Senior Legal Counsel Turkiye & Eurasia

Mondelēz International; Fatih; On-site; TRY 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Mondelēz International in Turkey and Eurasia (TREA) seeks a lead in-house counsel to oversee legal affairs across Turkey and Eurasia, including 2 plants and multiple markets. You will shape legal strategy, manage external counsel, and advise senior management on risk and compliance within a dynamic, regulated environment.

You will lead the TREA legal team, supervise labor relations at two manufacturing sites, and drive AI-enabled process improvements while collaborating with global stakeholders

Qualifications

• University degree in law plus bar license is a plus.
• 10+ years of practical experience as legal counsel in an international company.
• Experience across multiple jurisdictions and EU interconnections.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement legal strategies to enable competing and protect assets.
• Advise senior management on legal risks and manage external counsel.
• Lead TREA legal team and succession pipeline.
• Oversee labor relations and collective bargaining at two plants.
• Train employees on relevant legal matters.
• Monitor legislative changes affecting Turkey and Eurasia.
• Oversee AI tool usage within the legal function and drive efficiency.
• Collaborate with regional and global stakeholders on regulatory changes.

Skills

AI in legal

Communication skills

English proficiency

Teamwork

Stress management

Problem solving

Adaptability

Education

University Degree in Law

Bar License (plus)

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Matter.

You are responsible for the company’s legal activities across Turkey and Eurasia (TREA), covering markets including Turkey, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and neighboring markets. To support commercial and corporate initiatives, you identify business needs and design and implement our legal strategy through the service delivery model. You advise the business on risk, anticipating and addressing internal and external factors, and applying your legal specialty area experience to collaborate with other legal colleagues to address legal issues or concerns.

How You Will Contribute

You will develop and ensure the implementation of legal strategies to enable Mondelēz International to compete aggressively, and protect our people, assets and reputation while complying with legal requirements and standards of ethical conduct. You will provide guidance and support to ensure managers are making reasonable and informed decisions regarding legal risks; manage the legal strategy with outside counsel, including spending without compromising financial and reputational risk; and provide in-house and external legal expertise to address the increasingly complex legal environment by partnering with business units, regions and global stakeholders to identify and advise on applicable laws and regulatory changes across Turkey and Eurasia region.

What You Need To Know About This Position

You will be the lead legal counsel for the Turkey & Eurasia cluster. You will serve as in-house counsel for Mondelēz companies operating in TREA (2 plants and 2 legal entities in Turkey — including one publicly listed on Borsa Istanbul, 2 legal entities in Eurasia with the operations across 10 Eurasia markets, and approximately 1,500 employees (:1,365 in Turkey, 140+ in Eurasia). You will provide legal support to all departments and corporate legal support to all legal entities across the cluster. You will need to advise on a regular basis the senior management of the cluster, serving as a member of the TREA Management Table.

• Lead and fulfil the legal and regulatory requirements of a publicly listed company (Borsa Istanbul), including Capital Markets Board (SPK/CMB) regulations, public disclosure obligations (KAP filings), and compliance with Turkish Commercial Code provisions applicable to public companies.


• Manage legal disputes with third parties, including drafting pre-action correspondence and instructing external advisers as required.


• Lead TREA legal team members and support their development while developing the succession pipeline.


• Manage blue-collar labor relations and collective bargaining matters across 2 manufacturing plants.


• Train employees at all levels, including senior executives, on relevant legal matters.


• Monitor and advise on future legislative changes that may impact the business in Turkey and Eurasia markets.


• Participate in special situation management team (SSMT) work as deputy SSMT coordinator to support local risk management processes.


• Oversee the use of AI tools and technology across TREA legal function, ensuring responsible and effective adoption.


• Identify opportunities to streamline legal processes through technology and lead implementation efforts.

What Extra Ingredients You Will Bring

• Digital fluency and proven practical capability with AI applications in a legal environment are a must


• Good communication and interpersonal skills, team work skills


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English; additional TREA language(s) are a strong advantage


• High standard of written and verbal business correspondence


• Ability to work under pressure in achievement of company’s targets


• Ability to solve professionally different legal problems emerging in the everyday work of company


• Ability to learn quickly and to adapt to new operational/business environment


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More About This Role

Job Specific Requirements

• Experience working across multiple jurisdictions


• Understanding of diverse legal frameworks across the TREA markets and interconnections with EU markets


• Excellent cross functional collaboration capabilities in a matrix organization (country, Cluster, BU, Region, Global)

Education / Certifications:

• University Degree in Law


• Bar License shall be a plus


• 10+ years of practical experience as a legal consultant/counsel in an international company

Job specific requirements: No

Travel requirements:

Ad-hoc travel across Turkey and Eurasia markets as required to meet with local management teams, governmental bodies, or by different activities required in our plants

Work schedule:

The responsibilities of this position are performed within the framework of a regional business model that is defined and managed by Mondelēz Europe GmbH, Switzerland .

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

At Mondelez Europe, we are proud, not only of the iconic brands we make, but also of the people who make them. Our delicious products are created in 52 plants across Europe by more than 28,000 passionate people. We are the top maker of chocolate and biscuits and a leading maker of gum and candy. We make sure our powerful global brands and local jewels like Cadbury, Milka and Alpen Gold chocolates, Oreo, belVita, LU and Tuc biscuits get safely into our customers hands—and mouths. Great people and great brands. That’s who we are. Join us on our journey to continue leading the future of snacking around the world by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way.

Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job Type

Regular

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