Legal Counsel - A&T

We are seeking a skilled Legal Counsel to join our Africa & Trading Markets Cluster (A&T) team at The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC). As a key member of our legal team, you will report to the Head of Legal – Africa & Trading Markets and play a vital role in shaping and implementing our legal strategy across the region.

Key Responsibilities:

Contract Management

• Support on contract drafting, negotiation and review across a range of products, goods and services including inbound procurement and outbound supply services.
• Support the implementation of an effective distribution contract portfolio management.
• Provide a range of standard templates, processes, tools and trackers to standardize processes within the A&T business and improve existing legal processes as required to enhance the transparency and turnover timelines.

Marketing and IP

• Advise and support on advertising and marketing law matters, including competitive product claims, packaging materials, media copy and advertising materials clearance for KHC’s range of products.
• Review marketing materials content, data, claims, etc. (including artwork, POSM, TVC, digital, comms, etc.) and work closely with the Marketing and Regulatory departments to ensure a timely and risk-managed approach.
• Review marketing campaigns, sales initiatives, sponsorship, promotional strategies, and permissions – where required.
• Provide local legal support to the Global Brand Protection Team.
• Assist in IP Enforcement and Anti-counterfeit matters.

Company Secretarial

• Support company secretarial matters and meetings (OGSMs, EGMs, Board of Directors’ meetings).
• Ensure corporate secretarial compliance in the cluster, and mainly where KHC has a local presence
• Support company secretarial liaison with global company secretary function.
• Manage corporate certifications and registrations (e.g. licenses, permits, registrations, etc.)
• Support in maintaining up-to-date records and publishing updates in timely manner across company systems (e.g. Diligent, Simple Legal, etc.)

Compliance

• Assist (where applicable) in any internal compliance audits.
• Advise and support data privacy-related compliance matters.
• Support the legal trainings yearly agenda.

Dispute resolution

• Advise and assist in any pre-litigation disputes and provide legal support in the resolutions of claims.
• Manage timely and accurate litigation reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Law.
• 5-8 years post qualification experience.
• Fluent in Arabic and English.
• Comfortable with change and able to adjust quickly to new situations or challenges.
• Strong analytical skills and a solution-oriented mindset.
• Awareness and appreciation of cultural differences, enabling effective collaboration with colleagues, partners, and clients from diverse backgrounds.
• Research abilities and effective planning.

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Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.