Provides a full range of legal advice and services. Responsibilities are within the Legal Function as a generalist or in a combination of different legal disciplines, such as, Corporate, environment, Compliance, Labor, Incident Management Team , regulatory, litigation in criminal and civil, etc.
Responsibility in Compliance matters, working together with our corporate compliance function in Speaking Up complaints, Code of Conduct, Policies, FCPA certification and related issues. Lead the local Incident Management Team
Establish a legal unit strategy, managing the legal team, resources, and budgets, to support the overall business initiatives and objectives.
Support marketing & new product development functions regarding all theinnovation & Intellectual Property activities, advertising campaigns, COFEPRIS registrations, trade activities, to achieve the company objectives.
Achieve the corporate responsibility commitments and integrate our ambitious sustainability agenda and leading ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) practices into the business.
Collaborate with Supply chain, Commercial & Human Resources to ensure efficiency and capabilities to guarantee customer demands.
Manage key associationsand key legal networks to advise the business of potential risks
Preferred Education :
Bachelor’s Degree of Law; MBA preferred
Preferred Professional Background / Work Experience :
15+ years of broad-based legal leadership experience in positions as a Legal Director in food or beverage corporations or in a legal firm
Ability to analyze legal, legislative, regulation, corporate, and business information needed to set legal and services of the business and improve customer relationships to positively impact growth
Proven flexibility and ability to respond the business priorities and requirements
Success delivering exceptional legal results in a fast-paced, collaborative business environment
Experience building and keep the legal organization and high-performance teams
Solid understanding of the Mexico environment and legal regulations
Preferred Hard & Soft Skills :
Ability to work with a high-performance team
Fluent written and spoken English
Outstanding consultative legal abilities and excellent interpersonal skills with executive level customers and partners.
Excellent communication skills with ability to communicate and build relationships at all organizational levels; ability to communicate possible risks and issues for the business through clear & simple messages.
Aleader with an abiding sense of urgency to create a sustainable winning culture
Comfortable in an entrepreneurial environment with hostile government
Leverages data, has a deep understanding of the customer / consumer and good judgment to develop a clear and coherent strategy
Can influence without authority; collaborates effectively with key internal stakeholders to both shape and execute the vision and strategy