Senior Legal Counsel at Kimberly-Clark

Reference No.: 817066
Worker Type: Employee
Worker Sub-Type: Regular

Job Description
Provide strategy and excellent legal advice and legal business solutions to contribute to the accomplishment of the objectives of the Kimberly-Clark Consumer and Professional organizations in Africa and of the Corporation, and to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

What you will do 

• Trusted business partner to the business leaders KC Nigeria and other senior managers
• Member of the Nigeria leadership team
• Develop and execute a legal strategy for the geography with clear priorities and committed targets
• Develop and execute a compliance plan and program for the geography in line with regional compliance plan priorities.
• Support the ambitious growth targets of the business through organic and market share growth 
• Legal excellence in commercial and contract law, antitrust, anticorruption (FCPA and equivalent), corporate matters, corporate governance, employment, litigation, IP, marketing and advertising regulations, regulatory (including EHS), responsibility for company secretarial matters
• Liaise with various regulatory / legal and related internal/ external functions, as well as all parties to company contractual relationships.
• Initiate, draft and implement commercial contracts for KC-Nigeria business units (Consumer)
• Leadership in regulatory investigations and  legal disputes and claims. 
• Provide guidance, legal advice and approvals to KC Nigeria Marketing- Promotional competitions, advertising & packaging materials in accordance with relevant regulatory bodies, laws and standards.  
• Developing a strategic process for use of outside counsel in geography, managing the legal budget for the geography.

Qualifications 

• LL.B degree or equivalent and qualification to practice law in Nigeria
• Minimum of 10 years combined experience ideally with a reputable law firm and multinational company.
• Soundtrack record of contract drafting, negotiating and management systems
• Familiarity with compliance systems and mastery of respective compliance laws.