Legal Labor Manager

Legal Labor Manager
**Job Description**:
Your Job
You're not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we're out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you'll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In your role, you'll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.
About Us
Huggies. Kleenex. Cottonelle. Scott. Kotex. Poise. Depend. Kimberly-Clark Professional. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn't exist without talented professionals, like you.
At Kimberly-Clark, you'll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We're founded on 150 years of market leadership, and we're always looking for new and better ways to perform - so there's your open door of opportunity. It's all here for you at Kimberly-Clark; you just need to log on
Led by Purpose. Driven by You.
About You
You're driven to perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.
You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we're constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you'll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.
Main responsibilities:
Strategic litigation management: the person in this role is expected to have a deep understanding of Kimberly Clark Brazil labor litigation, being accountable for best-in-class defense of company's interests in labor lawsuits, by means of:
- Directly involvement and leadership in every strategic labor lawsuit, making sure each case is properly assessed and aligning strategy with company's leadership in advance.- Management of non-strategic labor litigation, leveraging in-house and outside counsel resources to promote exceptional defense in labor lawsuits.- Holistic view of company's labor litigation, identifying risks & opportunities and reporting updates to company's leadership accordingly- Monitoring of labor litigation key performance indicators, such as litigation rate, loss rate, outstanding claims etc., using tools such as Power BI;- Continuous improvement on accrual accuracy connected with labor litigation.- Leading the agenda for settlement proposals, aiming at reducing legal labor exposure- Revision of company's internal procedures and workflows- Outside counsel / vendor management, regarding budget control, biddings, contract negotiations, SLAs (service level agreement) etc.- Proper reporting of labor litigation exposure and updates in company's systems and leadership meetings
Prevent litigation: the person in this role is expected to proactively identify labor risks and root cause of labor litigation, propose solutions and lead work fronts to address identified risks and root causes. Responsibilities involve:
- Legal advisory to the business regarding labor and social security risks, including sensitive matters that might involve compliance investigations, terminations with cause, among others.- Legal trainings to the business on labor best practices- Building a solid relationship with key stakeholders (e.g. Human Resources) to foster a preventive labor litigation agenda- Business partnership with Labor Relations department, supporting negotiations with Unions and making sure labor risks associated with collective bargaining agreements are monitored and addressed.- Continuous revision of company's labor practices, employee documentation and third-party agreements are properly assessed form a labor risk standpoint.
People management: this is a leadership role reporting to the Sr. Executive Manager position. It is imperative that the person in this role supports the development of the team, foster a collaborative environment within the Legal Department and also with other stakeholders in the company.
Experience and requirements:
- Law school degree and licensed to practice law in Brazil (OAB active)
- +7 years of experience with Labor Law
- Advanced English
- Spanish is a plus.
- Specialization in Labor Law, in-house experience
- Experience with leadership
- Must-have skills and behaviors: standalone behavior, collaborative mindset, proactivity, strategic thinking, data driven and analytical mindset, hands on
Total Benefits
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