Unilever
Legal Counsel Business Operations Legal Team – Personal Care / LATAM
Unilever, Trenton, New Jersey, United States,
Legal Counsel Business Operations Legal Team – Personal Care / LATAM
Work Level:
3XJOB LOCATION: Bosques, México CityRELOCATION TERMS: Local Terms only.Business ContextUnilever’s Business Operations ( UBO ) organisation is a global operation consisting of, among other key areas:Within the supply chain, over 250 factories and over 400 warehouses, procuring billions of euros of goods and services and delivering over 4.5bn cases of products across more than 210,000 locations.Market-leading fund, technology, data management and related projects connected within the tracing, reduction and tracking of GHG usage and the sustainable-sourcing and tracing of a wide range of commodities, including palm, soy, cocoa and diary.Unilever’s supply chain is an industry leader in responsible and sustainable sourcing.Within the UniOps function, Unilever purchases several EUR Bn a year of software and technology services, including cutting edge deals.The Customer Operations teams, which manage the global distribution of our products, including the fast-growing areas of supply chain and direct-to-customer e-commerce, including outsourcing of some supply chain operations functions and complex logistics projects.Within the Commodity Risk Management ( CRM ) team, UBO hedges several billion Euros of commodity price exposures per year.These areas are supported by a specialist, lean global legal team business partners, called the Unilever Business Operations ( UBO ) Legal Team located in London, Rotterdam, New Jersey, Sao Paulo, Mexico City and Barcelona.This is a level 3 (legal director) role, and as such comes with significant scopes of responsibility.Where you will fit in:Member of the global UBO Legal team.Mentoring of junior colleagues in the Unilever Powerhouse legal team.Reporting to the GC UBO and dotted reporting to the Personal Care GC (both based in London).Business partner with the Personal Care Supply Chain LT, members of the Procurement global LT (UPLT), and member of the Personal Care Legal LT.Business partner with LATAM procurement, supply chain and customer operations (logistics) colleagues in LATAM, and their country-specific legal teams.What you will do – the Scopes of Work:You will support primarily the teams listed above, as legal business partner, leveraging in-house and external legal team supports, including supporting the following work areas:As Personal Care UBO Legal business partner:This work involves supporting the many facets of the Personal Care business group’s supply chain and related needs across the board, including CAPEX projects and many projects that overlap with the other portfolios and business groups e.g. work in carbon reduction new materials projects, contract manufacturing and new procurement models.As UBO Legal business partner to the LATAM region and also global Procurement:As legal business partner, you will be responsible for the following:LATAM-focused
logistics and warehouse services projects and regional logistics supply contracts;LATAM
-focused contract manufacturing contracts;LATAM
capex (e.g., new or extended factories);LATAM
focused GHG and sustainability initiatives;LATAM
Renewable energy / renewable power projects.International sales of materials and / or goods contracts;Management of claims and litigation for supply chain matters.Supporting members of the global Procurement leadership team on a project by project basis.Success factors:Has an academic degree in Law and a current bar qualification in any relevant jurisdiction, 15+ years of experience in legal advisory and drafting work.Has a wide experience of commercial law disciplines, including complex contracting, claims, sustainability, capex and policy-writing/review.Has experience of advising senior stakeholders and their leadership teams.Is fluent in English (+ Spanish and/or Portuguese).Creates clear risk analysis and guidance for a non-legal audience.The job scope for this role is inherently dynamic and varied, responding as needed to the major events of the day.
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Work Level:
3XJOB LOCATION: Bosques, México CityRELOCATION TERMS: Local Terms only.Business ContextUnilever’s Business Operations ( UBO ) organisation is a global operation consisting of, among other key areas:Within the supply chain, over 250 factories and over 400 warehouses, procuring billions of euros of goods and services and delivering over 4.5bn cases of products across more than 210,000 locations.Market-leading fund, technology, data management and related projects connected within the tracing, reduction and tracking of GHG usage and the sustainable-sourcing and tracing of a wide range of commodities, including palm, soy, cocoa and diary.Unilever’s supply chain is an industry leader in responsible and sustainable sourcing.Within the UniOps function, Unilever purchases several EUR Bn a year of software and technology services, including cutting edge deals.The Customer Operations teams, which manage the global distribution of our products, including the fast-growing areas of supply chain and direct-to-customer e-commerce, including outsourcing of some supply chain operations functions and complex logistics projects.Within the Commodity Risk Management ( CRM ) team, UBO hedges several billion Euros of commodity price exposures per year.These areas are supported by a specialist, lean global legal team business partners, called the Unilever Business Operations ( UBO ) Legal Team located in London, Rotterdam, New Jersey, Sao Paulo, Mexico City and Barcelona.This is a level 3 (legal director) role, and as such comes with significant scopes of responsibility.Where you will fit in:Member of the global UBO Legal team.Mentoring of junior colleagues in the Unilever Powerhouse legal team.Reporting to the GC UBO and dotted reporting to the Personal Care GC (both based in London).Business partner with the Personal Care Supply Chain LT, members of the Procurement global LT (UPLT), and member of the Personal Care Legal LT.Business partner with LATAM procurement, supply chain and customer operations (logistics) colleagues in LATAM, and their country-specific legal teams.What you will do – the Scopes of Work:You will support primarily the teams listed above, as legal business partner, leveraging in-house and external legal team supports, including supporting the following work areas:As Personal Care UBO Legal business partner:This work involves supporting the many facets of the Personal Care business group’s supply chain and related needs across the board, including CAPEX projects and many projects that overlap with the other portfolios and business groups e.g. work in carbon reduction new materials projects, contract manufacturing and new procurement models.As UBO Legal business partner to the LATAM region and also global Procurement:As legal business partner, you will be responsible for the following:LATAM-focused
logistics and warehouse services projects and regional logistics supply contracts;LATAM
-focused contract manufacturing contracts;LATAM
capex (e.g., new or extended factories);LATAM
focused GHG and sustainability initiatives;LATAM
Renewable energy / renewable power projects.International sales of materials and / or goods contracts;Management of claims and litigation for supply chain matters.Supporting members of the global Procurement leadership team on a project by project basis.Success factors:Has an academic degree in Law and a current bar qualification in any relevant jurisdiction, 15+ years of experience in legal advisory and drafting work.Has a wide experience of commercial law disciplines, including complex contracting, claims, sustainability, capex and policy-writing/review.Has experience of advising senior stakeholders and their leadership teams.Is fluent in English (+ Spanish and/or Portuguese).Creates clear risk analysis and guidance for a non-legal audience.The job scope for this role is inherently dynamic and varied, responding as needed to the major events of the day.
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