Nienke Fokma
Consultant Executive Search
nfokma@legalpeople.com
0031-(0)20-612 55 22
Unilever is a purpose-driven company with a focus on sustainable, long-term growth, fostering an informal and inclusive culture. The company is well-known for its Homecare, Personal Care, Beauty & Wellbeing, Nutrition and Ice-cream. Unilever’s Global Competition Team is responsible for identifying and managing competition law risks and opportunities, and providing advice that supports and drives the achievement of Unilever’s strategic objectives. To further enhance antitrust business partnering and compliance efforts, and to reduce outside counsel spend, the team will be strengthened with a
Senior Global Competition Counsel
a hybrid role at director-level
a hybrid role at director-level
As a Senior Global Competition Counsel, you provide the global Ice Cream business with advice on antitrust-related questions, as well as internal lawyers, (antitrust) compliance champions and internal business partners across the different functions, such as Customer Development (Sales) and Supply Chain. You update and deliver global policies, guidelines and training on competition law. Also, you identify and manage possible cartel damage claims against suppliers, determine losses and realize claims in collaboration with Procurement.
Profile
- EU legal background and approximately 15-20 years of work experience
- gained in an antitrust team of an international law firm and multinational company
- strong expertise in behavioral antitrust, rules on abuse of dominance and vertical restrictions
- entrepreneurial thinker with excellent communication skills, impeccable English
- proactive and convincing, self-starter who takes responsibility
Proposition
- well-loved company, active in more than 190 countries, owning around 400 brands
- senior/managerial business-oriented role in a high-performance team
- broad range of responsibilities, (inter)national career opportunities and a wealth of developing/training opportunities and wellbeing resources
- opportunity to work from the Rotterdam or Brussels office, hybrid and/or part time
