Unilever’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. Supply chain, including Unilever’s Procurement function, is a critical lever to Unilever’s business fundamentals, with an increasing emphasis on the effective use of third-party manufacturers to manufacture our products.
The end-to-end value supply chain controls most of Unilever’s inventory, manages a majority of Unilever’s costs and physical assets, and sets the foundation to generate revenue through delivering product availability.
Unilever’s supply chain is an industry leader in responsible and sustainable sourcing (SUSO), with the Supply Chain responsible for bringing to life Unilever’s Responsible Sourcing Policy in all areas.
Within the UniOps function, Unilever purchases several EUR Bn a year of software and technology services, including cutting edge deals in the areas of digital mapping and sustainability tracing blockchain.
The Customer Operations teams 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 within UAPL, hedges EUR 5 to 7 billion of commodity price exposures per year.
The advertised position is within the global UBO Legal Team located in Barcelona, reporting to the GC Home Care Products based in Singapore, with skip-line reporting to the GC UBO, based in London and Singapore.
This job includes the management and supervision of external and internal legal supports, with daily work concerning supervision of such work and management of matters of complexity or internal sensitivity handled directly by you.
This position fits-into the wider legal team as follows:
* Member of the global UBO Legal team.
* Co-located with the Unilever Powerhouse legal team in Barcelona.
* Reporting to UBO GC for Home Care Products, based in Singapore, with skip-line reporting to the GC UBO (global) based in London and Singapore.
* Focus on supporting Unilever Business Operations functions as a legal business partner, leveraging in-house and external legal team supports.
What you will do from day-to-day:
* Instruct the drafting, reviewing, and redrafting of a wide range of medium and complex contracts.
* Delegate to and supervise the work of multiple legal process outsourcing and insourcing resources.
* Identify legal risks and help the business navigate them, providing creative but legally compliant solutions.
* Provide concise guidance and advice.
* Enhance procurement, UniOps, and supply chain ways of working by establishing good governance practices.
* Provide first point of contact advice for logistics, procurement quality and service claims and disputes.
Critical success Factors for the Job:
* Academic degree in Law, current bar qualification (any jurisdiction), at least 12+ years of experience in legal advisory and drafting work.
* A personal passion for ESG matters, and experience in advising on the same.
* Strong English language drafting and legal advisory skills.
* Strong demonstrated business acumen.
* Exceptional ability to collaborate and communicate with others.
TO APPLY:
Please apply online. Your application will be reviewed against our requirements, and you will be contacted shortly after the closing date to provide an update on the status of your application.
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