Tuyển dụng LEGAL MANAGER (FMCG/RETAIL TRADING) tại Hồ Chí Minh

Purpose of the role:

-Lead key legal matters of the Company, including legal advisory, contracts, compliance, disputes, claims, government authority matters, intellectual property and personal data protection.

-Provide clear, conclusion-based and business-practical legal advice and identify matters requiring escalation.

-Manage and improve the Contract Review Policy, contract templates, checklists, review process and quality of Legal Team responses.

-Manage disputes, labor issues, inspections/administrative proceedings, litigation/arbitration and coordination with external law firms.

-Guide, allocate work to and train the Legal Team to improve work quality and decision-making capability.

Responsibilities:

*Legal Advisory and Decision Support

-Advise the BOD/BOM, Legal & Risk Management Manager and departments on legal and compliance matters arising from daily operations and key projects.

-Analyze facts, evidence, laws, internal rules and business impact to provide clear conclusions, options and recommendations.

-Proactively provide a handling approach for ordinary or medium-risk matters within delegated scope; escalate material matters with a proposed option.

*Contracts and Contract Review Governance

-Draft, review and negotiate contracts in Vietnamese and English, including distribution, sales, service, logistics, warehousing, lease, marketing, NDA and related amendments.

-Manage mandatory review scope, thresholds, responsibilities of Business/Legal/BOM, timing of Legal involvement and approval flow.

-Standardize contract templates, checklists, guidelines and training materials so departments can check basic issues before submitting matters to Legal.

*Compliance, Personal Data and Intellectual Property

-Support the development, update and implementation of internal rules/procedures on contracts, seals, information, personal data protection and approval authority.

-Monitor key legal changes and convert them into simple, practical guidance for departments.

-Advise on intellectual property, personal data protection, information confidentiality, anti-bribery/corruption and internal compliance requirements.

*Disputes, Authorities and External Counsel

-Manage contract disputes, claims, receivables, claim-back matters, labor issues and other sensitive matters.

-Work with government authorities in inspections, administrative proceedings, licensing and related legal matters.

-Manage coordination with external law firms, including scope of work, documents, advice quality, cost and timeline.

Legal Team Management and Reporting

-Allocate, guide, review and train the Legal Team to improve output quality and independent issue-handling capability.

-Report periodically or as needed on contract review status, disputes, receivables, compliance and key legal matters.

Yêu cầu công việc

-Bachelor’s degree in Law; graduates from reputable law universities in Vietnam or overseas are preferred.

-A valid Vietnamese lawyer practicing certificate/bar card is mandatory.

-At least 10 years of legal experience in a corporate legal department or law firm, including at least 2-3 years in team management or legal decision-making responsibility.

-Experience in FDI companies is preferred, especially in distribution, FMCG, trading, logistics, warehousing, import-export, e-commerce or retail.

-Hands-on experience in commercial contracts, disputes, debt recovery, compliance, internal control and development of internal policies/procedures.

-Experience with authorities, inspections, administrative proceedings, licensing, litigation/arbitration or intellectual property is a strong advantage.

-Ability to provide clear legal conclusions and practical actions under imperfect information.

-Business-oriented legal judgment and ability to balance risk control with operational speed.

-Team management skills, including delegation, quality supervision and coaching of junior staff.

-Integrity, confidentiality, ownership, resilience under pressure and ability to communicate compliance requirements clearly.

-Fluent in English.

Quyền lợi

• Thưởng: Yearly Bonus (based on performance)