make recommendations to enhance the end user experience on the CLM tool, process reengineering to drive efficiency and solution driven.

Core Legal:

• Conducting legal research and analysis
• Support to the teams in relation to monitoring of emerging regulations
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date records and files
• Monitoring of lawsuits and administrative procedures
• Support to the teams in relation to control of cases, deadlines and documentation
• Submission of documents to the official entities
• Supporting the management and administration of contracts
• Simplification and innovation; supporting innovation and use of technology to simplify and improve the provision of legal services
• Engaging with and supporting other lawyers across the globe
• General administrative and office support as needed

Governance & Compliance

• Support the operation of governance schedules and processes.
• Understand changes to standard clauses, and highlight deviations and risks, if outside of standard clauses.
• Ensure the organisations internal contract document templates are accurate and up to date.
• Identify opportunities to improve current contract processes and devise plans to implement these changes.

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

Key Interfaces

• Legal (including external legal counsel)
• Procurement

Relevant Experience

• Professional qualification in Law
• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience
• Industry experience working within a large complex business environment requiring analysis of data and making balanced risk decisions.
• Contract negotiation skills, from both a Legal and Procurement perspective
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management
• Ability to work with colleagues across multiple time zones and countries.
• Willingness and drive for process excellence.

Preferable

• Experience within a consumer goods or retail environment.
• Previous people management experience.

Leadership Behaviours

• Execution Responsibility
• Bias for Action
• Growth Mindset
• Consumer and Customer Focus