Chief Counsel Sub Saharan Africa

at  Mondelz International

Job Description

EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Bachelor degree (or equivalent) from a reputable university.
• Qualified to practise law with minimum 15 years’ work experience as a lawyer in a multi-national corporate environment or law firm advising in the corporate/commercial field.
• Proven experience in a wide array of corporate and commercial legal areas, including contract law, corporate governance, marketing and advertising, sales and distribution, competition law, IP, labour and employment, real estate and litigation.
• Excellent drafting and negotiating skills.
• Ability to balance appropriately the strategic and the executional.
• Ability to assimilate complex factual information, analyse risk and distil into clear options/recommendations for business colleagues.
  No Relocation support available
  Business Unit Summary
  Mondelēz International’s Sub Saharan Africa Business Unit is made up of three key focus areas namely Southern Africa, West Africa and the Rest of Africa Markets.The Business Unit is home to approximately 1000 Makers and Bakers who strive to bring only the best quality and loved brands to our consumers. Mondelēz International in Sub Saharan Africa is proud to house global legacy brands including Cadbury Dairy Milk, Oreo, Halls and Bournvita, together with local jewels such as Cadbury LunchBar, Chappies, TomTom and Dentyne.The Business Unit’s Markets have consistently been awarded Top Employer certification, and has been recognised as a Top Employer in Africa.
  Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
  Job Type
  Regular
  Legal Business Growth Partners and Services
  Legal
  Job Details

• Proactively contributes strategic thought leadership, underpinned by technical legal competence, to discussions of the SSA LT, for the successful navigation of significant projects and issues affecting the BU (e.g. external developments, M&A projects, transformation/restructuring projects across functions including Integrated Supply Chain, major strategic contracts). Provides leadership and legal counsel on those projects and issues as a member of the core team.
• Seeks creative, timely and cost-effective solutions to complex business problems affecting the SSA Business to achieve business objectives while mitigating legal risk and using the law to gain competitive advantage
• Proactively identifies, assesses and manages legal, compliance and regulatory risks across SSA BU for all relevant internal stakeholders and matters, assuring compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and policies (including strict adherence to GSCP protocols).

Provides legal counsel and support to colleagues across all areas of SSA businesses, including in contracts (drafting, reviewing, negotiating, etc.), compliance, advertising and marketing, sales and distribution, competition law, employment and labour relations, real estate, licensing, government regulations, corporate governance, company secretarial and other areas having significant legal relevance to the SSA businesses.

• Advises business partners on possible actions or defences in respect of actual or potential legal conflicts and litigation matters affecting the SSA business, exercising commercial judgment in the development and evolution of a sound, cost-effective litigation strategy.
• Leads, inspires and motivates the Northern Europe Legal team, managing counsel responsible for SSA and putting people development as a priority.
• Plays an active role on the AMEA LIS LT, role modelling the MDLZ Values and Commitments and co-owning and helping to develop our AMEA LIS talent.
• Contributes to the global CLA function through participation in various global functional initiatives or Focus Areas designed to keep MDLZ CLA evolving for the future.
• Participates in one or more of CLA’s global CoE’s or other cross functional teams, as appropriate, for the effective delivery of legal services to the business and development, keeping and sharing of internal best practice in key legal areas.
• Establishes an annual budget for outside counsel spend across SSA and ensures targets are met, regularly reviewing the most cost-efficient set up for delivering legal services (balancing in house vs external legal resources) and managing outside counsel in line with the MDLZ global outside counsel management strategy.
• Ensures smooth collaboration between members of the SSA Legal team and other disciplines and sub-functions of CLA, including Business Integrity, Security, IP, CGA and CLA’s global CoE’s.