Legal Counsel

Currently we are looking for Legal Counsel.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE :

• Provide legal advice and serve as trusted legal advisor to various team in the Polish business with special focus on Personal Care, Unilever Food Solution, E commerce, Customer Operations and Customer Development;
• Demonstrate leadership on governance, risk and business integrity;
• Draft, review and/or negotiate contracts and settlements;
• Evaluate legal options and risks; develop appropriate strategies and advice Unilever commercial managers accordingly;
• Ensure legal compliance with local law and Unilever policies;
• Defend and enforce Unilever product claims against third parties;
• Corporate Secretary responsibility for all Polish Unilever entities;
• Initiate and/or coordinate legal proceedings;
• Implementation of global or European master agreements into local law;
• Support to management related external relationships (authorities, trade associations, lobbying activities);
• Assisting consumer care line with responses to consumer complaints as necessary, including liaising with the Comms team;
• Collaborating with other Unilever in-house lawyers, both in Europe and globally, including contributing to cross country projects from time to time;
• Drafting and negotiating miscellaneous commercial agreements;
• In close collaboration with other expert lawyers within Unilever, advising on matters concerning intellectual property (including brand protection and licensing;
• Providing training to the business in relation to any of the above matters, including as part of Unilever’s overall compliance framework;
• Position reports to the General Counsel Poland;

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

• Broad general legal and extensive civil and commercial law knowledge;
• Polish and English fluently incl. special legal vocabulary;
• Polish legal counsel admitted at Legal Counsel Bar;
• High customer orientation;
• Collaborative, problem-solving approach;
• Ability to multi-task, take ownership and drive matters to conclusion;
• Fully qualified Polish lawyer;
• Minimum of 5 years’ working experience as an in-house lawyer;
• Good understanding of commercial aspects and needs;
• Experience working in FMCG industry, retail or trade is ideal, but not a necessity;
• Ability to analyse problems and propose commercial solutions;
• Excellent communication, drafting and organisation skills;
• Marketing law;
• Contract law
• Competition law;
• Team player;
• Proactivity, flexibility and adaptability;
• Ability to identify and communicate legal risks to the business, and to assist the business to manage such risks efficiently;
• Ability to provide creative solutions to legal issues which deliver competitive advantage to the business,  taking into account cost, risk and other consequences.

Leadership 

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way. 

• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better. 

SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviours

• PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions. 

• PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience. 

• CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers. 

• PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever. 

• AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills. 

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.  

WE OFFER YOU:

• Learning environment and personal development.

• A friendly atmosphere and a positive work culture at Unilever (flex working).

• Work on the contract of employment plus sales bonus system.

• Attractive benefits package including medical care, retirement package, life insurance, sport package, Unilever shop.

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