Senior Legal Counsel / (Data) Compliance Coordinator

Continental; Machelen; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal vouchers

Eco-vouchers

Group insurances for pension /Hospital

Motivating company culture

Job summary

Continental Benelux seeks an experienced legal professional to own compliance, data protection, and contracts matters across Benelux, coordinating with corporate teams in a fast-paced, international setting.

Reporting to the Head of Finance and Administration, you will craft policy, review agreements, and coach colleagues while ensuring regulatory alignment and business support from offices in Belgium and beyond. Hybrid work offered with a modern workspace and competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• University degree in Law.
• Benelux/commercial contracts, data protection or compliance experience.
• Experience in a highly matrixed, international environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Benelux Compliance and Data Protection matters in close alignment with corporate teams.
• Provide legal consultancy on contracts, data protection, civil and labor law with Benelux focus.
• Collaborate with central and local teams on negotiations, drafting contracts, policies and other documents.
• Act as housekeeper for the Benelux House of Rules; manage document lifecycle and annual review campaign.

Skills

Structured thinking

Strong communicator

Audit mindset

Risk awareness

Service orientation

Dutch, French, English

M365 suite

Education

University degree in Law

Tools

M365

Job description

Company Description

Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded In 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2022, Continental generated sales of EUR 39.4 billion and currently employs around 200,000 people in 57 countries around the world.

Company Description

Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded In 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2022, Continental generated sales of EUR 39.4 billion and currently employs around 200,000 people in 57 countries around the world.

Job Description

Reporting hierarchically to the Head of Finance & Administration, located in Belgium, and functionally to the Head of Law Northern/Southern Europe & Africa, located in France, this position takes ownership and responsibility in particular for:

• Coordinating Benelux Compliance and Data Protection matters, in close alignment and cooperation with dedicated Corporate teams;
• Providing legal consultancy on national and international commercial / contracts law, civil law, labor law and Corporate matters with a focus on Benelux and other market(s);
• Collaborating with various central (Trademark, Tax, etc) and local (Sales, Marketing, etc) teams on topics including negotiations with external parties, drafting and reviewing contracts, policies and other formal documents, support with claims management, etc;
• Acting as "housekeeper" for the Benelux House of Rules, including document lifecycle management, leading and steering the organization through the annual review campaign, communicating regularly on House of Rules updates to ensure employee awareness and use of the Sharepoint;
• Identifying training needs and conducting legal workshops, coaching junior legal colleagues in their technical as well as organizational skills;
• Participating in and/or leading projects related to the role's tasks and responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Your Qualifications & Work Experience
  • University degree in Law
  • Several years of professional experience in Benelux or with a focus on Benelux countries with exposure to commercial contracts work, data protection and/or compliance topics
  • Experience and willingness to work in a highly matrixed, international environment
• Your Skills & Competencies
  • Ability to structure, prioritize and manage multiple parallel complex tasks with a high attention to detail and quality
  • Strong communicator with ability to influence and drive topics forward
  • Audit / control mindset, risk awareness and pro-active assessment
  • Service orientation, taking a pragmatic approach to working on commercial law topics and activating Compliance / Data Protection rules in a business environment
  • Fluent - verbal and written - Dutch, French and English language skills
  • Proficient user of M365 (Outlook, TEAMS, Sharepoint, copilot, PowerPoint, Word, Excel)

Additional Information

Continental Benelux as an employer provides the best of both worlds - working from a modern comfortable office as well as from your home location. In addition to an unlimited employment contract and your annual gross salary, we provide benefits such as meal vouchers, eco-vouchers, group insurances for pension / hospitalization / invalidity as well as a motivating company culture based on our four core company values: "Trust", "Freedom to Act", "Passion to Win" and "For One Another".