Associate Director, Legal GB

Job Location	Uxbridge
Education	Not Mentioned
Salary	Competitive salary
Industry	Not Mentioned
Functional Area	Not Mentioned
Job Type	Permanent , full-time

Job Description

Business: GB BU Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP)Location: Uxbridge head office / hybridReporting into: Vice President, LegalWhat you’ll become part of:We’re Coca-Cola Europacific Partners – one of the world’s leading consumer goods companies.Great people,Great service, Great beverages done sustainably for a better future together.Do you have a personality with the power to influence and connectCan you sustain the pace to keep on growingWill you make an impact with your desire to winYou will be a key leader within the strong in-house CCEP legal team and business partner to the Great Britain Business. Through commercially focused partnership, you will create maximum value and competitive advantage for the business, as well as workingwith colleagues on strategic projects across CCEP’s territories. You will provide business-focused, pragmatic advice, counsel, and training on a variety of legal issues, you will enable strategic business initiatives, while ensuring that business and legalrisks are managed appropriately.Your key focus:You’ll be offered a broad senior legal role requiring leadership qualities to deliver your key objectives which include providing the business with strong practical business and legal counsel and be a key contributor to delivering the company’s key strategicactivities. Key responsibilities include:

Advising on a broad range legal issues arising from day to day matters, activity and business needs, as well as on longer term strategic projects covering a variety of legal disciplines. These will include commercial law and practices, competition law,advertising and marketing rules, environmental legislation and financial as well as key areas of compliance such as Data Protection and Anti-Bribery
You will provide solution-focused, commercial and creative legal advice to all they key departments (Sales, Category and Shopper Marketing, Field Sales, Finance etc.) in view of reaching the business strategic objectives
Working closely and collaboratively with The Coca-Cola Company and other Franchisors
Handling and following-up litigation; managing the work of outside counsel, as appropriate
Serving as Legal representative on ad-hoc project teams and external associations
Working with legal colleagues based in the other CCEP countries to align legal strategies, advices and tools.

What we’re looking for:You are qualified to practice in England, with considerable and relevant experience in the field of commercial law that has included consultation with strategic business clients. We are open on your industry background, but in-house experience of largeconsumer product or retail businesses would be particularly interesting. We’re looking for a good broad mix of driving strategic decisions in legal compliance, business transformation and development, procurement, corporate and commercial partnerships andagreements.We’re looking for someone with very strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, as well as excellent influencing and negotiation skills to bring all stakeholders to common views and strategies. You will be intellectually curious, confident, and capable ofengaging effectively with various levels of the organisation and dealing with complex matters; who is a pragmatic problem solver; who is pro-active and self-directed and who communicates clearly and effectively.Personal traits:

High degree of commercial acumen and curiosity
Ability to manage a diverse workload across multiple jurisdictions and cultures
Strong and proven ability to exercise creative thinking and to define new and commercially pragmatic approaches to problems
Excellent oral and written communication, leadership and people skills, particularly in relation to senior management and the board of directors of a global company
Ability to focus on both big picture and details, to meet tight deadlines and to collaborate with colleagues
Self-awareness, a steady demeanour in challenging situations and comfort operating in a fast moving, often changing and unclear legal environment
Ability to act independently and without direction

#R Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) is a major fast-moving consumer goods business and the world’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler. We’re a dedicated team of 33,200 people, serving 2 million customers in 29 countries. We make, sell and distribute theworld’s most loved drinks brands - including Coca-Cola®, Fanta®, Sprite®, Costa Coffee® and Monster®. We’ve also expanded into alcohol with ready to drink Jack Daniel’s and Coca-Cola. We want a workforce that is as diverse as our products – with a culturethat fosters belonging and inclusi

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