Legal and Compliance Manager

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, NeoCitran, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re in control of. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question.

Are you energized by working in a fast changing and highly complex legal environment?  If so, this Legal and Compliance Manager role could be an ideal opportunity to explore.

About the role

As Legal and Compliance Manager, you’ll be responsible for providing a high level of legal support either directly or by coordinating a team of external lawyers to our RHCS (Romania, Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia) cluster. You will play a key role in anticipating trends, designing and co-ordinating the implementation of appropriate legal solutions and strategies.  You’ll be involved in the legal support of projects, investigations having potentially significant impact on the business, and developing proper risks assessment and mitigation plans. You will provide professional and strategic advice to the Local Leadership Team and various cluster stakeholders.

This role will provide you the opportunity to lead key activities to progress your career, as part of a group of Legal professionals supporting Central and Eastern Europe as well as other regions such as Baltics, Caucasus, Central Asia, South-East Europe, Balkans, Adriatic and Mediterranean Islands.

Role Responsibilities

• Participation and counsel to Leadership Team meetings;

• Negotiating/drafting and/or reviewing a wide range of commercial agreements;

• Advising on legal aspects of sales commercial practices and promotion including review of product claims and challenges;

• Advising and managing commercial dispute resolution and litigation;

• Providing proactive legal support on industry issues, crisis management and product incidents;

• Oversight and management of legal risks within Risk Management and Compliance framework;

• Delivering/ coordinating legal trainings to client groups;

• Liaising with other central and regional groups within Legal  as well as other functions (such as Corporate Tax, Finance, Regulatory, Supply Chain etc)

• Advising on anti-corruption issues (including participation in the application of the Haleon Anti-Bribery and Anti- Corruption Framework);

• Appropriately manage legal budget in your markets so that alternative billing arrangements are reached with Law Firms and costs are decreased as much as possible.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s in law; Qualified lawyer/Legal counsel.

• At least 7 years of experience advising multinational enterprises and working in a multi-cultural environment.

• Relevant experience managing multiple markets across several jurisdictions.

• Demonstrated Business Development support, Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABAC) experience.

• Sound knowledge of industry specific commercial practices, European Union Competition Law, Commercial and Corporate Law.

• English – advanced or proficiency level.

• Comfortable with technology, in particular the Microsoft environment and relevant applications.

• Willingness to travel across CEE from time to time.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master of Law

• Experience in FMCG, FMCH or Pharmaceuticals industry.

• Strong oral and written communication skills.

• Excellent team player, detail-oriented, able to work with both executive and non-executive managers.

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What we offer?

• Career at one of the leading global healthcare companies.

• Flexible working hours and hybrid work in our Budapest office (8 office days per month).

• Attractive reward package (annual bonus, recognition awards for additional achievements and engagement).

• Wide range of benefits including life and accident insurance, cafeteria, AYCM card, preventive healthcare services for employees and their eligible counterparts.

• Family benefits (extra parental leave, caregiver’s policy).

• Company car.

• Health and wellbeing programs that take care of you physically and mentally.

• Personalized learning approach. 

• Supportive community and integration events.

• Open and inclusive environment which is supportive and welcoming of all diversity strands (gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, or any other characteristic). 

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