Scion Staffing, Inc. (www.scionstaffing.com), a full-service national staffing firm has been engaged to conduct a search for a General Counsel for our client, a consumer products corporation based out of Florida. This role is direct-hire and is ready to be filled!

Responsibility Overview:
 

• Provides legal advice and counsel on our client’s business and contractual matters.
• Acts as a trusted advisor and sounding board to the CEO and Executive Team.
• Works with outside counsel and dedicated attorney resources on regular basis to manage and review large volumes of contracts, including customer and vendor agreements, as well as litigation and other specialized matters.
• Drafts, reviews, and negotiates strategic and complex contracts for certain subsidiary businesses.
• Performs general corporate and litigation and pre-litigation work to minimize risks and maximize legal rights.
• Prepares and maintains corporate governance documents and other records for compliance, accuracy, and thoroughness.
• Conducts legal research, prepares documents, and advises our client’s staff and leadership.
• Leads steering committees by preparing agendas, facilitating agendas, developing recommendations in cases, tracking and reporting to the committees, board of directors, and delegate assembly.
• Possesses extensive experience in litigation and contract dispute resolution.
• Develops a budget for the office of General Counsel.
• Provides litigation support and management and compliance with corporate familiarities and our client’s obligations; provides full legal support to all business units in managing their legal risks with regard to contract administration, capital project planning, and financial investments.
• Provides counsel and support to compliance matters to ensure regulatory requirements, statutes, rules, and regulations are followed.
• Provides legal support to all of our client’s departments and related entities, including reviewing proposed sample board policies and administrative regulations developed by the policy services department.

Qualifications:

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited institution.
• Active member of Florida state bar in good standing, qualified to practice law in Northern America. Would consider candidates qualified for immediate eligibility to be admitted to the State Bar of Florida.
• 10+ years practicing law with experience as In-House/General Counsel or Deputy General Counsel preferred, or a combination of practicing law with experience in these areas considered: marketing and advertising, consumer goods corporations.
• 2 years of supervisory experience.
• Strong commercial contract with extensive drafting and dispute resolution experience.
• High degree of ethics.
• Outstanding critical thinking with the ability to influence and maintain flexibility.
• Demonstrated skills in managing, leading and motivating a high-performance team.
• Adept at keeping updated on legal industry trends and changes to laws and regulations related to labor and employment law matters.
• Ability to manage multiple projects across business units with competing priorities.
• Able to understand and closely integrate with business units while maintaining the independence necessary to provide appropriate legal advice and professional integrity.
• Demonstrated excellence in oral and written communications, including the ability to quickly digest and convey complex legal issues to non-legal professionals throughout the organization in an intelligible and compelling manner.
• Solid presentation skills suitable for a broad range of audiences.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to effectively manage and deliver projects on time essential.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including an ability to work well with others and tactfully positively influence management, peers, and staff in a team-oriented and collaborative culture.

Compensation
This incredible opportunity offers the ability to make a significant impact as a key leader at a multi-million-dollar consumer goods corporation.  In addition to a competitive base salary this role provides a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, and a 401K plan with up to 4% company match.

Applications and Nominations:

Our client has retained the services of Scion Staffing, a national executive search firm specializing in mission-driven organization recruitment, to assist in conducting this important search. For immediate consideration please apply with your resume and cover letter, formatted in Microsoft Word, via: https://scionstaffing.com/jobs/9501

Please address applications to:

Joanne MacGregor, Executive Search Principal

Scion Executive Search

(888) 487-8850 ext 134

Review of applications, nominations, and expressions of interest will begin immediately and continue on a confidential basis until an appointment is made.

Our client is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values, celebrates, and encourages diversity and equity in all facets of the organization’s work. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other protected class.

About Our Firm:

Scion Staffing is a national award-winning executive search firm. Since 2006, we have had the pleasure of successfully placing many hundreds of exceptional leaders within leading corporations, brands, and startups around the world! Our track record and recruitment process have made us one of the top recruitment firms!

Named an Inc. 5000 Top Fastest-Growing Private Company in America, we are proud to also be part of the Forbes lists of the Best Recruitment Firms and the Best Executive Search Firm in America, recognized as a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing firm, and identified as a top recruitment firm by The Business Times! Additional information about Scion Executive Search can be found online.

Scion Staffing, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and the candidates we represent. We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, equitable, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of Scion and every organization with whom we partner.