Legal Counsel

Job Location

MUMBAI GENERAL OFFICE

Job Description

P&G was founded over 180 years ago as a simple soap and candle company. Today, we're the world’s largest consumer goods company and home to iconic, trusted brands that make life a little bit easier in small but meaningful ways. We've spanned three centuries thanks to three simple ideas: leadership, innovation and citizenship. The insight, innovation and passion of hardworking teams have helped us grow into a global company that is governed responsibly and ethically, that is open and visible, and that supports good causes and protects the environment. This is a place where you can be proud to work and do something that matters.

Dedication from Us: You'll be at the core of breakthrough innovations, be given exciting assignments, lead initiatives, and take ownership and responsibility, in creative workspaces where new insights thrive. All the while, you'll receive outstanding training to help you become a leader in your field. It is not just about what you'll do, but how you'll feel: encouraged, valued, purposeful, challenged, heard, and inspired.

What we Offer: Continuous mentorship – you will collaborate with peers and receive both formal training as well as day-to-day mentoring from your manager dynamic and encouraging work environment– employees are at the center, we value every individual and support initiative, promoting agility and work/life balance.

Overview of the job

You are an experienced attorney, and preferably a qualified company secretary, who will be joining P&G India and be responsible to provide legal advice across various laws pertaining to commercial, advertising, pharma, competition, labour, industrial and environmental laws, along with dispute management across the Indian sub-continent. The role will be based out of Mumbai.

What success looks like

A strategic legal partner to the business solving problems creatively and resolving our business partners’ legal needs ethically across critically meaningful, challenging, and dynamic legal spaces.

Strong demonstration of proactive leadership skills; willingness to engage in, and take the lead for, building creative strategies and solutions to legal and business problems.

How success looks like

• Understands P&G businesses and policies.
• Protects & provides competitive advantage to P&G brands.
• Provides best in class legal & commercial advice with a competitive advantage for P&G brands.
• Solution oriented mindset with ethics & integrity at the core to solve complex problems.
• Proactively seeks learning opportunities for self-growth and contributes to the overall team growth & development.

Responsibilities of the role

• Provides guidance on industry specific laws, ethical promotions and ensuring all compliances are met.
• Drafting, Vetting, Negotiating, and executing all commercial contracts and agreements across the commercial business and business development.
• Provide advice on marketing initiatives, advertising, product communication, promotions to different business units.
• Supporting Intellectual Property related matters.
• Supporting business development initiatives including that of negotiation and execution of documents.
• Implementation of processes, policies, and training, including those related to the FCPA/ Anti-Bribery, Competition laws etc.
• Working closely with the internal Government Relations Department on Government relations matters.
• Partnering with other functions such as Medical, Regulatory, HR, Sales, Marketing, Distribution & R&D on specific legal issues.
• Provides advice on go to market strategy.
• Manage disputes across forums.
• Legal service providers/ external counsel management.

Job Qualifications

• 3-7 years of experience with a reputable law firm or in the legal department of a large multinational corporation in pharma/FMCG industry is preferred.

• Company Secretary qualification: preferred.

• Strong commercial contracting, leadership and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience advising on marketing/advertising and managing disputes preferred.

• Strong forward-thinking, strategic, and proactive leadership skills.

• Proven track record of success in professional and personal activities.

• High integrity, strong communication, and ability to operate independently.

About us

We produce globally recognized brands and we grow the best business leaders in the industry. With a portfolio of trusted brands as diverse as ours, it is paramount our leaders are able to lead with courage the vast array of brands, categories and functions. We serve consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ariel®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Herbal Essences®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, Tampax® and more. Our community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship, disability, HIV/AIDS status, or any other legally protected factor.

Job Schedule

Full time

Job Number

R000147873

Job Segmentation

Experienced Professionals