We are proud of our passionate, driven associates that challenge the status quo and pursue mastery in everything they do. Our goal is simple and ambitious  – JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS: A coffee for every cup - 

Working with us means you’ll be making an impact in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. We work as a team, celebrating success and supporting one another. Our associates work with a diverse group of like-minded people, in an innovative environment committed to doing the right thing – all across the world. What you do here will get noticed. 

We are ambitious, creative and disciplined! Find us at Floreasca Business Park (169th Calea Floreasca, Building A, 1st Floor) in Bucharest and tell us your story over a cup of coffee!

Goal & Key Accountabilities

We are looking for a Legal Manager to support the growth agenda in our South-Central business units (Romania, Greece, Bulgaria). The Legal Manager will be responsible for all legal and compliance affairs in the SCE business units and will provide Legal business partnering, implement global Legal and Compliance strategies, functional best practices, and ensure full compliance of the business units with applicable legislation. The position will be a member and close business partner in the SCE management team to further drive our growth and innovation agenda. The Legal Manager SCE reports to the Director Legal & Compliance Europe.

Your responsibilities will be:

• Legal business partnering with focus on Innovation, Marketing Activation and Trade Relations;
• Steer external law firms and Legal budget;
• Lead major litigations and investigations;
• Act as Compliance and Data Privacy Officer, but also as first point of contact for corporate affairs & communications topics.

About your professional background:

• A Law degree;
• Several years post qualified experience gaining relevant commercial experience in developed markets with an established law firm or company lawyer background
• Strong experience in Anti-Trust Law, Advertising law, Business Law, Intellectual Property & Regulatory, Contract law, Competition law, Data Privacy, Compliance, Governance.
• Excellent command of English and ideally one of the languages in SCE;
• Relevant IT and Legal Tech skills.

Join the Coffee Democracy!

You are an experienced Commercial Manager with deep interest in, and credible experience of E-Commerce, looking for a career experience that will accelerate your development in this rapidly growing sales and media channel, opening a bigger future career in E-Commerce.

The heart of this role is the leadership of E-Commerce in the South-Central Europe cluster (Romania, Bulgaria & Greece), taking ownership for educating the business and leading the execution of the in-market strategy.  You will be accountable for the delivery of the JDE strategy for Pureplay Online and Click & Mortar channels across the SCE cluster. 

You will be directly responsible for the P&L and Customer Management of the Pureplay Online Channel, and have indirect responsibility for Click & Mortar e-tailers, acting in a thought leadership. 

You will report directly to the South-Central Europe General Manager and be the SCE lead for E-Commerce, working very closely with the Global E-Commerce Director and Global E-Commerce team in Amsterdam.

You will also enjoy leveraging your strategic capabilities and provide wider leadership, commercial thinking and best practice in Clicks & Mortar E-Commerce. 

A proven x-functional contributor, you will work closely with the Digital Marketing function to identify, execute and evaluate media, search and shopper activation plans to drive JDE brand and category strategy. 

This might be your ticket to join the Coffee Democracy!

This role offers you the opportunity to make a big impact, while learning about all aspects of our pure coffee business. You will have the opportunity to work in our fast-paced environment where your analysis and insights support our leadership team making important decisions. We need someone with integrity, energy, passion and a strong business acumen background.