Legal Counsel, Sales & Commercial

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

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Reporting directly to the Chief Counsel US Commercial, the Legal Counsel Commercial will provide solution-oriented legal advice to Mondelez’s commercial sales and digital commerce teams.  
 

The Legal Counsel will also serve as the support brand counsel for some of the BU’s categories in the US Commercial Legal team organization. 

 
Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

• Being a commercial legal advisor providing legal thought leadership with an "art of the possible" mindset to support Mondelēz International’s US Business Unit on its growth journey. 

• Providing sound legal advice to the commercial sales, digital commerce and marketing teams and supporting functions.  

• Negotiating agreements, including licensing, joint promotions, sponsorship agreements, strategic partnership, joint venture, supply agreements, talent agreements, services agreements, and customer/broker agreements. 

• Championing a culture of compliance through advice, communication, and training, including implementation of Company policies and their interpretation.  

• Partnering with management and the Commercial team to keep them abreast of significant decisions, legislation, and governmental regulatory rulings that may affect the Company’s antitrust, food law, marketing, and advertising policies and practices. 

• Designing and delivering training modules for the Commercial team covering a range of topics from antitrust and advertising and marketing law. 

Qualifications & Skills 

• Juris Doctor with strong academic credentials from a nationally recognized law school. 

• Licensed to practice law in New Jersey or eligible to become licensed as in-house counsel in New Jersey. 

• At least 5 years of experience -- major law firm experience and prior in-house experience preferred. 

• Strong client counseling and advertising/food law experience, with Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) industry experience preferred.  

• Excellent organizational skills and business judgment with a capacity to make timely decisions and give reasoned, competent advice that demonstrates an understanding of overall business objectives and the risks/rewards of each situation.  

• Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate (both orally and in written form) effectively with senior business leaders and other professionals and colleagues at all levels of an organization while utilizing excellent business and legal judgment in complex situations.  

• Efficient, confident, pro-active, attentive to detail, reliable, service-oriented, self-starting, with impeccable integrity and willingness to learn. 

The base salary range for this position is $137,300 to $188,825; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on p