Compliance & Privacy Executive

Position Snapshot

Location: Bandar Utama, Selangor 

Company: Nestlé Malaysia

Permanent

Lawyer ; called to the bar

Position Summary: Minimum of 3 years of relevant L&C experience.

Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest Food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, weare a human environment – passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life andcontributing to a healthier future. A Nestle career empowers you to make an impact locally and globally, as you are provided with the opportunity to make a mark and stand out, as long as you seek it. With Nestle, you are enabled and encouraged to grow not only as professionals, but also as people.

We are looking for a Compliance & Privacy executive to provide support in compliance focus areas particularly Personal Data, Anti-Corruption and other areas of law and also provide legal advice to the business in an effective, proactive and timely manner and with a commercial sense/focus in order to protect the Company whilst enabling flawless execution of the business objectives. 

A day in the life of a Compliance & Privacy Executive...

COMPLIANCE

• Provide strong support to the Legal & Compliance Counsel in compliance focus areas (particularly Anti-Corruption, Sanctions and Data Privacy law areas).
• Provide support to execute the Compliance Programme of Nestle, including:
  • Plan, draft and execute compliance awareness communications and activities. This includes to strategize and plan on the most effective manner to create compliance awareness
  • Organize, facilitate and conduct trainings to all employees, the Board, third parties, etc; 
  • Organize and facilitate the quarterly compliance review meetings ie the Compliance Steering Committee, Business Ethics & Fraud Committee and WHO Code Committee.
  • Organize meetings to align with stakeholders.
  • Keep record of compliance activities 

ANTI-CORRUPTION

• Provide support to Legal and Compliance Counsel to implement the Adequate Procedures Guidelines and provide basic legal advice on the Malaysia Anti Corruption Commission Act 2009 and Nestle’s anti corruption policies and guidelines. 

DATA PRIVACY AND PROTECTION

• Provide support to Legal and Compliance Counsel to implement policies and processes for Data Privacy in the company. Work with Data Processor Officers in Nestlé.
• Provide basic legal advice on the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 and Nestle’s data privacy policies and guidelines. 

SANCTIONS

• Provide support to the business on sanctions laws and the standard operating procedure which Nestlé adopts 

LEGAL

• Provide legal support and service to a business unit
• Review and approve artworks.
• Review and approve contest/program mechanics.
• Review agreements. 

ADMINISTRATIVE

• Implement digital tools which may be undertaken by the Legal department to achieve efficiencies; 
• Assist in setting up the Board of Directors meeting (includes Audit Committee and Nomination & Compensation Committee meeting).
• Provide update on active litigation case on Global Litigation Reporting to Centre. 

What Will Make You Successful

• Bachelor's Degree in Law (LLB) ; Called to the bar
  
• Member in good standing with the applicable legal or professional body
• 2–3 years' experience in private legal practice (law firm environment)
  
• 1–2 years' in-house legal experience
  
• Previous experience in the legal field preferably in both legal practice and in-house legal department, with exposure to commercial and corporate law and have dealt with people from different disciplines and cultures.
• Experienced in drafting various types of agreements and managing the whole end to-end process.
• English and BM language skills.
• Adaptability to international environment.
• Expertise in accountable L&C areas (identified above), supplemented by general knowledge of other L&C areas affecting the organization
• Pragmatic business sense and understanding of core business fundamentals
• Analytical and conceptual thinking skills; ability to analyze and interpret data
• Problem-solving and decision-making skills, including the ability to translate complicated L&C concepts to understandable business terms