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Brand Protection Coordinator - IP Legal Powerhouse (6 months temporary)
Company Overview:
Unilever is one of the world's leading fast-moving consumer goods companies. Our products are sold in over 190 countries, and, on any given day, 3.4 billion consumers worldwide use them. We own some of the best known and best loved brands, including Axe, Cif, Comfort, Dermalogica, Dove, Hellmann's, Horlicks, Lifebouy, Knorr, Paula's Choice, Persil, TRESemmé and Vaseline.
In order to unlock our full potential and accelerate business performance, Unilever has set out a Growth Action Plan. It outlines the steps we are taking to deliver faster growth, drive productivity and simplicity, and dial up our performance culture.
Job Purpose:
The role of Unilever's Legal Function is to protect Unilever and help it to win by providing objective advice and creative legal solutions. The Legal Function is structured with corporate expertise Leads and General Counsels who head up each of our five Business Groups.
Intellectual Property (IP) is a corporate expertise function under the leadership of Unilever's Chief Intellectual Property Officer. The Trade Mark & Brand Protection teams have global responsibility for the Legal Powerhouse, which currently consists of around 80 legal associates and paralegals located across Bangalore, Barcelona and Mexico City.
As the Brand Protection Coordinator, you will play an integral role in coordinating across our global Trade Mark & Brand Protection teams to drive operational effectiveness through greater collaboration, intelligence analysis and identifying emerging trends.
Core Responsibilities:
You will be responsible for supporting with the following activities:
* In partnership with the responsible Trade Mark Counsel, Business Unit Legal Counsel & our relevant Business Partners, help develop strategies to protect and defend Unilever's intellectual property rights against counterfeits and illicit products in Europe.
* Support with the day-to-day coordination of Unilever's brand protection program in Europe, including customs and law enforcement detentions and seizures, and the registration, maintenance and renewal of customs applications.
* Establish effective and collaborative working relationships with police and other law enforcement, government agencies and intermediaries, by organizing and conducting trainings and seminars.
* Support the Business Group Trade Mark Counsel with the operations of the digital disruption and enforcement program, including monitoring of e-commerce platforms and social media for IP infringements.
* Conduct proactive analysis of brand protection data to identify high value targets engaged in counterfeiting and track global counterfeit trends.
* Support with the coordination of our global network of law firms, investigators and brand protection service providers.
* Organize regular internal meetings between the global brand protection practice group and members of the wider IP team.
About You:
* You are a passionate and knowledgeable brand protection professional with experience in anti-counterfeiting and/or illicit trade enforcement.
* You have experience with an in-house legal team, preferably within the FMCG sector.
* You have excellent verbal and written communication skills, with fluency in English.
* You have outstanding analytical skills and attention to detail.
* You have the ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced work environment and experience working with different people across geographic locations.
* You are adaptable, proactive, keen to learn and willing to take on varied and challenging workloads.
* You have exceptional computer skills, especially with Microsoft Office and standard IP technologies.
* You have a strong sense of teamwork, with the ability to work independently and accomplish team priorities.
Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities.
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