Senior Global Legal Counsel B&W – Skin

CATEGORY/FUNCTION/TEAM INTRODUCTION

ABOUT UNILEVER:

Be part of the world’s most successful, purpose-led FMCG business. Work with brands that are well-loved around the world, that 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.

ABOUTBEAUTY and WELLBEING

Within Unilever the Beauty and Wellbeing business group is home to our Hair and Skin Care brands, including Dove, TRESemme, Sunsilk and Vaseline. It also comprises our Prestige business, including Kate Sommerville, Dermalogica and Paula’s Choice, as well as our Wellbeing business that includes Liquid IV and OLLY. Through iconic products, cutting-edge science, and purposeful growth, we are creating a new era of beauty and wellbeing which is joyful, inclusive, equitable, and sustainable.

JOB PURPOSE

As a senior legal counsel in the central Beauty and Wellbeing legal team you will support global  brand teams with innovation and landing marketing activations as well as work on strategic governance and other projects for the business in a cross functional/cross market context.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Hands on legal Business Partner to global brand teams for Innovation/Marketing activations. 

• ​​Together with the General Counsel Marketing for Beauty and Wellbeing, manage and mitigate risks regarding all legal matters that arise in the central marketing activities in Beauty and Wellbeing by providing creative but legally compliant risk mitigation solutions that deliver a competitive advantage to the Beauty and Wellbeing business. 

• Together with the General Counsel Marketing for Beauty and Wellbeing, provide legal advice and commercial risk analysis to the Central Marketing and Regulatory teams on legality and support for product claims and marketing materials (including competitive challenges and interactions with regulators) in line with all relevant local legal and regulatory laws and guidelines governing the products/communications including asset development and product launches.  

• Provide legal advice on advertisement campaigns, social media campaigns (including engagement of influencers), AI opportunities and other special projects. 

• Draft and negotiate agreements for  (for example sponsorship agreements, licensing and long-term marketing partnerships with third parties)

• Provide legal training on key topics (for example AI, sustainability legislation, changes to consumer and advertising laws and regulations) to business and legal colleagues. 

• In a cross functional team, oversee and input into global use of relevant legal tech tools for the Beauty and Wellbeing Legal Teams that affect Marketing  and embrace and leverage AI tools to drive efficiency. 

• Closely collaborate with expert lawyers from Unilever’s central legal team for topics such as Intellectual Property, Business Integrity, Competition Law, Data Protection and Litigation as well as colleagues in local legal teams
• Assist in coordinating strategy, activities and communications between the central Beauty and Wellbeing legal team and other legal colleagues including those in local Business Units

• This role reports to the Beauty and Wellbeing Group General Counsel (based in the US). 

ALL ABOUT YOU

• Must have excellent practical legal skills and be able to be pragmatic and quickly and agilely prioritise competing demands whilst leveraging internal expertise from colleagues within the broader Unilever legal team.  

• Must be able to quickly assimilate information, scoping out legal risks and provide pragmatic, commercial advice to the business, with a solution orientated approach and can do attitude

• Must be able to coordinate and work in great collaboration   with  business partners, such as brand (marketing), R&D, Finance and Regulatory Affairs as well as from colleagues in local Legal Teams. 

• Excellent communication skills both written and oral: ability to communicate with business partners in clear, audience-appropriate and engaging language 
• Team player who is willing to throw themselves into a busy environment with a smile, who is open to learn and bring others on the journey.

Experience& Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with post-qualification experience of at least 10 years in general marketing/commercial/compliance law, as well as sound experience in contract review, drafting, and negotiation. Experience in dealing with English or US governed law contracts is an advantage.

• Experience working cross-functionally with multiple stakeholders. 
• Experience of working for a large multinational and/or in a B2C business and/or FMCG business is desirable but not a prerequisite

Skills

• Legal expertise – broad based legal generalist skills with emphasis on marketing law and contractual experience. 

• Excellent English language written and oral skills and attention to detail are required.  
• Curiosity, willingness to learn and to work on a broad range of matters

• Problem solving - ability to analyse & propose legally and commercially viable and creative solutions. 

• Business acumen – strategic understanding, application and execution. 

• Stakeholder management - influence key stakeholders and act as an agent for change.  

• Collaboration – working successfully with other lawyers and cross-functional teams.  

• Risk management – demonstrates a successful combination of rigour and pragmatism. 

• Project management - excellent organization, execution, and project management skills.  

Key UL Behaviours

• PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions. 

• PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience. 

• CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers. 

• PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever. 

• AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills. 

Unilever es una organización comprometida con la equidad, la inclusión y la diversidad para impulsar los resultados de nuestro negocio y crear un futuro mejor, cada día, para nuestros diversos empleados, consumidores globales, socios y comunidades. Creemos que una fuerza laboral diversa nos permite igualar nuestras ambiciones de crecimiento e impulsar la inclusión en todo el negocio. ¡En Unilever estamos interesados en que cada individuo traiga su 'Whole Self' al trabajo y esto te incluye a ti! Por lo tanto, si necesita algún requisito de soporte o acceso, le recomendamos que nos avise en el momento de su solicitud para que podamos apoyarle a través de su viaje de reclutamiento.