Legal Counsel (d/f/m)

Job Posting: Legal Counsel (d/f/m)

Location:

• Hamburg

Essity Aktiebolag (publ).

Summary:

• Working hours: Vollzeit
• Type: k.A.
• Qualification level: Hochschulabsolventen B - UNI

Desired Skills & Knowledge:

• Pace
• Transport
• Marketing
• Internet Protocol
• Hybrid
• Innovation
• Brand Management
• Analyse
• Risikoanalyse
• Mentoring
• Support
• Sourcing
• Organisation
• Flexibilität

Our Benefits:

• Mitarbeiterangebote
• Coaching

Job Description:

Essity is a leading global hygiene and healthcare company. We are committed to improving the quality of life through high-quality hygiene and healthcare solutions. We sell our products and solutions in around 150 countries under many strong brands, including the global market leaders TENA and Tork, as well as well-known brands such as Jobst, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo and Zewa.

We are now looking for a Legal Counsel (f/m/d) for our Health and Medical Business Unit. The position is a maternity cover with a fixed term of 12 months and is located in our office in Hamburg-Ottensen.

We're looking for people who embody our values, aren't afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We're always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we'd love to talk.

Your Tasks:

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts in German and English for different aspects of the MedTech business, such as cooperation with material and product suppliers and with clinical, technical and regulatory service providers
• Providing legal guidance to the business in innovation projects, launch support and product and brand management
• Conducting legal analysis and legal risk analysis in multiple jurisdictions and facilitating appropriate coverage with a focus on marketing and advertising law and unfair competition law, both for own products and brands and for contentious matters with competition
• Converting legal analysis into legal opinions and ensuring deployment of conclusions within the necessary business processes
• Ensuring transparency and standard setting in the business by contributing to building and maintaining compliant internal processes and IT based routines
• Further developing the close cooperation with internal functions such as the IP, Sourcing, Quality, Clinical Affairs and Regulatory Affairs departments, as well as Product Management and Marketing

Compensation & Benefits:

• Compensation above tariff, yearly special payment, bonus, annual salary adjustment process, pension schemes, anniversary bonus, child allowance, Corporate Benefits & other employee benefits
• Work-Life-Balance: Hybrid working model, flexible working hours, overtime compensation, 39h week, 30 days of vacation plus additional balance days, lifetime working time account
• Learning & Development: Structured onboarding, training opportunities such as digital learning platform, coaching & mentoring as possible part of individual development plan, participation in professional conferences and fairs
• Health & Well-being: Discounted fitness membership, Urban Sports Club, Lease-a-bike, health and well-being month, Walk-and-Talk Meetings, nilo.health & mindfulness courses, "PME Familienservice", employee surveys
• Team & Collaboration: People culture, communities & networks, co-working spaces, leadership guidelines, canteen
• Mobility: Public transport allowance, bicycle parking, free car parking, e-charging stations

Your Profile:

• Successfully (above average; in case of Germany "vollbefriedigend") completed legal studies in a major European jurisdiction
• Business fluent (written and spoken) in German & English; additional languages are a plus
• Specialization in (unfair) competition law and / or medical devices / medicinal products law
• 1-4 years of experience as an external counsel in an international business law firm or in an in-house legal department in the MedTech / Pharma sector
• Solution-oriented and cooperative mindset
• Ability to navigate through a matrix organisation with multiple stakeholders
• Eagerness to learn and grow

Professional Requirements:

• Coaching and Mentoring, Onboarding, Development Planning, Experimentation, Business Processes, Laws (Expertise), Innovation, International Business, Legal Training, Clinical Work, Brand Building, Marketing, Medical Devices, Personnel Development, Public Transport, Pharmacy, Product Management, Legal Knowledge, Regulatory Affairs, Risk Analysis, Launch Support, Surveys, Event Management, Contract Negotiation, Competition Law, Working Model 2D

Personal Skills:

• Leadership Skills, Solution-Oriented, Curiosity, Teamwork

Language Skills:

• German, English

Application:

Apply now

Industry:

Other / Unknown

Employer:

Essity Aktiebolag (publ).

Address:

Essity Aktiebolag (publ). 07980 Berga-Wünschendorf

Remote Model:

Hybrid

Country Code:

de