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Please note: This is not a Remote role and will require the incumbent to be based in Gurugram, India where the person is hired and work a hybrid schedule. This is an Individual Contributor role.
At The Coca-Cola Company, we are a diverse and global community of thinkers, makers, and doers. We are constantly transforming our business and ourselves to meet customers' ever-changing needs. We embrace an inclusive environment and strive to challenge existing barriers with our pioneering spirit.
The Coca-Cola Company is looking for a dynamic and highly motivated Consultant – Legal Support /Project Coordinator, mainly responsible for partnering with various legal department and other internal and external stakeholders to provide project management support to the India & Southwest Asia Operating Unit (INSWA OU) legal team. Your key roles and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
What You’ll Do for Us
Leading the strategic thinking related to the delivery of legal services for the INSWA OU legal team.
Overseeing the project management and administrative support strategy of the INSWA legal team.
Managing all events including team building and visits, visa logistics, training sessions managed by legal & Company secretary.
Developing effective communication strategies to communicate with both internal (to the legal department) and external (to the business) stakeholders about INSWA legal requirements and priorities.
Partnering with relevant stakeholders to manage the budget and other resources.
Maintaining legal trackers, updating and validating them in partnership with various legal and business stakeholders.
Liaise with Global teams for upkeep and maintenance of any legal data.
Maintain old records & physical files for retrieval from storage.
Global reporting process- monthly and quarterly updates to be submitted within timelines with data from team with Outside Counsel (OC) spends each month.
Assisting with the bottling agreements database and various authorizations.
Working closely with Corp Secretary with ref to any Board Meetings and coordinate any relevant sessions.
Providing accurate and timely financial record keeping for department, including preparing, processing, and/or reconciling expense reports.
Tracking the department’s budget, raising and facilitating purchase orders, invoices, Outside Counsel OC/Stipend for CW etc. Approval in SAP and preparing budget status reports.
Managing the Contract Management System (Apttus), trainings related thereto and sending quarterly reports on the agreements to the Finance Team.
Coordinating with different stakeholders on the compliance management system.
Supporting legal counsels in their efforts to communicate with business teams on various projects and other matters.
Collaborating with legal assistants, legal trainees, and counsels to ensure a smooth workflow.
Digital agenda of digitizing the legal function.
Participating in regular meetings with the legal team.
Providing effective, timely, and strategic support to legal department, including preparing business operating reports, maintaining files, calendars, and databases.
Creating, maintaining, and editing documents (contracts, templates, Preparing PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, and Word documents).
Maintaining adequate stamp papers for relevant business entities, execution of all business agreements e2e.
Collaborate with finance and team for audit requirements.
Partner with Outside Counsel (OC) for regular litigation trackers and business updates. Ensure the Outside Counsel (OC) guidelines are in place from global.
Collaborating with team members to ensure adequate administrative coverage and maintaining a high level of confidentiality
Qualifications & Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in laws, Commerce, Business Administration, Political Science or related field is required.
Minimum of 2-5 years of working experience in Law firm and/or in-house legal related work
Ability to be highly organized and effective, handle multiple complex projects and carefully prioritize competing work assignments from many clients.
Proficient in commonly used MS Office software such as MS Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint.
With a strong sense of professional ethics, strong logical thinking, attentive, a positive attitude, a strong desire to collaborate with the department, a growth mindset, and a commitment to excellence and teamwork.
Strong communication skills, including written and presentation; ability to influence various stakeholders, as well as familiarity with legal terminology, documentation, and a willingness to learn (and remain apprised of) new processes and technologies.
Must feel comfortable working under pressure while managing multiple tasks and priorities, meeting deadlines, and handling sensitive and confidential information.
What can help you be successful in the role?
Growth Behavior:
Growth Mindset: Demonstrates Curiosity. Welcomes failure as a learning opportunity.
Smart Risk: Makes bold decisions/recommendations.
Externally Focused: Understands the upstream and downstream implications of his/her work.
Performance Driven & Accountable: Has high performance standards. Outperforms her/his peers.
Fast/Agile: Removes barriers to move faster. Experiments and adapts. Thrives under pressure and fast pace.
Empowered: Brings solutions instead of problems. Challenges the status quo. Has the courage to take an unpopular stance.
Leadership Behavior
Act Like an Owner: Deliver results, creating value for our brands, our System, our customers and key stakeholders.
Collaborate with the System, Customers and Key Stakeholders
Develops Self and Others: Develop self and support others' development to achieve their full potential.
Drive Innovation: Generate new or unique solutions and embrace new ideas that help sustain our business.
What We Can Do for You
Career growth and development: Leveraging our boundaryless network, we provide access to educational platforms and provide coaching, mentoring and feedback, as a part of our Leadership & Development process.
Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs. We want to make our culture inevitable.
International Experience: Become part of international projects and work along multicultural teams, through our global network.
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Our Purpose and Growth Culture:
We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.