Senior Legal Counsel, Malaysia & Singapore (12 months contract)
Job Description
Job Description
Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kotex®, Poise® and Depend®. At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact.
You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU
About You
You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.
In one of our professional roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center.
This is a single contributor role and will have end-to-end responsibility for all legal matters in Malaysia and Singapore. He/she will provide legal strategy to accomplish the objectives of the business units while ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. The successful candidate will be the legal business partner to the Managing Director of Malaysia & Singapore, and be the representation of legal leadership and capability within the Malaysia & Singapore Leadership Team. This role will also support the APAC Global Business Services team based in Malaysia.
Key Responsibilities
Prepared to travel within Malaysia (including to Kluang where the plant is located), Singapore and regionally / globally as needed.
Legal business partner to the Malaysia and Singapore leadership team. Identify legal risks, propose changes required and where relevant lead the implementation of the changes.
Contracts: Review and participate in the negotiation, review and approval of material contracts.
Marketing and digital / social commerce: Provide guidance, advice on product developments and approval of marketing claims and commercial initiatives (including digital and social commerce initiatives)
Employment: Provide legal advice on employment-related issues, work closely with HR to ensure country practices, polices and work rules comply with relevant labour regulations and to maintain harmonious relationship with Union, advise on employment disputes.
Disputes / Litigation: Lead and manage legal disputes including marketing claim challenges and regulatory inquiries and investigations.
Regulatory: Legal guidance to manufacturing / plant team on dealings with regulatory agencies during inspections, inquiries, or investigations. Advise on legal risks regarding accidents, environmental incidents, or occupational health issues, and where necessary coordinate with outside counsel on enforcement actions or litigation.
Data Privacy and AI: Review initiatives which use personal data and use of generative AI.
Competition law: Advise on pricing related issues, and competition law related issues including interaction with competitors and trade associations.
Intellectual Property: Advise on and lead IP disputes including counterfeiting and infringement.
Processes: Develop / update contract template. Develop / implement internal processes for contract review, marketing claims review and other legal related matters.
Participate in negotiation and advice and be involved in preparation of documentation for mergers, disposals, restructures, strategic alliances and acquisitions of companies.
Elevate legal issues of importance to senior business and legal leaders and actively participate in knowledge sharing
Work in partnership with Compliance & Ethics Leader to drive compliance in geographies covered including driving compliance trainings and initiatives.
Manage external counsel and external counsel spend.
Competencies
Strong drive, accountability and commitment to deliver results.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational and analytical skills. Able to communicate and deal with the different levels of the organization across functions, including senior management.
Ability to handle multiple assignments and lead major projects to successful completion.
Problem solver with commercial acumen, is solutions-orientated, pragmatic but creative legal practitioner.
Trusted business partner who can develop a close but unbiased relationship to business, and be able to influence and guide the business team in legal and compliance matters.
Ability to think strategically and recommend tough decisions.
Capable of rational and analytic thinking leading to workable solutions which demonstrate sound and unbiased judgment.
High resilience and agile in a fast-paced and changing environment.
Ability to work independently and also as part of a diverse multicultural team with a team player attitude, respectful and collaborative.
To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:
Required Qualifications
Law degree and qualification to practice law in Malaysia or Singapore (or Commonwealth country e.g. UK), with at least 8 years’ experience.
Mixed of top / mid tier law firm and in-house experience with an MNC. Strong candidates with experience only in a law firm will also be considered.
Fluency in English and Bahasa Melayu (both oral and written)
Prepared to travel within Malaysia (including to Kluang where the plant is located), Singapore and regionally / globally as needed.
Led by Purpose. Driven by You.
Total Benefits
We believe that our employees are our greatest asset, and we're committed to providing them with the resources they need to be successful. If you're looking for a rewarding career with a company that cares about its employees, then Kimberly-Clark is the place for you.
Flex That Works at Kimberly-Clark
We believe great work happens when people come together with purpose. That’s why we offer a flexible work model that blends remote work with intentional in-person collaboration — helping you connect, grow, and innovate while maintaining the balance you value.
To Be Considered
Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.
In the meantime, please check out the careers website.
And finally, the fine print….
For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world, which is why we seek to build a workforce that encompasses the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.
Employment is subject to verification of local policies.
No Relocation:
This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in the role’s country only. Kimberly-Clark will not provide relocation support for this role.
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