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Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Matter.

You are responsible for the company’s legal activities in a region, business units and /or sub-function areas in the country or across multiple countries. To support commercial and corporate initiatives, you identify business needs and design and implement our legal strategy through the service delivery model. You advise the business on risk, anticipating and addressing internal and external factors and apply your legal specialty area experience to collaborate with other legal colleagues to address legal issues or concerns.

How you will contribute

You will develop and ensure the implementation of legal strategies to enable Mondelēz International to compete aggressively, and protect our people, assets and reputation while complying with legal requirements and standards of ethical conduct. You will provide guidance and support to ensure managers are making reasonable and informed decisions regarding legal risks; manage the legal strategy with outside counsel, including spending without compromising financial and reputational risk; and provide in-house and external legal expertise to address the increasingly complex legal environment by partnering with business units, regions and global stakeholders to identify and advise on applicable laws and regulatory changes for a given country and/or across multiple countries.

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career with experience and knowledge in:

  • Legal experience, ideally in a large matrixed multinational company
  • Strong analytical, strategic vision, decision-making, and problem-solving skills
  • Experience assessing, advising on risk, advising/coaching and dispute resolution in a multinational company
  • Highest level of integrity and trust; highly credible and willing to express
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
  • Resourcefulness, including relevant new technologies and systems
  • License to practice law in relevant jurisdiction(s)

More about this role

What you need to know about this position:

  • Strong knowledge of corporate competition, labor and contract law as well as willingness and ability to quickly familiarize himself/herself with relevant aspects of laws across Egypt & North Africa JVs the specifics of the foods manufacturing business.
  • Identifying, monitoring and addressing issues of legal risk.
  • Provision of related training to the business functions.
  • Assist in managing and advising on the day-to day legal issues within Egypt & North Africa JVs.
  • Advise on, draft and review all legal documents & contracts as applicable in line with Egypt & North Africa JVs Laws and Mondelez Legal framework
  • Be well versed in the area of Intellectual Property rights in general.
  • Responsible for company secretarial function in the Egypt & North Africa JVs.
  • Keep the line manager abreast of all commercial/corporate Laws of the countries and apprise business of changes in applicable law and their implications, ensuring that Business interests are safeguarded, statutory obligations are complied with and policies and functions are in accordance with the Law.
  • Advise the business on legal issues and liaison with all related external parties falling within the ambit of the Legal Function.
  • Coordinate and support the business by providing assistance to external counsel in preparing briefs, filing suits before courts of competent jurisdiction and follow up the cases until final disposal. 
  • Handling different type of Company Litigation in coordination with the external counsel. Review all pleadings, prepare documents and attend the court sessions with the external counsel in different locations inside Egypt. Attend the expert sessions, when needed, and provide constant support to the external counsel for the litigation matters.
  • Preparing all kind of report, memorandums, advice, due diligence, etc.
  • Advise on and support the business in labor and industrial disputes before courts. 
  • Manage all legal aspects of permits, licenses, and registrations for Business operations, ensuring full compliance with the law and safeguarding of the Company’s interest
  • Provide compliance support by conducting compliance investigations, reporting as well as conducting compliance trainings.
  • Effectively participate and contribute in considering and accomplishing the Legal Department’s objectives in realizing Mondelez’s strategic business targets.

Education / Certifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Law
  • Master’s Degree in law is a plus

Job specific requirements:

  • Minimum 7-10 Years Experience, preferably in a Multinational environment
  • Egyptian Bar Association membership
  • Fluent in spoken and written Arabic, English and French

Work schedule: Full time

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

Mondelēz International in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan serves the Middle East and Africa markets as well as Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Canada. Headquartered in Dubai, UAE, we have more than 2600 employees working across seven plants and six commercial offices; we make, bake, sell and deliver our products to customers. We are market leaders in key snacking categories with iconic global and local brands including Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate, Milka, Oreo and belVita biscuits, Barni Cakes,Tang powdered beverage, Chiclets and Trident gum and Halls candy. 

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

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