Manager - Legal - FMCG

Unique Role Name: Manager - Legal

Line of Business: Beauty & Wellness

Reporting Manager: Legal Head & CEO

Primary Responsibility

- Demonstrate strong functional skills and attributes in partnering business.

- To provide pro-active legal support and advice to the business, key stakeholders and to assist them with achieving their core strategic objectives while appropriately managing and mitigating the associated legal risks.

- To have good exposure and knowledge of laws applicable to company engaged in retail space including Contract Act, Legal Metrology, Labor and Consumer Laws.

- Developing and nurturing culture of excellence, rigor and process orientation in legal function.

Job Description

Contract Management:

- Vetting and drafting of various kinds of agreements viz. Lease agreement, Leave and License Agreement, Franchisee agreement, agreements related to Human resources, training, product partners and others

- Contract Management (proper documentation and up keeping of all agreements, contracts and their renewals on time)

- Document relationships with external parties through contracts, T&Cs and advise business from time to time.

Advisory :

- Disciplinary process for errant franchisees/follow up process/terminations

- Catastrophic Customer complaint management

- Ensuring Due diligence of properties to support the business expansion plan

Compliance:

- To advise the business and implement changes in legislations.

- Ensuring all compliances (Labor, Municipal, IPR, etc) as applicable to FOFO and COCO salons

- Owning the compliance management system - Franchise Management portal and beyond

Dispute / Litigation Management

- Advising and managing disputes to minimize company exposure and risks

- Drafting and responding various kinds of notices, business letters and communications viz.

- Co ordinating with external lawyers and counsels for litigation management.

Ancillary:

- Liaise with various municipal and quasi-judicial authorities.

- Maintaining records and MIS of Agreements, Notices and Licenses

- Conducting research on new legal developments and case laws, preparing summary for the management.

SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES (Key Results Area)

- Protect, preserve company assets and reputation.

- To partner the BD and Operations functions effectively and to ensure basic functions of these departments are completed in compliance with set internal processes / legal norms so as to minimise the risks faced by business.

- To steer disputes and litigations relating to assigned areas to the company's benefit and interest.

- To advise business for new product / service developments.