Senior Manager

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

The purpose of this role is to support Senior Director, Legal and Compliance, South East Asia and Pacific.

The role will primarily focus on all types of legal and compliance matters and advice in Thailand as well as one or more countries within the South East Asia (SEA) cluster, comprising Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam. The role involves direct interaction with the SEA Legal Team based in Singapore, Thailand Country Management Team, commercial teams in the SEA cluster and countries, as well as those in the Emerging Markets Hub and Global.

Key Responsibilities:

General Legal

• Drafting, negotiating and reviewing a variety of contracts and correspondence.
• Providing legal support and advice on various issues in the company’s daily business and operations, including but not limited to general commercial, employment law, competition law, brand related advice, leasing, consumer complaints, ecommerce initiatives, governmental inquiries, customs, importation etc.
• Counselling and structuring transactions, assessing legal risks and minimising disputes.
• Representing the company at hearings, conciliations, employment disputes and the like.
• Participating in and/or leading legal projects and initiatives, and coordinating cross-function and/or cross-border efforts.
• When necessary, participating in global and/or regional legal, compliance and risk initiatives and projects to ensure global best practice and consistency.
• Identifying and driving opportunities to increase operational efficiencies within the legal and compliance team.
• Providing effective and appropriate supervision and management of delivery of legal services through external counsel.
• Monitoring changes and developments in the legal and regulatory environment in the SEA markets, and providing appropriate counsel and advice to management and Senior Director, Legal and Compliance on such changes and developments as well as proposed actions to be taken.
• Developing and conducting educational programs and materials as appropriate in relevant legal areas.

Compliance and Privacy

• Ensuring that matters related to local privacy laws and local competition laws are appropriately handled by identifying risks, providing training to employees, managing internal protocols, and facilitating compliance programs to minimize legal risks. Promptly reporting and sharing the identified legal risks to Global stakeholders (e.g., Global Compliance, Global Privacy) from time to time to achieve full transparency.
• Driving awareness and analysing the risks and opportunities in the realm of compliance.
• Designing, developing and delivering legal and compliance trainings to adidas staff, and working with relevant stakeholders to formulate and implement appropriate standards and procedures consistent with applicable laws when needed.
• Supporting the development and implementation of corporate compliance programs, initiatives and projects to promote the compliance level in relation to unfair competition, anti-bribery and corruption and other relevant legal and compliance areas.
• Collaborating with Global privacy and information security teams to protect and comply with relevant laws on privacy and personal data protection, and minimize risks, and aligning with global stakeholders to comply with Global personal data protection policies.
• Supporting Senior Director, Legal & Compliance to manage internal personal information protection protocol and/or other policies and monitoring personal information protection law-related compliance.

Key Relationships:

• Finance
• Brand/Marketing
• eCommerce
• Wholesale Operations
• Supply Chain Management
• Non-Trade Procurement
• Customer Service
• Government Affairs
• External customers
• HR
• IT

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

• Strong background in contract law, drafting and negotiation
• Experience in privacy, employment and consumer protection law is preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required (in English and Thai)
• Strong commercial sense and ability to make practical evaluations of risks and offer pragmatic solutions while managing risk is required
• Must be fluent in English (written and spoken)
• High degree of stakeholder orientation and appropriate prioritization
• Ability to work independently and manage and prioritize substantial and diverse workload in a challenging legal environment

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be proficient in spoken and written English and Thai, and legal drafting both languages
• Graduate of a recognised law school and admitted as a member of the legal profession in Thailand
• At least 5-10 years’ experience either in the legal department of a multinational corporation or a law firm with an international practice 
• Experience in FMCG, sports company or retail industry is preferred
• Solid experience in general corporate work, commercial contracts, privacy, employment and competition and consumer law
• Good knowledge of the legal system and government bodies in Thailand and the main laws, judicial system and experience in dealing with litigation cases in arbitration and courts
• Must be willing to participate in a team oriented, consensus-building environment
• Must be independent, self-motivated and responsive

adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an equal opportunity employer.