Head of Legal

About This Opportunity

The Head of Legal is a position responsible for the end-to-end country legal activities execution and delivery of the process in coordination with the Assistant General Counsel in Turkey and General Manager in Turkmenistan. The overall objective of this role is to provide legal counsel to the country's senior management and execute country-specific contract alignments.

What You Can Expect from The Role

• Ensure compliance with the rule of law and ethical standards in the Company's activities and protection of its rights and legitimate interests.
• Organize and manage the work of the legal department of the Company (hereinafter "Department").
• Provide legal support for the Company's activities and clarification of the current legislation and the procedure for its application to the structural divisions of the Company.
• Manage multiple stakeholders including shareholders of the Company and external parties such as the government/regulatory authorities, external counsels and advisors.
• Organize the preparation of inferences on legal issues arising in the Company's activities.
• Ensure the preparation of the necessary materials and represent the company before judicial and arbitration bodies as well as in state and public organizations when considering legal issues.
• Draft, review, revise and negotiate and lead the work on all types of contracts, and other legal documents.
• Participate in the preparation, conclusion of collective agreements, development and implementation of measures to strengthen labor discipline, regulation of social and labor relations in the Company.
• Build capability and provide specialized training or coaching to the Country operations in the area of expertise whilst acting as local ethics officer, give ethics trainings and ensure compliance with Group policies, carry out all processes regarding ethics complaints.
• Act as corporate secretary, convene General Assembly Meetings, keep corporate books and records.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree of higher juridical education in Law.
• 5+ years of relevant experience preferably combined with legal consultancy & counselling services and inhouse company.
• Knowledge of legislative acts regulating the financial and economic activities of the Company. Literate of MS Office applications.
• Strong initiative, as well as excellent management and leadership skills and strong business acumen.
• Proficiency in Turkmen, English and Russian languages

What We Embrace:

• “People Centered” Focus
• Equal Salary Advocate
• A Globally Diverse/An International Workplace
• Inclusive Team-Building Activities
• Digital Learning Opportunities
• Leadership Exposure With Organizational Events
• Inclusive Language And Culture
• Social Clubs/Networks
• Inclusive/Family-Friendly Policies

Who We Are

CCI is a multinational beverage company which operates in Türkiye, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Jordan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Syria. CCI produces, distributes and sells sparkling and still beverages. CCI employs more than 10,000 people, has a total of 33 bottling plants, and 3 fruit processing plants in 12 countries, offering a wide range of beverages to a population base of 600 million people.

Our purpose at CCI is to create value for our employees, customers, consumers, and community. In line with our vision to become the best FMCG company, we put people at the core of everything we do. We achieve successful results with our people who come together as One Team, committing to live by our shared values of passion, integrity, accountability, and teamwork. Our ambition is to become a great place to work, which is inclusive, diverse, and inspiring, with its key organizational and leadership capabilities.

Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our commitment at CCI, that's why we nurture it in everything we do. We are proud to become the fourth company to obtain the EQUAL-SALARY global certification and proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, covering in all our countries.

We take responsibility for the future with our Sustainability Commitments for 2030.

Focusing our roadmap on six main areas, including packaging, water, and climate on environmental issues; human rights, diversity & inclusion, and community investments on social issues, we pledged 9 commitments to continuously improve our efforts. To ensure that by the year 2030, 35% of newly hired individuals, 40% of managerial positions, and 50% of executive committee members are comprised of women.

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, sex, color, national or social origin, ethnicity, religion, age, pregnancy or disability.