Legal Associate

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• As part of the Market Legal:
• Support the Unilever Europe and Greater Asia markers with Legal research, analysis and operational tasks as required.
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date records and files
• 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 Europe and Greater Asia
• Legal research work
• Contracting:
• To negotiate terms and conditions with third parties with whom Unilever 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 Unilever’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 Unilever information and systems is adequately managed and addressed.
• To interact with Europe and Greater Asia legal teams who own the contracts’ expertise in order to ensure that up to date version of clauses, templates and schedules are used.
• Governance & Compliance
• Understand changes to standard clauses, and highlight deviations and risks, if outside of standard clauses.
• Ensure the organisation's 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
• Data Privacy

Qualification & Experience    

• Professional qualification in Law
• 3 - 5 years hands-on experience in contract drafting/reviewing/negotiating role.
• 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.
• Ability to work with colleagues across multiple time zones and countries.
• Preferable
• Experience within a consumer goods or retail environment.
• Understanding of procurement and Legal aspects of supplier relationships.