Sr. Director Global Law, North America
About The Position
Mondelēz International is seeking a Sr. Director – Global Law, North America and Global Professional Services Spend Area. This role serves as the lead lawyer for Mondelez Supply Chain, Procurement in North America (NA) and Global Procurement Professional Services Spend Area. The position leads and executes the legal strategy of NA’s Supply Chain initiatives and negotiations of commercial agreements with NA and global suppliers. This senior leader role operates within a highly matrixed environment, collaborating directly with senior leaders to drive outcomes, manage risk, and enable business objectives. The role is based in Chicago, IL or East Hanover, NJ, and reports to the VP & Chief Counsel Global Law with a dotted line to the SVP & Chief Counsel, North America.
Requirements
- 12+ years’ experience in a large, international law firm and multi-national corporate in-house legal department.
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) or equivalent legal degree from an accredited institution; ability to be licensed in the jurisdiction where employed.
- Deep expertise in U.S. and international contract law and experience in successfully and strategically supporting Supply Chain initiatives and negotiations with global suppliers.
- Proven ability to successfully pursue supplier-related claims.
- Demonstrable experience with technologies, including CLM and AI tools, as part of a contemporary proactive and risk-based contract strategy.
- Substantial management skills, business judgment and commercial acumen with a capacity to enable decisions with integrity and give risk-calibrated advice demonstrating command of overall business objectives and the risks/rewards of each situation.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail; team player who collaborates well with others and can manage numerous matters concurrently in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty; the ability to remain calm under pressure, adapt nimbly, build trust, instill confidence and influence others to take decisions with imperfect information rather than waiting for full certainty.
- Experience distilling and communicating complex legal issues for non-legal and multi-cultural audiences, including senior business and functional leaders.
- Ability to oversee and effectively and efficiently manage internal and external counsel.
- High degree of initiative, self‐direction, and willingness to challenge the status quo to help drive continuous improvement.
Nice To Haves
- 5+ years of experience managing and developing teams.
- Experience in driving change in a matrixed organization.
- Experience in dealing with Supply Chain projects in Mexico.
- Fluency in Spanish.
Responsibilities
- Drive solutions and enable business objectives in a responsible, risk-calculated manner.
- Ensure sound, strategic legal counsel is provided to MDLZ and its affiliates related to NA’s Supply Chain initiatives, including projects and transactions with external manufacturers and logistic suppliers, and cross-border transactions.
- Set the legal strategy for negotiations of commercial agreements with NA and global suppliers, including providing strategic guidance related to contractual risk and its cross-functional review and approval.
- Drive a continuous improvement agenda for global contracting strategy, processes, policies, governance, ways of working and technology, identifying and executing opportunities to evolve efficiency, simplification and innovation.
- Deliver proactive advice on contracting related topics and evolve templates and negotiating standards and positions.
- Partner with the Litigation NA lead to provide sound and strategic legal advice on negotiation strategies related to contractual claims against suppliers.
- Build, inspire and empower an inclusive, high performing team that drives solutions through strong business judgment, commercial acumen and calculated risk-taking.
Benefits
- health insurance
- wellness and family support programs
- life and disability insurance
- retirement savings plans
- paid leave programs
- education related programs
- paid holidays
- vacation time
- highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results
- long-term incentive program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
