Legal Manager

Description

We are looking for our Legal Manager for Mexico, CARCA & Andean Region!

Join our Reckitt family! 

Objective: will be responsible for Local and Regional Projects including sound legal advice to execute different projects in the region and implement locally for Health and Nutrition Business Units

Responsibilities:

• HCP interactions, local policies and SOPs, authorizations/approvals, legal assessments to support challenges with authorities, inspections, and audits internal and external
• Prioritize and manage legal complex tasks simultaneously
• Consumer, Nutritional, OTC, Cosmetics and Medical Devices regulations. Interactions with Profeco/ Cofepris -- its equivalents in each country.
• Identify key issues and develop appropriate actions to attain solutions within a tight timeframe
• Supports confidential investigations with Ethics and Compliance team and act as business partner with other areas
• WHO Code, Ethic Codes, Industry meeting documents, Policies related industry, Company meetings, trainings
• Manage legal issues from the Factories Tlalpan/ Delicias / Tech Center
• Handle all type of Litigations (Labor, Commercial, Civil, Criminal, Environmental)
• Manage Budget and legal spend with External Counsels in the Region
• Provide legal support to Marketing campaigns and product launches
• Manage Distribution Agreements within Centro America markets

US Additional requirements

Requirements:

• Academic background: BS in Law. LLM is preferred.
• 7 to 10 years of progressive experience in consumer or pharma industry or any regulated industry
• Experience working in a highly regulated industry with international exposure to commercial and consumer/health related issues. (In depth knowledge of consumer goods, Pharmaceutical and OTC products, medical devices)
• Understand different legal systems and cultural environments.
• Proven experience working effectively in a highly matrixed and global environment that includes managing resources such as people, budgets, and information.
• Advanced English: Ability to communicate effectively written and verbally and build and maintain influential relationships within a global network at local, state, and federal levels.
• Ability to travel as needed

Joining a truly global legal team, you’ll: 

• Work closely with your commercial colleagues to deliver the advice we need to grow and thrive in all our markets 

• Provide advice on topics as broad as our product portfolio – everything from advertising, marketing and commercial contracts to compliance, crisis management and intellectual property 

• Tackle complex issues that cross organisational and geographical boundaries.

You’ll succeed because… 

…you’re an experienced, qualified lawyer who thinks commercially and relishes finding solutions to challenges. You: 

• Have a wealth of experience in advising on compliance and legal issues

• Know how to get your expertise across in a way that others can absorb and act on 

• Are comfortable working at pace, with colleagues in your team and out across our whole business. 

You’ll love it because… 

…you’ll have the freedom to make a difference. You’ll put your own ideas into practice. The products you help us get out there will allow people to live healthier lives and have happier homes. And our dynamic, ownership-driven culture will bring the very best out of you, every day.

Equality

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.