Details of the Organization

Unilever is a British multinational consumer goods company headquartered in London, England. Unilever products include food, condiments, bottled water, baby food, soft drink, ice cream, instant coffee, cleaning agents, energy drink, toothpaste, pet food, pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare products, tea, breakfast cereals, beauty products, and personal care. Unilever is the world's largest producer of soap, and its products are available in around 190 countries.

Unilever's largest brands include Lifebuoy, Dove, Sunsilk, Knorr, Lux, Sunlight, Rexona/Degree, Axe/Lynx, Ben & Jerry's, Omo/Persil, Heartbrand (Wall's) ice creams, Hellmann's and Magnum.

Unilever is organised into three main divisions: Foods & Refreshments, Home Care, and Beauty & Personal Care. It has research and development facilities in China, India, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Details of the Job/Internship

Unilever is inviting applications for the Senior Legal Associate - Contracts job at their Bengaluru office in India.

Where this position fits into the team:

• Part of the Unilever Legal Powerhouse – a team we’re currently building, which will consist of around 50 colleagues in Bangalore.
• An integral part of Unilever’s Legal Function - a global operation consisting of approximately 400 lawyers and specialists.
• Based alongside the Uni Ops Function in Bangalore – a wider team of 1,600 that powers Unilever’s compass strategy through world-class business operations enabled by technology and innovation.

Role and Responsibilities

Role purpose

• 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 Unilever legal team who own the contracts’ expertise in order to ensure that up to date version of clauses, templates and schedules are used.
• Act as a Line manager for a small team of Legal Associates.

Governance & Compliance

• Support the operation of governance schedules and processes for key suppliers
• Support the operation of required ongoing compliance activities for key suppliers.
• 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

Eligibility

Relevant Experience

• Professional qualification in Law.
• Contract negotiation skills, from both a Legal and Procurement perspective.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Salary/Stipend

The salary will be discussed with the candidate itself.

Type of Opportunity

Fulltime

Country

India

State

Karnataka

City

Bengaluru

Address

XPQJ+PCX, Thigalarapalya, Krishnarajapura, Bengaluru, Karnataka (560048)