Legal Counsel

**Position snapshot**
- Location: Switzerland
- Company: Global Procurement Division - Nestrade
- Act. Rate: Full-Time Act. Rate 100 %
- Type of contract: Permanent
- A challenging strategic role with global scope and responsibilities.
- Genuine opportunities for career development, training, and personal development.
- Attractive and dynamic international working environment.
- Modern “smart office” locations providing agile & collaborative workspaces.

**Position summary**

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated **Legal Counsel for Global Procurement** to join our dynamic team in Switzerland. In this pivotal role, you will be an integral part of the Nestrade Legal Procurement Team, providing comprehensive legal support to our technical and logistics categories.

**Procurement at Nestlé**

As strategic partner of the business, we help the company achieve sustainable growth and we ensure responsibly sourced supply and value creation. Located in hubs in Switzerland, Panama and Malaysia, our division provides a range of services, including the management of procurement for specific raw materials, packaging, indirect materials and other services. We also support markets with managing local spend. For you, this will be the opportunity to become a real strategic partner - delivering sustainable value and working with the business, for the business.

**A day in a life of a Legal Counsel for Global Procurement**
- Support the Global Procurement Legal Team, focusing on Technical & Logistics categories
- Provide legal advice and negotiate contracts for services and indirect materials, collaborating with relevant clients and team lawyers
- Address legal needs of the Swiss Global Procurement Hub and corporate Nestrade matters
- Support dispute prevention and management to ensure business continuity and recover losses
- Raise awareness of legal matters among internal clients through training and early involvement
- Assist in developing best-in-class agreements and efficient processes for above-market transactions
- Manage projects with cross-functional stakeholders across various time zones while protecting Nestlé's interests
- Utilize excellent interpersonal skills and experience in making presentations and trainings
- Protect the best interests of Nestlé, always aligned with the fundamental Corporate and Procurement policies and any other applicable internal policy/guideline

**What makes you successful**:

- Professionally qualified lawyer with several years of PQE.
- Experience dealing with people from different disciplines and cultures
- Previous in-house legal experience and experience with cloud services and on-premises software are considered a plus
- Ability to recognize patterns and optimize templates and processes
- High-level prioritization skills coupled with the ability to quickly identify key issues and address them
- Ability to quickly identify key issues and address them, particularly in the context of intense negotiations
- Double degree or experience in Swiss & Common Law is a plus
- Excellent command of written and spoken English

At Nestlé, we want to help shape a better and healthier world, inspire people to live healthier lives and deliver impact at a scale and pace that makes a difference. We do this by fostering a diverse, friendly, supportive, and collaborative environment, that creates positive disruption, embraces innovation, and empowers people and teams to win. We aim to hire friendly, respectful, inspiring people who care about the people’s lives that we touch every single day.