Associate Legal Counsel (f/m/d)
Position Overview:
Novelis is driven by its purpose to shape a sustainable world together.
As a global leader in innovative products and services and the world's largest recycler of aluminum, we partner with customers in the automotive, beverage packaging, aerospace and specialties industries to deliver solutions that improve the benefits of balanced lightweight aluminum.
We have a coordinated network of technically sophisticated rolling and recycling plants as well as foundries across 33 facilities in 9 countries throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia with 13170 employees worldwide.
Our customers include some of the largest and best-known brands in the world, including Coca-Cola, Ford, BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, Nespresso, Samsung, and others. In addition, Novelis is leading the industry with its sustainability and recycling efforts.
Become part of our mission to create a sustainable world and start at our plant in Birmingham or Warrington as:
Associate Legal Counsel (m/f/d)
Responsibilities & Qualifications:
What awaits you:
As Associate Legal Counsel in the Novelis Europe legal department, you will report directly to the Regional General Counsel. In this position, you will manage European legal issues and primarily act as a legal advisor relating to contract management, compliance matters, and dispute resolution. Your responsibilities in detail:
- Act as main legal contact for different business functions (Procurement, Sales, Finance, Sustainability) and Novelis operative plants in Switzerland, Germany, UK and Italy by providing concise, sound but also practical (“hands-on”) legal and contractual advise; consulting on legal issues and implications of business initiative
- Drive compliance by monitoring legal and regulatory developments in Europe and support implementing appropriate legal actions to mitigate compliance risks and regulations; work closely with the corporate compliance team on business and regulatory compliance matters
- Draft, review, and negotiate a diverse range of agreements (Procurement, Supply and Services Agreements, T&Cs, NDAs, Cooperation Agreements, etc.) and other legal documents (policies, legal directives, etc.)
- Conduct internal trainings with respect to legal, regulatory and contractual aspects
- Regular involvement in cross-border and international matters
- External counsel and litigation management
How you convince us:
- You have a law degree and are admitted to the bar in Switzerland, Germany, UK or Italy
- You bring at least 2 years of post-qualification work experience, preferably within a law firm and/or as in-house counsel
- Expertise in commercial law topics such as procurement, sales, competition law and corporate law
- Expertise or strong interest in compliance matters (regulatory compliance and business compliance) and sustainability related matters
- You are highly motivated with the ability to work independently as well as working within a team
- Strong communication and negotiation skills, along with the capacity to lead negotiations
- You have the ability to handle competing tasks and priorities, and to be resourceful and composed under pressure
- Motivated to work in a diverse and international setting, readiness to travel occasionally (Switzerland, Germany, Italy, UK)
- Verbal and written fluency required in English and German complete your profile – knowledge of French is a plus
What Novelis offers you:
- A permanent position with the global pioneer for technology and sustainability in the future market of aluminum processing and recycling
- An attractive salary package as well as a company pension plan
- Flexible working time models and the possibility for mobile working
- Corporate Benefits: Attractive purchasing benefits from well-known companies such as Apple, WMF, Sixt or Adidas
- An open corporate culture with the opportunity to drive things forward and contribute ideas
- High occupational safety standards including free occupational medical care as well as an offer within the framework of health management
- The opportunity to shape a sustainable world together
Have we caught your interest?
Then become part of our team! We are looking forward to your application!
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Please note that postal applications cannot be processed and considered.
We live diversity and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, sexual orientation, and identity.
Location Profile:
The Novelis Latchford plant, a suburb of Warrington, Cheshire in England, employs approximately 200 employees. It is one of Europe’s largest aluminium used beverage cans recycling plants, and Europe’s largest closed-loop recycling operation for automotive aluminium rolled products with an annual recycling capacity of up to 195,000 tonnes.The plant is an essential part of Novelis’ European production and collaborated with Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) to create the first closed-loop system in Europe with a dedicated railway service to efficiently deliver aluminium between Novelis and JLR’s production site in the UK.
The Latchford plant is committed to its community in supporting math and science education to local schools as well as sharing the value of safety and works with a local charitable foundation to sponsoring health. In addition, Novelis UK supports the program “Every Can Counts” to actively promote can recycling across Europe.