GM - Legal - Supply Chain

GM Legal (Supply Chain)

Role: GM Legal (Supply Chain)

Location: Gurgaon

Reports to: Director Legal

Background and experience: LLB with CS (preferably) with 10-12 years of experience with good knowledge of laws, practice and procedure and legal system impacting FMCG business

Experience in managing litigation and providing legal support in expansion project is mandatory

About the Client: A leading Consumer Goods organization

The role essentially provides legal support to the supply chain organization

Job Purpose

- Lawyer and legal advisor to the Company

- Managing Legal & Litigations of all Sites including Third Party Sites particularly cases emerging from FSSAI on quality, licensing etc

- Legal aspects with regard to consumer matters on quality for all products

- Negotiating, drafting and finalizing agreements of all kinds at sites, including advisory

- Agreements with Third Parties with regard to New Products development and Supply of products

- Advice and support Supply Chain in setting up Green / Brown Field sites including expansion so that capacities are met

Key responsibilities

- Provide counsel on legal, compliance issues—integrating legal knowledge with sound business understanding

- Anticipate and proactively support the prevention and management of legal risks facing the company

- Negotiate agreements with internal company and external parties

- Draft, develop, prepare and execute contracts and other legal documents

- Review and interpret pending or new legislation or regulatory rules impacting the business to ensure compliance or strategy changes particularly on Food Laws, Weights & Measures, Indian Penal Code, etc. to maximize benefit to the Company and achieve competitive advantage

- Liaise with other departments to ensure the integration of the full range of considerations impacting legal recommendations

- Educate Supply Chain client businesses on sound legal practices and new developments impacting the business

- Support the company in litigation efforts in support of the company’s position. Manage all litigation at all Magistrate Court & other civil courts, the High Courts of all States and the Supreme Court of India, whether defending prosecutions under Food Laws, Weights & Measure Laws or any other criminal or civil laws and launching criminal complaints / prosecution under any law to ensure a level playing field and to protect Company’s interest

- Implement processes to ensure legal compliance on a regular basis of all legal matters affecting the sites, obtain legal clearances on licensing of sites under applicable Food Laws and Weights and measures laws for all Nutritional Products to meet the business requirements of the existing and new products

- Interaction with Chambers of Commerce the company’s view points on the amendments in Food Laws in the best interest of the company

- For food industry related issues, develop a good understanding and working relationship with in-house legal counsels of other companies whilst keeping the business interests paramount and always protected

If this role interests you, please write to me at apandey@antal.com with your CV and I will get back to you for a detailed discussion on the opportunity