Senior Legal Advisor Opportunity
Embark on an exciting career journey as a Senior Legal Advisor, playing a critical role in ensuring the organization meets its regulatory obligations while driving agile decision-making and business growth.
Job Description:
The Senior Legal Advisor will serve as a trusted advisor to commercial, operations, and supply chain teams, providing timely and actionable advice on a wide range of business initiatives. This includes supporting new product development and market launches with regulatory and legal oversight from ideation through to shelf.
Key Responsibilities:
* Business Partnering & Operational Legal Support: Act as the embedded legal partner to commercial, operations, and supply chain teams, providing timely and actionable advice on a wide range of business initiatives.
* Food & Beverage Regulatory Compliance: Ensure ongoing compliance with food safety and labelling regulations, including packaging claims, ingredient disclosures, shelf-life, and allergen information.
* Contract Management & Commercial Execution: Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts, including supply agreements, co-manufacturing contracts, third-party logistics (3PL), sales terms with major retailers, promotional agreements, and marketing partnerships.
* Brand, Marketing & Claims Management: Review and advise on marketing content to ensure compliance with advertising standards and consumer law.
* People & Culture Legal Support: Partner with the People & Culture team to provide high-level support on workplace relations, employment contracts, policies, investigations, terminations, and restructures.
Requirements:
To be successful in this role, you will need:
* Australian qualified lawyer with 5+ years of post-admission experience, preferably with in-house experience in food & beverage or broader FMCG sectors.
* Deep working knowledge of food regulation, labelling, consumer law, and commercial contracting in the Australian context.
* Experience partnering with cross-functional teams and influencing operational decision-making.
* Skilled in managing risk pragmatically and balancing commercial outcomes with compliance.
* Commercial, hands-on, and solutions-focused operationally savvy with experience supporting manufacturing or supply chain teams.
What We Offer:
Join a diverse, exciting workplace during a transformation period and make positive contributions to the growth of our organization. Enjoy a competitive salary, opportunities for personal and career development, and a great team environment with others who have a wealth of experience to share.
Apply Now:
For more information, please contact us directly. We look forward to receiving your application!