Вакансія Legal Counsel (Operations)

British American Tobacco has a challenging position as a Legal Counsel (Operations) in Prilucky, Ukraine.

Position overview:

• To provide day-to-day legal advice to various departments of Prilucky tobacco factory;
• To ensure the timely delivery of legal services to the Company in relation to its operations matters;
• To contribute to the compliance of the Company to current legislation and internal BAT procedures.

Main responsibilities:

• Revision of agreements (both local and international), being prepared by different departments of BAT, ensuring they are fully compliant with internal contract management procedure and current legislation. Providing legal advice regarding execution of agreements;
• Revision, assisting in preparation and renewal of internal company policies and procedures;
• Assisting line manager in preparation and sole preparation of claims to the counterparties of BAT;
• Assisting HR department in revision of internal orders, job descriptions, requests of military enlistment office etc. Providing different legal consultancy in regards of current labour legislation;
• Assisting line manager in various matters, such as collaboration with external legal advisers in terms of litigation cases (commercial, labour and customs-related cases), collaboration with trade union in terms of disciplinary cases assessment, collective labour agreement execution from legal perspective, as well as in registration of land plot usage rights;
• Ensuring the duly registration of cigarette equipment in State Fiscal Service register in cooperation with engineering department and customs clearance unit of supply chain department;
• Support to corporate lawyers in registration of amendments to corporate documentation;
• Participation in cross-functional issues and projects within LEX department;
• Implementation of electronic document flow system in cooperation with IT department.

*Essential requirements

• University degree in Law (Specialist or Master)
• At least 1 year of experience in: contract law (including deep understanding of civil, commercial and international law), labor law; customs law - will be considered as an advantage;
• Fluent Ukrainian, English – upper-intermediate;
• PC user: Microsoft Office, Legal database;
• Excellent analytical skills;
• Excellent negotiation skills with different levels of stakeholders (both internal and external);
• Team player, result-oriented.

*Working at BAT

British American Tobacco is all about freedom of choice — whether it’s our people or our products. Combined with our entrepreneurial spirit, it’s what’s driven our phenomenal success. We started trading tobacco over a hundred years ago. Today, we’re a multibillion dollar company with more than 200 brands in our portfolio. With robust positions in each of our regional markets, our future looks equally bright too.

There’s no doubt our industry is controversial — we’re the first to admit that. But rest assured, we take a responsible approach to our trade. In each of our markets, we observe every local law regarding tobacco (in many cases going further through our own voluntary code). Not only that, we treat our farmers fairly, invest in the environment and help to sustain local communities.

We also excel at developing our own people into leaders of the future. As a firm with a high-performance culture, we’ll expect a lot from you. But we’ll support you every step of the way to help you deliver. If you’re passionate and ambitious, rapid career progression is a reality here. And because we’re such a large firm (we employ more than 55,000 people worldwide), there are plenty of exciting opportunities for you to develop a truly extraordinary career.