Senior Legal Counsel - Asx Fmcg – Permanent

Excellent opportunity to join this leading ASX FMCG company as Senior Legal Counsel.

THE COMPANY 

• Impressive established ASX-listed company, operating for 80+ years. 
• $210m in annual sales and distribution across 9,000+ retail outlets throughout Australia 
• Sydney, headquartered. 

THE ROLE 

This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Legal Counsel to: 

• Work in a successful, established, growing organisation.
• Work closely with the GC and the business. 
• Be at the core of the business to provide legal support to all functions.
• Work closely with the business during a period of change and use your know-how to implement and help redesign the legal function.
• Hybrid and flexible working – 3 days in office, 2 days from home
• Start date: asap
• Permanent, 5 days a week
• Reporting to an awesome GC

Contracts and Transactions

Advising on, drafting, and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts, including:

• Sales and customer (retail and B2B)
• Procurement (ingredients, packaging, indirect, outsourced manufacturing, services)
• Logistics (transport, warehousing, contractor delivery)
• Distribution (distribution partners and e-commerce partners)
• Equipment purchases and property (capex and commissioning agreements, leases)
• General commercial and requests for tender

Intellectual Property

• Provision of intellectual property advice to the business, including trademark registrations, challenges, and infringement issues

Corporate / M&A

• Providing legal support in connection with business acquisitions, mergers, and divestments.

Training, policies, procedures, and templates

• Providing training to the business in relation to legal and compliance matters, as well as developed template agreements, policies, procedures and guidelines tailored to the business where required.

Advisory

• Giving legal guidance and assistance to the business (including the teams for logistics, procurement, sales, sustainability, health and safety, engineering, property, and sales) on its regular activities.

ABOUT YOU

• You have:
•  A current Australian Legal Practicing certificate.
• At least 8 years post-qualification experience. 
• At least 2+ years in-house experience. 
• Experience in an FMCG is desirable but not essential. 
• Strong commercial negotiation and drafting skills are essential. 
• Interpersonal Skills – Able to communicate and build relationships with a variety of people; can interact positively and work effectively with others; focuses on resolving conflict; keeps emotions under control; has a good awareness of others and can adapt their style to manage different people; remains open and considerate to others' ideas; shows respect and empathy.
• Motivation - Sets and achieves challenging goals; demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles; measures self against standard of excellence; takes calculated risks to accomplish goals; proactively seeks new opportunities for self, others and the organisation.
• Ethical - Treats people with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; keeps commitments; inspires the trust of others; works with integrity and ethics; upholds organisational values; does the right thing, even when it is difficult. 
• Analytical – Can break down complex or diverse information into simple and easy-to-understand concepts. 
• Judgment - Displays willingness to make decisions; effectively evaluates information to make a decision. 
• Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively; listens actively and seeks clarification; asks appropriate questions; able to effectively present and discuss views and ideas; adjusts style and language to meet the needs of the audience; shares relevant information; gives constructive feedback to others and is open to receiving feedback.

ON OFFER:

• Working closely with the business to help shape the company. 
• I know the CEO and the GC, and they are fantastic- people, capable and supportive
• Join at an exciting stage of the company’s history with a desire for change and innovation. 
• Grow your career within a successful, established, and progressive company.   
• Varied and interesting work – supporting every function within the business.
• Increase your professional and technical capability by working and learning from colleagues at the top of their game. 
• Gain valuable ASX experience. 
• Ever wanted to help design a legal function to drive efficiencies? This is your chance.
• Remuneration: $190K to $230K p/a inc super 

NEXT STEPS:

This role is looking to fill quickly, so if this sounds like an opportunity you would like to explore further, please apply, and we will be in touch shortly.

Alternatively, if you would like to have a confidential conversation first, please contact Ros Tricksey at Dovetail Legal Solutions ************@dovetaillaw.com.au – to arrange an initial chat.

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