Description:
Job Description:Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Matter.
Reporting directly to the Chief Counsel – Commercial, the Counsel will provide solution-oriented legal advice to Mondelez's marketing teams.
Additionally, the Counsel will: (a) serve as the business counsel for key brands within the Sweet, Savory, Bars and/or Confectionery categories in the US Marketing organization (b) partner with Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, Nutrition Strategy and Communications Teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Being a commercial legal advisor providing legal thought leadership with an "art of the possible" mindset to support Mondelēz International's US Business Unit on its growth journey.
- Providing sound legal advice to the Marketing team and supporting functions.
- Championing a culture of compliance through advice, communication, role modelling, and training, including implementation of Company policies and their interpretation.
- Designing and delivering training modules covering a range of topics from advertising, food and marketing law.
- Providing legal support on traditional and digital marketing and media strategies including social media, e-commerce, influencer strategies, and compliance.
- Partnering with marketing, research and development, nutrition and regulatory in developing and reviewing claims and claims support for products.
- Reviewing product advertising, promotional, public relations, packaging, product labeling, co-marketing programs, trade advertising, social media, and general marketing materials.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Juris Doctor with strong academic credentials from a nationally recognized law school.
- Licensed to practice law in New Jersey or eligible to become licensed as in-house counsel in New Jersey.
- At least 5 years of experience -- major law firm experience and prior in-house experience preferred.
- Strong client counseling and advertising experience, with Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) industry experience preferred.
- Excellent organizational skills with a capacity to work timely and give reasoned, competent advice that demonstrates an understanding of the risks/rewards of each situation.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate (both verbally and in written form) effectively with business leaders and other professionals and colleagues at all levels of an organization while utilizing excellent business and legal judgment in complex situations.
- Efficient, confident, curious, pro-active, attentive to detail, reliable, service-oriented, self-starting, with impeccable integrity and willingness to learn.
- Hybrid role about 50% in office