Legal Counsel South America

Legal Counsel South America

Requisition ID: 21447

Job Category: Legal & Compliance

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Cajamar, BR

Unit: Automotive Market South America

Organization: Will manage in-house legal area and coordinate work with external law firms.

Job purpose: Will be responsible for providing strategic and day-to-day legal advice to SKF Brazil and all other SKF legal entities in South America for the automotive business; specifically including the further development and operation of SKF’s ethics and compliance program, acting as the compliance officer and data privacy officer, and supporting the organization to ensure that the SKF automotive business, its employees and its business partners comply with all relevant laws and regulations.

Job responsibilities:

1. Lead day-to-day legal activities of SKF Automotive in Brazil and South America
2. Manage legal issues in large and complex projects, including restructuring projects, M&A projects, litigation, and customer negotiations
3. Manage, lead and coach the legal team in accordance with the group’s overall strategy and cultural transformation
4. Coordinate activities with external legal advisors
5. Develop, implement, manage, and improve common legal practices among South America countries and to help the relevant business owners in assessing and controlling legal risks
6. Develop, coordinate, and provide legal and compliance training to relevant SKF employees
7. Support the management in developing and maintaining SKF’s ethics and compliance program
8. Support the organization in establishing and maintaining structures and processes, standards, and procedures to ensure that the compliance program is effective and efficient in identifying, preventing, detecting, and correcting non-compliance
9. Ensure that compliance risk assessments are made at relevant levels in the organization and support the relevant managers in establishing and executing risk mitigating activities
10. Establish a close cooperation with South America automotive management team and with other relevant local and global functions within SKF automotive business, including internal audit

Interpersonal Skills:

1. Strong team player with good presentation and communication skills
2. Hands on and able to work under pressure
3. Ability to work effectively across all levels of the organization as well as communicate complex problems in a non-technical and simplified manner
4. Attention to detail and excellent analytical skills
5. Proven leadership with ability to lead and influence others
6. Be skilled in project management also in complex projects
7. Exceptional leader with focus on people development

Education and Experience Requirements:

1. Legal University Degree
2. 8+ years of relative experience including:

• Labor, Civil, Commercial, Taxes and Corporate law.
• Experience in the automotive industry is an advantage

Travel Requirements:

1. Travel is primarily international (mostly South America) with occasional domestic requirement
2. Requires car and airline travel

This position will be based in Brazil reporting to Markus Schwarz, Legal & Compliance Director Automotive & Legal Germany.

About SKF:

SKF has been around for more than a century and today we are one of the world’s largest global suppliers of bearings and supporting solutions for rotating equipment. With more than 40,000 employees in around 130 countries, we are truly global. Our products are found everywhere in society. In fact, wherever there is movement, SKF’s solutions might be at work. This means that we are an important part of the everyday lives of people and companies around the world. See more, at www.skf.com.