VP Legal

• Provides a full range of legal advice and services. Responsibilities are within the Legal Function as a generalist or in a combination of different legal disciplines, such as, Corporate, environment, Compliance, Labor, Incident Management Team , regulatory, litigation in criminal and civil, etc.
• Participate as a full member of the Mexico Leadership Team (“MLT”) to influence overall business unit strategy. Advise the MLT on all legal issues including government regulations, and legal requirements for doing  business in Mexico.
• Report into the Mexico Business Unit President and the SVP Legal for KDP corporate.
• Responsibility in Compliance matters, working together with our corporate compliance function in Speaking Up complaints, Code of Conduct, Policies, FCPA certification and related issues. Lead the local Incident Management Team
• Establish a legal unit strategy, managing the legal team, resources, and budgets,to support the overall business initiatives and objectives, set direction and lead the legal activities to execute in the field, aligned to KDP’s legal report  strategy and objectives.
• Create new ideas and solutions to identify business opportunities and challenges in regulatory and legislation issues and help move the ideas forward; using an engagement culture of success in the Legal Team and ongoing business and goal achievement.
• Provide legal advice and services on issues concerning the rights, obligations and privileges of the organization.
• Support marketing & new product development functions regarding all the innovation & Intellectual Property activities, advertising campaigns, COFEPRIS registrations, trade activities, to achieve the company objectives.
• Manage key associations and key legal networks to advise the business of potential risks
• Represents the organization to customers, suppliers, competitors and government agencies.
• Examines legal data to determine advisability of defending or prosecuting lawsuits
• Achieve the corporate responsibility commitments and integrate our ambitious sustainability agenda and leading ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) practices into the business.
• Monitor the legislative and economic activity of the government that affects the sector in which the company operates.
• Participate in forums in which issues that affect/or may affect the development of the business are discussed.

Executive benefits

Preferred Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree of Law; MBA preferred

Preferred Professional Background/ Work Experience:

• 15+ years of broad-based legal leadership experience in positions as a Legal Director in food or beverage corporations or in a legal firm
• Ability to plan and manage the legal team, the MLT and working close with all the functions that the legal area provides services while balancing short-term and long-term objectives
• Ability to analyze legal, legislative, regulation, corporate, and business information needed to set legal and services of the business and improve customer relationships to positively impact growth
• Proven flexibility and ability to respond the business priorities and requirements
• Success delivering exceptional legal results in a fast-paced, collaborative business environment
• Experience building and keep the legal organization and high-performance teams
• Solid understanding of the Mexico environment and legal regulations

Keurig Dr Pepper (Nasdaq: KDP) es una empresa líder en bebidas con más de 150 marcas propias, licenciadas y asociadas que satisfacen una amplia variedad de necesidades y ocasiones. Nuestro negocio de bebidas refrescantes en Norteamérica ocupa posiciones de liderazgo en refrescos carbonatados, agua, jugos y mezcladores, con un portafolio de marcas icónicas como as Dr Pepper®, Canada Dry®, Mott’s®, A&W®, Peñafiel®, GHOST®, 7UP®, Snapple®, Clamato® y Core Hydration®. Nuestro negocio global de café abarca más de 100 mercados e incluye el sistema líder de preparación de caféindividual Keurig® en Estados Unidos y Canadá, junto con marcas de gran prestigio como Peet’s, L’OR y Jacobs, además de otros líderes regionales en café. Nuestros más de 50,000 empleados buscan mejorar la experiencia de cada ocasión de bebidas y café, mientras generan un impacto positivo para las personas, las comunidades y el planeta.

Nos esforzamos por ser un empleador de preferencia, ofreciendo una cultura y oportunidades que empoderan a nuestro equipo para crecer y desarrollarse. Brindamos beneficios sólidos para apoyar su salud y bienestar, así como su bienestar personal y financiero. También ofrecemos programas para empleados diseñados para impulsar su desarrollo y crecimiento profesional, asegurando que se sientan valorados, inspirados y apreciados en el trabajo.

Sea cual sea tu área de experiencia, en KDP puedes formar parte de un equipo orgulloso de sus marcas, asociaciones, innovaciones y crecimiento. ¿Te unirás a nosotros?

Keurig Dr Pepper es un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades y contrata a solicitantes calificados, además de promover el desarrollo laboral de sus empleados sin importar raza, color religión, género, orientación sexual, identidad de género, expresión de género, edad, discapacidad o asociación con una persona con discapacidad, condición médica, información genética, origen étnico o nacional, estado civil, condición de veterano, o cualquier otro estatus protegido por la ley.