Assistant General Counsel, Merchandise (on-site)

Family Dollar Management; Chesapeake (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program

Retirement plans with matching

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Educational Assistance

Access to PerkSpot

Job summary

Dollar Tree is seeking an Assistant General Counsel, Merchandise to lead legal support for product and merchandise matters. You will provide regulatory compliance guidance, review marketing materials, and collaborate with internal teams and outside counsel on intellectual property issues.

The role requires extensive IP expertise, strong drafting and communication skills, and hands-on experience with CPSIA, CPSC, FDA, and related agencies.

Qualifications

• Active Virginia State Bar membership required.
• 10+ years in intellectual property, including copyright, patent and trademark.
• Experience with merchandise compliance and CPSIA/CPSC guidelines.
• Familiarity with advertising law is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Review and approve private labels and register/maintain trademark portfolio.
• Review license agreements for products and assist with websites.
• Advise management on legal issues affecting merchandise and coordinate product recalls.
• Interact with buyers, import specialists and regulators on compliance and testing issues.

Skills

Virginia Bar member

IP law experience (10+ years)

Merchandise compliance

Advertising law familiarity

Job description

The Assistant General Counsel, Merchandise, handles the legal work for merchandise matters. This position involves working closely with the merchandise teams to provide legal advice, training and business solutions for various product and merchandising issues, including regulatory compliance (e.g. FDA, CPSC, Customs, and EPA), vendor contracts and disputes, governmental investigations and inquiries, and marketing of products. The Assistant General Counsel, Merchandise, will work daily with internal business partners, outside counsel, vendors, and governmental agencies on a wide variety of legal regulatory and merchandising issues

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Review and approve private labels for company and register and maintain portfolio of trademarks.

• Performing initial trademark clearance searches.
• Review of license agreements for products.
• Assisting in legal aspects of company websites.
• Review and approval of all merchandise advertisement and marketing materials.
• Responding to and resolving all claims of intellectual property infringement for all company departments, including working with outside counsel as necessary.
• Daily interaction with buyers and import specialists regarding product compliance and testing issues.
• Developing standards and testing protocol for compliance with governmental and industry standards.
• Responding to inquiries from governmental agencies regarding product issues, including Consumer Product Safety Commission, Customs and Border Patrol, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Trade Commission, Food and Drug Administration, International Trade Commission, U.S. Department of Agriculture, state regulatory agencies, state Attorneys General, consumer groups, press and customers regarding products.
• Advising management on legal issues affecting merchandise.
• Oversight of reporting incidents of injury, dangerous product defects or non-compliance as required to regulatory agencies.
• Coordinating product recalls.

Position Requirements:

Office work environment, 40+ work hours per week

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Member of Virginia State Bar.
• 10+ years’ experience with expertise in handling intellectual property matters, including copyright, patent, trademark and trade dress issues. Familiarity with advertising law is beneficial.
• Experience in merchandise compliance issues, including familiarity with CPSC requirements, CPSIA and testing standards for retail industry.

Job Related Skills:

• Excellent communication skills are critical to the job function- communicating with and building relationships with internal business partners, vendors, and outside. Part of this communication is imploring good judgment.
• Strong analytical, problem- solving, multi-tasking and prioritization capabilities
• Capacity to operate both strategically and tactically as needed
• Attention to detail and accuracy

Computer Skills:

Intermediate to advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office desktop applications, inclusive of Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook. Exposure to web-based applications including web forms, portals and workflow tools.

Start Rate = $180,000-$196,000 based on experience plus 25% bonus and equity.Relocation assistance provided.

The company offers Health, Dental, & Vision, a flexible spending account, life and disability insurance benefits, a 401k plan, PTO, paid holidays annually, and an employee stock purchase plan.

Our success is a team effort —

when we reach our goals, you’ll be eligible for a yearly bonus!

Your Perks and Benefits:

We offer a wide variety of rewards to support your health, wealth, and mental well-being. In addition to medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision insurance, we offer:

• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement plans with matching contribution
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Educational Assistance
• Access to PerkSpot, an employee discount platform for goods and services
• And much more!

Who We Are:

At Dollar Tree, we make a difference in the lives of our customers every day by exceeding their expectations and delivering value – it’s what our business is built on. Our associates play an important role in this commitment by embracing change and showing up for their teams and their communities.

We see an exciting path forward as our company continues to grow and transform – and we know that this path starts with you.

Join our team today and discover The Value of You.

Dollar Tree is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.

This job specification should not be construed to imply that these requirements are the exclusive standards of the position. This is not to be considered a complete list of job duties, which appear in the job description for this position, and which may be amended from time to time at the discretion of Dollar Tree. Incumbents will follow any other instructions and perform any other related duties as may be required by their supervisor.

Please note, this job description is not a contract of employment and may be modified to meet evolving business needs. Employment at Dollar Tree, meaning that either the employee or the company may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or notice.

Full time500 Volvo Parkway,Chesapeake,Virginia 23320Legal CounselDollar Tree