Legal Counsel

Job Identification

This role will serve as the primary point of contact for Personal Data Protection, Information Security, and Intellectual Property Rights issues within the Legal Department – Compliance and serves 12 countries within the Group Office. In addition to the primary responsibilities, this role will also be responsible for developing and promulgating the ethics and compliance standards across the CCI and especially in the field of developing and implementing competition law compliance, data privacy compliance, anti-corruption policies and procedures, and training Company employees regarding the Code of Ethics and relevant policies.

As Legal Counsel, you will be partnering with the business units, especially with the commercial teams, with the aim of sustaining compliance in daily operations and will be supporting the business units in an effective way, with a commercial mindset as a collaborative partner.

Main Responsibilities

• Regularity Monitoring – Monitor legal and regulatory developments, assess the potential impact for stakeholders, support, and advise on implementation strategies to comply with legal and regulatory changes.
• Compliance – Provide expert legal advice on data privacy laws, GDPR, competition laws, intellectual property rights, and devise policies, trainings, and implement them.
• Contracts – Draft, negotiate procurement, sales, and marketing agreements, and provide compliance advice regarding relevant competition law requirements.
• Consultancy – Ensure compliance with consumer protection, advertising, and e-commerce regulations in daily business and campaigns
• Audit – Be on the field to assess compliance standards, plan, and conduct compliance audits regularly

Capabilities

• Bachelor’s degree in law and admission to Turkish Bars of Association as a registered attorney at law
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a law firm or as an in-house with notable experience on compliance, especially on competition law, personal data protection and e-commerce compliance. Experience in FMCG sector would be valuable
• Experience in contract and commercial law, competition law, data privacy law, mergers &acquisitions
• Excellent communication skills and fluent command in English
• Significant presentation and communications skills
• Strong business and legal advisory skills in a demanding and fast-paced environment
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with functions and operations to coordinate compliance program and initiatives
• Traveling domestically and internationally as needed

What We Embrace:

• “People Centered” Focus
• Equal Salary Advocate
• A Globally Diverse/An International Workplace
• Inclusive Team-Building Activities
• Digital Learning Opportunities
• Leadership Exposure With Organizational Events
• Inclusive Language And Culture
• Social Clubs/Networks
• Inclusive/Family-Friendly Policies

Who We Are

CCI is a multinational beverage company which operates in Türkiye, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Jordan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Syria. CCI produces, distributes and sells sparkling and still beverages. CCI employs more than 10,000 people, has a total of 33 bottling plants, and 3 fruit processing plants in 12 countries, offering a wide range of beverages to a population base of 600 million people.

Our purpose at CCI is to create value for our employees, customers, consumers, and community. In line with our vision to become the best FMCG company, we put people at the core of everything we do. We achieve successful results with our people who come together as One Team, committing to live by our shared values of passion, integrity, accountability, and teamwork. Our ambition is to become a great place to work, which is inclusive, diverse, and inspiring, with its key organizational and leadership capabilities.

Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our commitment at CCI, that’s why we nurture it in everything we do. We are proud to become the fourth company to obtain the EQUAL-SALARY global certification and proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, covering in all our countries.

We take responsibility for the future with our Sustainability Commitments for 2030.

Focusing our roadmap on six main areas, including packaging, water, and climate on environmental issues; human rights, diversity & inclusion, and community investments on social issues, we pledged 9 commitments to continuously improve our efforts. To ensure that by the year 2030, 35% of newly hired individuals, 40% of managerial positions, and 50% of executive committee members are comprised of women.

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, sex, color, national or social origin, ethnicity, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender expression, or political opinion.

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