Legal Manager for Nutrition and Home Care Business Unit - Philippines

ABOUT UNILEVER

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world. 

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

Nutrition Business

Nutrition is a €13bn business with an industry leading profit margin. Nutrition is close to 1/4thof the Unilever’s Turnover, present in (virtually) every market where the Company operates. Our products get chosen more than 10bn times a year, 3bn of those purchases are generated by Knorr, our biggest mega-brand accounting for almost €4.5bn Turnover. Hellmann’s is the second largest brand within Nutritionwitha €3bn Turnover. The rest is represented by strong regional and local brands such as Horlicks, Bango, Calve and Red Label.

Home Care Business

Unilever's Home Care business is a significant part of the company's portfolio, serving around 3.5 billion consumers worldwide. The business focuses on creating products that are not only effective in cleaning but also sustainable and affordable.  Some of the well-known brands under Unilever's Home Care division include Surf, Breeze, and Domex. Unilever's Home Care strategy, called "Clean Future," aims to make cleaning products that are superior in performance, environmentally friendly, and great value for money. The company also regularly invests in innovations to meet evolving consumer needs, such as products designed for shorter wash cycles and those that require less effort to use. This approach has helped Unilever achieve significant growth.

Unilever Legal

Our Legal Vision calls on every member of our team to be business partners, stewards and professionals. These concepts are vital to our success and must be embedded in everything we do.

As business partners we are embedded in the business and enable business growth by assessing opportunities and taking intelligent risks. We are professionals, applying our expertise to navigate complex matters and deliver workable solutions, acting with confidence, speed and agility. Finally, as stewards we always act with and champion a culture of integrity, generating trust amongst our stakeholders. 

Our team has been structured in a way that will allow us to implement this vision, and there is an expectation that our Focus of Five, Power of One and Legal Powerhouse teams all work together harmoniously as we’re working toward the same goal, to power Unilever to become a fearless organisation

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Support/land the legal strategy of the legal teams of the Foods Business Unit and the Home Care Business Unit in the Philippines.
• Legal business partner to the Philippines business leadership team of the 2 BUs.  As such, will be partnering with the Philippine market team, manufacturing site leader and other functional lead and be the  point of contact for the Philippines business team for all legal issues. 
• Provide legal advise and risk analysis to the Philippines business leadership teams of the 2 BUs regarding product claims, product art work and advertising and communication materials in accordance with relevant laws of the Philippines; represent the Foods business in the A-Team.
• Identify, mitigate and/or escalate to the relevant stakeholders potential business and reputational risk by reviewing, improving and maintaining the governance framework for the Philippines in terms of customer compliance, sanctions framework, product & regulatory compliance and contracts compliance.
• Identify and collaborate with subject matter experts in Unilever’s legal team to resolve competition risks, privacy risks, regulatory risks and other compliance risks.
• Identify potential legal risks of business activities, and proactively taking steps to minimize legal exposure effectively through practical advice to the Philippine business.
• Working collaboratively with lawyers in Thailand, Vietnam and the other countries comprising Greater Asia to promote efficient ways of doing business and sharing of best practices.
• Working with Brand team, CSP, RA, R&D for all Marketing issues and following the Marketing ways of working in Greater Asia.
• Coordinate competitive challenge from competitors and authorities in alignment with relevant local laws and Philippines business strategy.
• Support and execute the overall Business Integrity with the Business Integrity Officer/Business Integrity Committee.
• Collaborating with Foods BG / Home Care BG and  BU General Counsels and central IP teams in effective IP strategy for the Philippines portfolio and finding opportunities of growth through the IP strategy for the Philippines.
• Collaborating and working with the respective BU legal networks, external law firms and LPO, solving challenges collaboratively in the Philippines while managing the legal budget for the Philippines.
• Conducts trainings for the business in, amongst others, Legal Induction, Business Integrity, Marketing & IP Laws, Privacy Laws and Competition Laws.

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• The preferred candidate would have 12+ years of legal experience with relevant experience in MNC or comparable experience in Consumer Law, Marketing and Advertising Law, Competition Law and Data Privacy.
• The candidate should possess good ability to collaborate and communicate with others, both internally and externally, and with a strong consumer & customer obsession.
• The ideal candidate should be a resident of the Philippines with technical expertise and knowledge in Philippine legal matters.
• Experience working in a matrix organization is valuable.
• Ability to assimilate information quickly, identify legal risks and provide business-oriented and pragmatic advise to the business.
• Ability to understand the big picture from a business point of view and adopt the appropriate legal risk profile.
• Ability to prioritize/manage time to meet the demands of a fast-moving consumer goods business.

We highly encourage applicants to exclude information on age, gender, and school/s in view of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Unilever assesses candidates based on skills, performance, experience and leadership.

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.