Overview Main Purpose Providing end to end legal support and guidance to the Beverage Franchise Team involving Category, Franchise and Finance team in critical documentation like EBA’s, BDA’s, JBP, Co-Op etc. Provide legal support to all transactions involving Bulk Water business. Providing legal support to Key Accounts, E-Com, Modern Trade and Away from Home (AFH) teams by Franchise Team Provide end to end legal support and guidance to Concentrate Plant on all operational matters. The role also requires a focused approach to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Provide legal support and guidance to Concentrate Greenfield project in MP to help achieve operationlistion timelines for the Project Manage all Litigations related to the businesses being supported. Responsibilities Accountabilities - Providing end to end legal support and guidance to the Beverage Franchise Team involving Category, Franchise and Finance team in critical documentation like EBA’s, BDA’s, JBP, Co-Op etc. Review Internal Approval Memos for appointments, transitions, terminations, key account agreements, multiyear deals etc, in line with SOA’s, highlighting legal risks and mitigations to ensure stakeholder allignment on legal risks. Provide legal support in all transactions involving Bulk Water business through appropriate legal due diligence, appropriate documentation like EBA’s, BDA’s etc, routine legal advisory etc. Support bottler documentation and governance in line with Global International Beverage Framework including fresh EBA’s, amendments, BDA’s, CMA’, Co-Ops, negotiation of clauses, working with Global IB team on roll out of specific templates/ clauses and routine bottler issues like bottler support, cooler support, concentrate pricing letters etc. Providing legal advisory, legal support in all documentation involving Key Accounts, E-Com, Modern Trade and Away from Home (AFH) teams by Franchise Team To provide legal support and guidance to Channo Concentrate Plant in all legal issues, imports related queries to ensure seamless operations and to help achieve Company’s ambitious target for volume growth in business. The role will also require continuous engagement with Plant teams for implementation of a structured Compliance program and compliance tracking through PwC software to ensure compliance with all applicable laws/regulations. Provide continuous support and guidance to Concentrate Greenfield Project teams in all activities related to consturciton and setting up of the Concentrate manufacturing plant within internally agreed timelines. The role will also be instrumental in establishing a statutory compliance tracking program for GF operations, including compliances under Licenses & Permits, with status update to internal stakeholders at agreed intervals. To manage all litigation related to Plant matters such as alleged Non compliance notices from PCBs, Factories Department, Labour matters and other operational issues. To provide appropriate legal notices after data collation from stakeholders in a timely manner Work closely with C&E teams to provide legal guidance and support in COC Investigations and to imparting FCPA and Anti Bribery training to employees Qualifications Key Skills/Experience Required - Law Graduate with minimum experience of 7-8 years Excellent knowledge of Food and Packaged commodies laws and other laws applicable to food manufacturing operations Good knowledge of Competition Act and other laws applicable to an FMCG industry Experience in Litigation management. Excellent communication skills Good interpersonal skills Sound legal drafting and negotiation skills Excellent network with internal stakeholders, external counsels, industry consortiums and other KOLs Differentiating Competencies Required The role requires subject matter expertise coupled with excellent communication and inter personal skills since the incumbent will have to interact frequently with both internal and external teams like Franchise team, Pollution Control Board, Factories Department, Labour deptt. etc. The role requires sound knowledge of Sustainability related laws, Competition Laws to advise on ground rules to ensure compliance Good understanding of Statutory compliances applicable to setting up, operationalisatin and running of Food manufacturing operations to be in a position to advise and guide the Project and Plant teams in ensuring statutory compliance at all levels. Subject matter expertise coupled with excellent communication and inter personal skills since the incumbent will have to interact frequently with both internal and external stakeholders like Pollution Control Board, Factories Department, Labour deptt. etc. Sound knowledge of Food, Legal metrology and other laws impacting any FMCG organization. The role requires good Litigation management skills, good drafting and legal interpretation skills for effective discharge of the KRAs.