Provides a full range of legal advice and services.
responsibilities
* responsibilities are within the legal function as a generalist or in a combination of different legal disciplines, such as corporate, environment, compliance, labor, incident management team, regulatory, litigation in criminal and civil, etc.
* responsibility in compliance matters, working together with corporate compliance function in speaking up complaints, code of conduct, policies, fcpa certification and related issues.
* lead the local incident management team.
* establish a legal unit strategy, managing the legal team, resources, and budgets, to support overall business initiatives and objectives.
* support marketing & new product development functions regarding all innovation & intellectual property activities, advertising campaigns, cofepris registrations, trade activities, to achieve the company objectives.
* achieve the corporate responsibility commitments and integrate our ambitious sustainability agenda and leading esg practices into the business.
* collaborate with supply chain, commercial & human resources to ensure efficiency and capabilities to guarantee customer demands.
* manage key associations and key legal networks to advise the business of potential risks.
preferred education
bachelor's degree of law; mba preferred
preferred professional background / work experience
* 15+ years of broad-based legal leadership experience in positions as a legal director in food or beverage corporations or in a legal firm
* ability to analyze legal, legislative, regulation, corporate, and business information needed to set legal and services of the business and improve customer relationships to positively impact growth
* proven flexibility and ability to respond to the business priorities and requirements
* success delivering exceptional legal results in a fast-paced, collaborative business environment
* experience building and keep the legal organization and high-performance teams
* solid understanding of the mexico environment and legal regulations
preferred hard & soft skills
* ability to work with a high-performance team
* fluent written and spoken english
* outstanding consultative legal abilities and excellent interpersonal skills with executive level customers and partners.
* excellent communication skills with ability to communicate and build relationships at all organizational levels; ability to communicate possible risks and issues for the business through clear & simple messages.
* a leader with an abiding sense of urgency to create a sustainable winning culture
* comfortable in an entrepreneurial environment with hostile government
* leverages data, has a deep understanding of the customer / consumer and good judgment to develop a clear and coherent strategy
* can influence without authority; collaborates effectively with key internal stakeholders to both shape and execute the vision and strategy
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