TBSC-Legal and Compliance Manager

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Job Summary

Bridgestone Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, a global leader in sustainable mobility and advanced solutions, is based in Singapore as the regional headquarters and strategic business unit (SBU) of the Bridgestone Group in the China and Asia Pacific region (BSCAPIC). Overseeing operations of 12 sales and manufacturing companies, while producing at 11 tyre manufacturing plants and supplying its products across more than 20 countries in the region, BSCAPIC plays a key role in facilitating this large and growing market which contributes significantly to the entire Bridgestone Group. The Global Law Department of the Bridgestone Group provides legal and compliance support and services to all aspects of the company's business, including to both tyre and diversified business companies within the Group.

This position is a member of the BSAPIC Legal & Compliance Department based in Thailand and will report to the Head of Legal & Compliance South-East Asia (SEA) Cluster based within the region. This position is an individual contributor role and is directly responsible for supporting the legal matters for Regional Head Office - Thailand (RHO-T).

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

1. Management and Strategic Support

• Lead counsel for legal and compliance, trusted advisor and strategic business partner to RHO-T.
• Providing sound and strategic legal advice to senior management and management teams, including legal implications and legal aspects of business practices, corporate strategies and legal trends (eg. formulating, suggesting and executing short-term and long-term improvements in legal processes).
• Involve in management meetings, socializing key legal matters and upcoming initiatives with members of senior management and also providing legal advice on all other key initiatives.
• Establish strong business relationships, trust and rapport with management of RHO-T, as well as diverse corporate and business stakeholders in the broader organization, and be able to navigate through and manage uncertainty and different levels of complex stakeholder relationships.
• Provide ad-hoc risk management support for RHO-T, as may be necessary from time to time, including identification of and mitigation of risks. Also includes management of all potential and/or actual legal disputes, including budget, strategy and management of external counsel.
• Provide ad-hoc review or input in company secretarial matters, where appropriate, and corporate governance related areas.

2. Legal Support

• Providing pro-active legal services to the business teams in RHO-T (including senior management) with a primary focus on the delivery of commercial/corporate support, which will include general contract review, drafting and negotiation of a broad range of contracts.
• Providing on-going strategic legal advice and support to RHO-T (including senior management) on a wide variety of legal and compliance issues which may arise in the usual course of business, including but not limited to commercial disputes & dispute resolution, HR & employment, debt collection, finance & tax, logistics, supply chain, intellectual property, data privacy and data protection, cybersecurity, corporate governance, M&A and strategic transactions etc.
• Reviewing marketing and promotional material prior to its launch, including new product launch (catalogues, brochures, posters, videos, etc.), social media posts etc. and various external facing documents (e.g. training material for external parties, terms and conditions for contests/promotions, letters to third parties with legal implications).
• Drafting or reviewing existing company policies, internal procedures and/or other policy related documents. This includes policies relating to other departments and also legal and compliance related policies and guidelines.
• Developing and/or improving existing contract review processes to work towards greater automation and higher efficiency, including the promotion of legal technology tools and continued improvement efforts towards the contract management system adopted by the group companies. This includes the adoption and rollout of e-signature tools and translation tools for documents in foreign languages, including coordination and liaison with external vendors as necessary and conducting training for teammates.
• Providing regular updates on relevant legal developments and conduct of legal trainings for relevant teammates and stakeholders (eg. finance and tax clauses, personal data protections law, employment act, legal process changes etc).
• Interacting with key business stakeholders on any legal matters.
• Liaising with internal parties, including key business stakeholders, teammates in other group companies and external parties in multiple jurisdictions, including but not limited to external counsel, government offices, translation firms, third party vendors etc., on legal and related administrative matters.

Requirements

•    Bachelor’s Degree in Law, with minimum ten (10) years of relevant post-qualification experience, either with a reputable law firm or a suitable in-house position in a corporate law department of an MNC.
•    Excellent academic record from a recognized law school.
•    Substantial experience in structuring, negotiating documenting and closing commercial contracts and transactions both externally and within group companies.
•    Excellent communication, drafting and negotiating skills; superior analytical ability and a strong general commercial background, creativity, vision, sound judgement in developing and implementing legal solutions and responding to trends in the law.
•    Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders is a must. Experience working with persons from varied cultural backgrounds is advantageous.
•    Ability to work both independently and in a team is a must.
•    Ability to handle multiple priorities and assignments in a time pressure environment is a must.
•    Ability to develop process driven solutions to reoccurring issues is advantageous.
•    Excellent written and spoken English language skills. Proficiency in Mandarin, Japanese and/or any South-East Asian language would be advantageous but not essential.

Candidate should demonstrate:
•    Enthusiasm and a willingness to learn and adapt to changing situations, where necessary.
•    Strong EQ and interpersonal and effective communication skills with stakeholders of all levels.
•    Strong team player who is proactive at pushing for change and achieving results
•    Ability to understand broader business perspectives and approach complex issues with appropriate solutions.
•    Ability to navigate uncertainty, ambiguity and provide guidance in such situations
•    Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks and attention to detail.
•    Ability to analyse, think critically and exercise sound judgment.
•    Ability to take ownership for workload, strong work ethic and sense of responsibility.
•    Success in driving change, achieving targets and working across different regions and teams.
•    Disciplined work style, with initiative, high energy and drive and willingness to be proactive.
•    High level of integrity, emotionally mature, respect for others, persistence and passion for success.
•    Technology-savviness and effective computer skills, including familiarity with all MS Office applications as a minimum.

Skills

Local contract terms only

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