Senior Legal Counsel

Il y a 12 heures

Machelen, Flanders, Belgique Continental Temps plein



Job Description

Reporting hierarchically to the Head of Finance & Administration, located in Belgium, and functionally to the Head of Law Northern/Southern Europe & Africa, located in France, this position takes ownership and responsibility in particular for:

Coordinating Benelux Compliance and Data Protection matters, in close alignment and cooperation with dedicated Corporate teams;Providing legal consultancy on national and international commercial / contracts law, civil law, labor law and Corporate matters with a focus on Benelux and other market(s);Collaborating with various central (Trademark, Tax, etc) and local (Sales, Marketing, etc) teams on topics including negotiations with external parties, drafting and reviewing contracts, policies and other formal documents, support with claims management, etc;Acting as "housekeeper" for the Benelux House of Rules, including document lifecycle management, leading and steering the organization through the annual review campaign, communicating regularly on House of Rules updates to ensure employee awareness and use of the Sharepoint;Identifying training needs and conducting legal workshops, coaching junior legal colleagues in their technical as well as organizational skills;Participating in and/or leading projects related to the role's tasks and responsibilities.

Qualifications

Your Qualifications & Work ExperienceUniversity degree in LawSeveral years of professional experience in Benelux or with a focus on Benelux countries with exposure to commercial contracts work, data protection and/or compliance topicsExperience and willingness to work in a highly matrixed, international environmentYour Skills & CompetenciesAbility to structure, prioritize and manage multiple parallel complex tasks with a high attention to detail and qualityStrong communicator with ability to influence and drive topics forwardAudit / control mindset, risk awareness and pro-active assessmentService orientation, taking a pragmatic approach to working on commercial law topics and activating Compliance / Data Protection rules in a business environmentFluent
- verbal and written
- Dutch, French and English language skillsProficient user of M365 (Outlook, TEAMS, Sharepoint, copilot, PowerPoint, Word, Excel)

Additional Information

Continental Benelux as an employer provides the best of both worlds
- working from a modern comfortable office as well as from your home location. In addition to an unlimited employment contract and your annual gross salary, we provide benefits such as meal vouchers, eco-vouchers, group insurances for pension / hospitalization / invalidity as well as a motivating company culture based on our four core company values: "Trust", "Freedom to Act", "Passion to Win" and "For One Another".

We look forward to receiving your application