Senior Legal Counsel GCC & South Africa

Kraft Heinz Company

What You'll Do:

Contract Management:

• Support the drafting, negotiation, and review of contracts across a range of products, goods, and services.

• Implement an effective distribution contract portfolio management system.

• Develop and maintain standard templates, processes, tools, and trackers to standardize processes within the business and improve existing legal processes.

Marketing and IP:

• Advise and support on advertising and marketing law matters, including competitive product claims, packaging materials, media copy, and advertising materials clearance.

• Review marketing materials content, data, claims, etc. and work closely with the Marketing and Regulatory departments to ensure a timely and risk-managed approach.

• Review marketing campaigns, sales initiatives, sponsorship, promotional strategies, and permissions - where required.

• Provide local legal support to the Global Brand Protection Team and assist in IP Enforcement and Anti-counterfeit matters.

Company Secretarial:

• Support company secretarial matters and meetings.
• Ensure corporate secretarial compliance in the cluster, and mainly where the company has a local presence (UAE, KSA).
• Support company secretarial liaison with the global company secretary function.
• Manage corporate licences and registrations.

Compliance:

• Assist (where applicable) in any internal compliance audits.
• Advise and support data privacy-related compliance matters.
• Support the legal trainings yearly agenda.

Dispute Resolution:

• Advise and assist in any pre-litigation disputes and provide legal support in the resolutions of claims.
• Manage timely and accurate litigation reporting.

Labor Matters:

• Provide legal advice on labor law and regulations in UAE and KSA, including employment contracts and labor disputes.
• Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations, including labor laws, social security laws, and workers' compensation laws.

Leadership and Management:

• Lead the legal function for the Gulf region and South Africa, providing strategic direction and guidance to the team.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to ensure alignment and effective delivery of legal services.
• Develop and manage the budget for the legal function in the region.