With our portfolio of global Power Brands such as Oreo and belVita biscuits, Cadbury Dairy Milk and Milka chocolate and Trident gum, we’re the world’s #1 in biscuits and candy, and #2 in chocolate and gum. We’re Mondelēz International, a snacking powerhouse with operations in more than 80 countries, with approximately 90,000 employees globally and our brands are marketed in around 165 countries.
To our team in Zurich we are currently looking to hire:
Senior Counsel Europe (fixed-term contract: 6 months)
The role of Senior Counsel plays a critical role in supporting the growth strategies of our categories in Europe and well as their implementation. The role acts as legal representative on the leadership teams and act as business partner, responsible for managing the legal relationship with the allocated Categories, calling in specialist counsel assistance (e.g. trade mark, patent, competition, procurement) as required in order to serve the business needs, act as a point of liaison with regional - country counsels across Europe.
Your main responsibilities:
1. Legal Business Partner : building relationships of trust and confidence with those teams, providing management with simple and powerful legal advice.
2. Advertising & Promotional Activity : Support the brand teams in initial policy compliance review of proposed multi-country advertising and promotional campaigns in all media (including social media)
3. Product Claims/labeling : Ensure liaison with regulatory colleagues and other legal counsels to provide all-round advice on questions of claims/labeling of existing portfolio, new product development, etc.
4. Licensing: Management of licensing arrangements, working with local counsel, Category, IP and Tax colleagues to ensure compliance with process and strategy.
5. Third Party Relationships : Support to the Category on formation, variation, and termination of, legal relationships with third parties.
6. Special Situations (incident, products recalls or similar situations): Providing timely pro-active support to allocated Categories to minimize impact of special situations.
7. Compliance & Training : Actively monitoring activities within category for compliance with law and with the company policies; identify need for, develop and deliver guidance materials & training to raise awareness of relevant legal issues
9. Corporate Law : Managing selected corporate projects related to the activities of Mondelez Europe subsidiaries
10. Swiss Business Unit support : Providing legal support for customers’ contracts, promotional activities, human resources and any legal issues.