Legal Advisor

**Job Location: Jeddah**:
**Company description**:
Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in 55 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? Nearly 35,000 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

**Diversity Statement**:
Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.

**About the Role**:
The Legal Advisor will act as a key business partner to the Ferrero entity in Saudi Arabia and the GCC. The Legal Advisor will be involved in a diverse range of legal and compliance activities within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and be part of the regional legal family reporting into the Region Legal Counsel.

**Main Responsibilities**:

- Give accurate and timely counsel on a variety of legal topics (company law, competition law, data privacy law, labour law, commercial law, food law, marketing law, IP) within Saudi Arabia.
- Research and evaluate different risk factors regarding business decisions and operations within Saudi Arabia and provide sound recommendations.
- Communicate and negotiate with external parties (regulators, external counsel, counter parties etc.), creating relations of trust.
- Handling the IPRs infringements and aligning with the IP team at the Region level and with the IP Centre as might be agreed from time to time; and reporting all issues related to counterfeits and Brand IP protection matters.
- Handling Food Law matters in coordination/ collaboration with the Region team and Central Food Law team.
- Monitoring the activities and ensuring that all licenses, Company’s contracts and legal requirements are in full compliance and met all the times.
- Defines, in alignment with Regional Counsel, the local budget and monitors the spending and cost trends, reporting to the Region/Area main variances
- Keeps informed all involved Functions on new legislation, Government regulations and case-law developments which might affect operations

**Who we are looking for**:

- Graduated from an accredited university with a Law degree.
- Minimum 5-7 years’ experience in a corporate legal department or law firm (Experience in both is preferred).
- Strong written and verbal communications skills both in Arabic and English (including legal drafting skills)
- Combine strong negotiation skills with a commercial, pragmatic, solutions-focused approach.
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with professionalism and maturity.
- Ability to effectively advise on risk mitigation and provide legal solutions that meet business objectives.
- Excellent written and interpersonal skills (fluency in Arabic and English is a pre-requisite).

**How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero**:
Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.

Requisition ID

41593

Job function

Legal

Country

Saudi Arabia

City

Jeddah