Associate Director Legal & Compliance Eastern Europe (f/m/d)

At Beiersdorf, we want to help people feel good about their skin – and our commitment goes far beyond caring for skin. For 140 years, we have developed innovative skin and body care products for well-known brands such as NIVEA, Eucerin, La Prairie, Hansaplast, and Labello. We act according to our purpose, WE CARE BEYOND SKIN, and take responsibility for our consumers, our employees, the environment and society. Behind every brand, every product and every accomplishment are our more than 20,000 employees. It is for them that we live an inclusive culture of respect and trust that is strongly aligned with our values – CARE, COURAGE, SIMPLICITY and TRUST. We also embrace diversity by valuing the uniqueness of each individual and being committed to equal opportunities for all.

Your Tasks

The position reports legally into the General Manager Eastern Europe and functionally into the Head of Legal Europe. As Associate Director Legal & Compliance you are a member and stakeholder of the management team/senior leadership team (LT) of Eastern Europe.

You are responsible for all legal and compliance matters within the region. The main purpose of the role is to be a trusted advisor of the LT, providing legal support on strategic decisions, as well as valued advisor and business partner for all business functions. As such, you act as a centre of expertise, providing strong and solution-oriented legal advice to help the company achieve its goals. Moreover, you act as the Compliance Officer Eastern Europe, responsible to ensure compliance across the entire region.

You will collaborate closely with all (specialist) teams in Corporate Legal Affairs at Beiersdorf’s headquarter in Hamburg as well as the Global Legal Team.

The position is initially limited to 2 years. During this time, the analysis and a proposal for or the development of an efficient and effective legal and compliance structure in this complex region Eastern Europe (EE) consisting of several EU and Non-EU countries should be completed.

• Serve as principal legal advisor for the LT, and support on commercial and corporate matters
• Provide legal advice and solutions on all legal matters to all business units
• Be “first line of defense” on compliance matters including data privacy topics, and IPR enforcement
• Draft and negotiate all types of commercial and other contracts
• Regular attendance of LT meetings - this may also include the preparation and keeping of minutes of meetings
• Collaborate with and support to Corporate Legal Affairs on tasks in the EE region, European Region or beyond in case of regional/global projects where Corporate Legal Affairs is primary driver
• Collaborate with the Global Legal Team where relevant
• Implement the Corporate Compliance Program, monitor and improve compliance processes and risk mitigation measures, conduct compliance trainings, compliance reporting
• Coordinate external law firms and lead of a Legal & Compliance inhouse team (currently 1 person in Poland)
• Review of status quo of the Legal & Compliance (advice/service) structure in the EE region and shaping an effective and efficient Legal & Compliance (advice/service) structure in the region

Your Profile

• Leadership as well as strong collaborative skills
• The ability to demonstrate sound and independent judgement, strategic and practical thinking, and maturity in complex and sensitive matters
• Deep knowledge and experience in working with and advising on a wide range of legal and compliance topics
• Experience as (in-house) lawyer in the FMCG environment a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Proactive and decisive in approach, solution-driven with ‘enabler’ mentality
• Corporate governance skills
• Strong business acumen
• Knowledge of anti-corruption laws, competition laws and data privacy a plus
• Knowledge of Beiersdorf’s Artwork Approval Process a plus
• Digital/Legal tech skills & capabilities
• Proficient in English (oral and written), multiple language skills a plus
• Experience from working /studying /living in more countries a plus
• Experience with people leadership as a plus
• Cosmetic laws and Medical device/healthcare knowledge as a plus

Qualifications

• Law degree (fully qualified lawyer, Bachelor of Laws, or Master of Laws etc.)
• Profound experience as in-house lawyer
• Law firm experience as a plus

Our offer

• An exciting management positionat the regional headquarterin Vienna
• Flexible working hours, home office option and international career opportunities
• Very good public transport connections, free public transport ticket, meal allowance via Sodexo pre-paid card and many other social benefits

The salary depends on the position and your qualifications and starts at EUR3.909,67 gross (full-time) per month, overpayment depends on qualifications and experience.

Additional information

At Beiersdorf, we embrace Diversity and aim to provide equal opportunities to all of our applicants – regardless of e.g. gender, sexual identity, nationality, ethnicity, religion or ideology, disability or age. We would therefore kindly ask you to include only information and data in your documents which are relevant for the assessment of your application (e.g. curriculum vitae with relevant references and certificates). For instance, please feel free to upload your CV without a picture.