Hill's Pet Nutrition · 3 days ago
Hill's Associate Legal Commercial Counsel
Overland Park, KS
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$106K/yr - $130K/yr
3+ years expColgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company specializing in various sectors including Pet Nutrition. They are seeking an Associate Legal Counsel to join their Hill's Pet Nutrition Legal team, where the role involves partnering with attorneys on digital projects, managing legal risks, and providing compliance advice.
ManufacturingPetRetail
Responsibilities
Partner with Colgate-Palmolive attorneys and/or outside counsel for review and advice on Digital and Ecommerce Projects, including regulatory, contractual and commercial aspects
Work with the digital business teams on the development of critical commercial strategies, managing legal risk and ensuring regulatory compliance
Provide advice on all aspects of compliance and data privacy to the business under the guidance of the Chief Compliance Counsel
Advise clients and progress contract matters from initial meeting through advice, contract drafting, negotiation and final conclusion including commercial contracts, licensing agreements, SaaS agreements and other agreements
Provide autonomous advice, guidance and counsel to the internal business clients regarding the appropriate legal framework and contractual embodiment of that framework for relationships between Hill's and its third party suppliers
Liaise with Hill’s attorneys on Intercompany Administrative Services, Distribution, Sales, Line of Credit/Loan, Agreements, etc
Establish, maintain and enhance contract templates and contracting processes in coordination with Contract Center of Excellence and various internal stakeholders
Serve as Hill's administrator for the company's global contract lifecycle management (CLM) tool, identify opportunities to improve efficiency within the CLM process, and execute customization of Hill's workflows as needed
Partner with Customer Experience and Consumer Affairs teams to manage legal risk and ensure regulatory compliance in implementation of business strategies
Draft legal letters and resolve demands involving relevant Colgate-Palmolive and Hill's stakeholders
Counseling teams on technical and regulatory issues
Perform legal research and prepare summaries and advice based on research
Provide general legal advice to business teams as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree + JD from an ABA Accredited Law School
Admission to US bar and ability to be admitted to Kansas bar
3+ years experience practicing law
Experienced in performing legal research and proficient with legal database tools (i.e., Pacer, Westlaw, Bloomberg)
Proven ability to organize, manage and interpret a high volume of legal information and work autonomously
Strong contract drafting skills
Preferred
3 years or more prior work experience practicing law in a corporate law department working with senior counsel and senior business leaders
Undergraduate degree in business
MBA
Proficiency in word processing and cloud based office productivity software (eg Gmail, Google Drive, etc.)
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Basic life insurance
Paid parental leave
Disability coverage
Participation in the 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements
A minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days
13 paid holidays
Paid sick leave is adjusted based on role and location in accordance with local laws.
Company
Hill's Pet Nutrition
Work that matters, fueled by passion for pets! At Hill’s we have a purpose.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Rauf Gurbuz
President, General Manager US
Recent News
2025-12-03
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