Corporate Counsel

About us

Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances and flavors, cosmetic active ingredients as well as functional ingredients. Its customers include perfume, cosmetics, food and beverage manufacturers, the pharmaceutical industry and producers of dietary supplements and pet food.

With sales of around €5.0 billion in the 2024 financial year, the company is one of the world's leading providers. The Group, headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, has more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Asia, the USA and Latin America.

Together with its customers, Symrise develops new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an indispensable part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked.

Symrise – always inspiring more...

Your role

The position is to provide legal review, advice, and support on a broad range of legal matters including commercial contracting, interactions with state and federal authorities, and advice on any legal question that may arise in the operation of an established sizeable manufacturing business in a B2B environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with all business functions under the supervision and guidance of General Counsel NA. Actively assist company in achieving business objectives.

• Demonstrate strategic value and competence in applying legal skills to daily corporate, business, compliance and other matters.

• Position will develop into significant responsibility for a diverse range of commercial, legal, and compliance matters, including high profile, complex matters.

About you

• Juris Doctor (JD) from a recognized law school. 7 years’ experience, ideally with both law firm and in-house counsel background, working on a great variety of commercial contracts and other commercial matters with a solid foundation of legal theories and concepts, as well as applying such concepts in commercial transactional / contracting matters. Excellent drafting skills and dedication to client and customer service as well as a high degree of professional ethics and integrity are required.
• Excellent judgment and ability to operate in a fast-paced, small and very collegial legal department on a broad range of commercial and legal matters including negotiating a myriad of contractual arrangements with customers and vendors, and guiding the business in its day-to-day operation.
• Ability to flexibly handle multiple matters at once and to manage projects and contract negotiations competently and independently and as part of a team. Ability to provide solution-oriented, practical guidance in working with business management. Establish close partnerships with business leaders and their teams that result in counsel being sought.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills and ability to communicate clearly with colleagues, outside counsel, business partners, and other stakeholders. Excellent analytical skills and people skills are essential. A collegial and service-oriented (can do) pro-active attitude toward providing fast and accurate advice to internal and external stakeholders is essential as is a drive to learn and improve.
• Ability to work in a hybrid format spending 3 days / week working out of Symrise’s Saddlebrook, New Jersey, office.

Our offer

Become part of our open and transparent culture. It will give you the opportunity to flourish and to develop inspiring experiences that contribute to the health and well-being of consumers in 160 countries around the world. Putting our employees in focus fuels our strong company growth above market rates and makes us an excellent place to develop your career.

Come join us and embark on a fascinating journey with Symrise.

If you feel that you fit the above criteria, then please apply by using our online application system. Your application will be treated confidentially.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, national origin or any other basis protected by applicable law. All employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications, merit and business necessity.

Pay Transparency Disclosure: The expected annual salary range for this position is USD 170000.00 – USD 198000.00. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and company performance.

Job Reference: NA01324