The key purpose of this role is to manage the day to day legal, Compliance, regulatory and administrative activities of the Company in the regions where it operates.
Key outputs and responsibilities:
- Provide legal advice to functions/managers as required by the business
- Draft, review and execute legal contracts
- Liaise with Company’s external lawyers
- Assist in Compliance/Company Policy training for staff
- Guide company staff, Plant leadership, Sales and marketing team about the day-to-day management of the organization, including compliance with legal and statutory requirements
- Implement internal procedural / administrative systems
- Assist in Insurance related claims
- To carry out general legal research with regards to the Company’s day to day transactions
- Overall management of legal document
- To watch the brief for the organization in any court appearance and to provide the necessary updates in respect thereof
- Monitoring changes in relevant legislations and regulatory environment and take appropriate action
- To ensure that the company complies with all applicable codes, statues and regulations
- To ensure proper drafting and review of contractual agreements between the organization and other third parties
- Define, monitor progress on, implement and manage solutions to achieve Departmental objectives
- Maintain organization quality standards and continually improve legal processes
Rendering the necessary assistance to the Company Secretary/General Counsel with regards to all tasks that pertain to the legal desk including but not limited to the following:
- To attend meetings of the Company and of the board of Directors and render Company Secretarial Services in respect of such meeting
- To capture tasks assigned at meetings and notify relevant officers of same and to follow up on tasks assigned at meetings attended until such tasks/directive come to closure
- Any other assignments assigned by the Company Secretary & General Counsel from time to time
- Has responsibility to manage the regulatory requirements of all company’s SKUs/ brands, all agencies regulating the Company and obligations to those agencies
- Monitor and drive implementation of actions arising from the regulatory obligations across the plants
- Key liaison and interface with regulatory authorities
- Provide Regulatory advisory service to the business
- Identify issues and make appropriate recommendations for improvement and or required mitigation
- Oversight over regulatory obligations of the Company across all our sites
- Drive complete accuracy and Integrity of records by maintaining depository of all licenses and permits
- Keep relevant parties informed of the regulatory requirements for labelling, storage and packaging
- Ensure that company’s products comply with the regulations of the regions where they want to distribute them
- Train employees, where required, on regulatory changes and activities that could impact our operations/objectives
- Develop materials to support new product licenses and license renewals process
- Monitor set timelines for license variations and renewal approvals
- Review company practices and provide advice to the CAMs on operational changes with regulatory implications
- Undertake any other tasks that may be assigned by the compliance and legal team
Qualifications & Experience:
- LLB, BL
- 3 – 5 years relevant experience
- Manufacturing experience is an added advantage
- Demonstration of Compliance and Legal expertise
How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to International Breweries on wd1.myworkdaysite.com to apply