Job title : Legal Counsel: Regulatory Compliance, Competition Law and Corporate Affairs - Cape Town HQ
Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town
Deadline : December 20, 2024
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Responsibilities What we're looking for: We're looking for a Legal Counsel: Regulatory Compliance, Completition Law and Corporate Affairs. Successful incumbent will: Responsible for assisting in the continued development, implementation, and improvement of the SA BU's compliance agenda, incorporating legal considerations, and influencing company processes and practices. Includes communicating to all employees their responsibility for compliance, effectively educating them on the various program components.
Accountabilities: Compliance Development and driving of an integrated SA BU compliance framework, measurements and actions and a well-coordinated compliance program implementation. Development of compliance program policies and procedures and educating employees on the company's policies and procedures. Providing legal counsel on various commercial issues and conducted research into a variety of legal issues. Anticipated legal risks facing the company and developed company policy and positions on legal and compliance issues. Providing legal guidance and written opinions on all legal issues pertaining to the SA Business to ensure compliance with new and pending legislation. Work alongside the Corporate Affairs team with regard to vigilance on new legislation which may be promulgated and commentary thereon.
Research and Development End-to-end legal services partner for the research and development function of the SA BU. Interpretation of applicable legislation as well as legal opinions for the R&D function. Legal assistance with product liability issues as well as recalls.
Competition Law SA (including Botswana and Namibia) Drive Competition law adherence and risk mitigation for SA. Advising the business on Competition law risks associated with any sales strategies and trading terms. Ensure a regular and robust training programme is in place across SA BU to ensure adherence to the Competition Act. Advise the business of developments and Competition law matters in relevant territories as we expand into Africa (Botswana and Namibia). Assist the VP and General Counsel in interacting and corresponding with the Competition Commission and Tribunal on all Merger Filings (in conjunction with the M&A legal team) and any other matters impacting the SA BU.
Consumer Complaints Advise National Quality Manager on consumer complaints, which include drafting correspondence and settlement agreements/letters with consumers and dealing with Food Law matters for the BU including consumer complaints relating to illness and foreign objects and as well as PR threats and extortion cases. The first port of call-in terms of legal advice in instance of product liability matter. Maintain relationships with regulators in the food safety environment, particularly, Department of Health and the National Consumer Commission, amongst others.
Qualifications Must be a university graduate from an academically recognized institution with a Law or other appropriate degree. Must be a fluent in English. Must have not less than 8 to 10 years post-qualification experience, ideally some completed in-house and a strong record of functional expertise. Excellent analytical skills and the ability to manage and identify key issues in multiple complex inputs. Maturity to hold firm in the face of significant commercial pressure in order to ensure the right result for PepsiCo. Superb influencing and persuading skills Ability to self-motivate and to priorities' effectively, in order to manage an extremely busy and complex agenda without compromising business needs.
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