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About this position

Danone Specialized Nutrition South East Asia is seeking for SEA Legal and Compliance Manager based in Thailand. With our global presence, brands and business and our mission of bringing health through food to as many people as possible; we believe that people growth is a key asset to reach a sustainable business performance.

Responsibilities

• Assist SEA Legal Director & Compliance Officer to draft, negotiate and manage all fundamental business contracts including sales and distribution contracts, services agreement, and/or any other commercial contracts as required by the MBU.
• Assist SEA Legal Director & Compliance Officer in applying, implementation and enforcement of Danone Corporate Compliance Policies, Danone Guidelines, Audit Compliance Policy and Legal & Compliance Risk Management with the objective to reduce legal risk and protect the assets of the MBU.
• Identify potential areas of compliance vulnerability and risk and develop/implement corrective action plans.
• Assist SEA Legal Director & Compliance Officer in performing compliance and risk assessment exercises.
• Management of legal process systems (contracts management policy, CVM, compliance approvals etc.).
• Assist SEA Legal Director & Compliance Officer in managing the bi-yearly corporate and litigation reporting to headquarters, company secretarial matters, understanding and advising on local corporate law requirement and advocating strong internal governance.
• Ensure collaborative objectives are achieved with various internal stakeholders in relation to internal audit, internal control, risk management, process improvement and efficiency.
• Perform legal risk assessment to identify legal issue/exposure and be able to provide a sound, substantiated, and timely legal advice to Danone’s internal stakeholders.
• Act as a focal point of contact on all matters relating to Data Privacy and assist SEA Legal Director & Compliance Officer and SEA Legal & Compliance Team in applying, implementation and enforcement of the Danone Data Privacy Policies.
• Assist SEA Legal Director & Compliance Officer and General Secretary Department in executing and completing special task on ad-hoc basis.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Law/Legal.
• Advocate & Solicitor / Legal Practitioner (or equivalent).
• Minimum PQE 5 years in a Thailand legal firm or as an in-house counsel in FMCG industry.
• Business acumen, ability to multi-task and experience in handling complex projects.
• Proven ability in multi-tasking, prioritizing workload, high attention to detail, meticulous, follow-through and accuracy.
• Ability to manage documents filing systematically.
• Possessing fundamental knowledge of PDPA law. Experienced in PDPA matters is a plus.
• Collaborative mindset and attitudes.
• Ability to handle intermediate to complex contracts.

Benefits