Senior Associate

**Who we are and what we offer**

Be part of the world’s most successful, purpose-led business. Work with brands that are well-loved around the world, which improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We promote innovation, big and small, to make our business win and grow; and we believe in business as a force for good. Unleash your curiosity, challenge ideas and disrupt processes; use your energy to make this happen. Our brilliant business leaders and colleagues provide mentorship and inspiration, so you can be at your best.

Every individual here can bring their purpose to life through their work. Join us and you’ll be surrounded by inspiring leaders and supportive peers. Among them, you’ll channel your purpose, bring fresh ideas to the table, and simply be you. As you work to make a real impact on the business and the world, we’ll work to help you become a better you.

We have established three Legal Powerhouses in Bangalore, Mexico City and Barcelona, which form an integral part of the Legal Function and provide defined, structured services to our other lawyers and to the wider business.

**Where this position fits-into the team**:

- Part of the Unilever Legal Powerhouse -consisting of around 15 colleagues in Barcelona.
- Integral part of the Unilever’s Legal Function - a global operation consisting of approximately 400 lawyers and specialists

**Role purpose**

To support Unilever Business Operations with the review, negotiation, and drafting of bespoke or push-back clauses within, terms and conditions with third party suppliers with whom Unilever business wish to contract particularly for global and regional logistics and sustainability matters, by both influencing them to accept our own standard templates or, alternatively, negotiating the use of their templates, with changes that suit Unilever’s interests.

To ensure there are adequate terms and conditions and schedules included in the supplier contracts so that the contract risk profile of 3rd party suppliers providing or supporting Unilever’s operations is adequately managed and addressed.

Governance & Compliance
- Support the operation of governance schedules and processes for key suppliers.
- Support the operation of required ongoing compliance activities for key suppliers.
- Understand changes to standard clauses, and highlight deviations and risks, if outside of standard clauses.
- Ensure the organization’s internal contract document templates are accurate and up to date.
- Identify opportunities to improve current contract processes and devise plans to implement these changes.

Stakeholder Management
- Support the development and management of stakeholder relationships within Unilever and with key third parties, including within Legal, Customer Operations, Procurement, Finance, Marketing, Business Operations Sustainability, HR, local Data Protection Officers and other businesses.

Key Interfaces
- Unilever Business Operations Legal (including external legal counsel)
- Data Privacy
- Procurement
- Global or regional logistics operations or logistics procurement teams
- Customer Operations/Supply Chain Business Operations Sustainability team

**Key Skills**

Relevant Experience
- Professional qualification in Law
- Contract drafting, analysis and negotiation skills, from both a Legal and Procurement perspective
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management

Essential
- Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience in contract drafting, reviewing and negotiation.
- Minimum of 3 years of law firm or FMCG/supplier industry experience working within a large complex business environment requiring analysis of contracts and supporting data and making balanced risk recommendations.
- Experience in working on logistics contracts (e.g. one or more of road freight, rail freight, ocean freight, warehouse services).
- Experience of, or a keen interest in (with a willingness to learn about) sustainability contracts (e.g., funding of forest protection contracts, sustainability data gathering and processing contracts, consultancy contracts in the sustainability space).
- Providing risk-based advice and risk reporting on different types of contracts and aggressive and defensive commercial contract claims.
- Achieving outcomes and results by influencing the way resources and personnel not in your control are utilized.
- Ability to work with colleagues across multiple time zones, cultures and countries.
- Willingness and drive for process excellence.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Fluent in English.

Preferable
- Multi-lingual will be an added advantage e.g. Spanish, Portuguese, French.
- Prior understanding of procurement processes and the legal aspects of supplier relationships.
- Experience within a consumer goods or retail environment, or major suppliers to either of the same.
- Experience in logistics and/or sustainability-related contracts.

Leadership Behaviors
- Execution Responsibility
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