Legal Counsel

MANE is a 5th generation French family-owned business known for innovation and progress in the world of Flavor and Fragrance. As sensation enthusiasts, we strive to provide exceptional moments in people’s daily lives through the timeless flavors and fragrances we create. With our passion, creativity, and innovation, “We capture what moves”.

Due to business growth, we are excited to add a Legal Counsel to our team at our Lebanon, Ohio Development Center! This role will provide general day-to-day support for operational legal matters of the MANE Group entities in North America, in compliance with the MANE Group corporate policy. Provide legal services and counsel, draft, review, and negotiate business contracts, protecting MANE Group interests and ensuring compliance primarily with US laws and regulations, and with applicable laws and regulations worldwide as applicable.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Exercise good judgment, applying the law to business to achieve outstanding results while managing risk.
• Draft, review, and negotiate cross-border commercial contracts with customers, suppliers and other third parties, e.g. commercial transactions, subcontracting services, confidentiality agreements, consulting services, distribution and commercial representation agreements.
• Provide reliable and practical legal advice with respect to risk management in all aspects of the business.
• Identify risks and propose solutions to complete business transactions.
• Support corporate governance, including drafting and managing corporate documentation, and internal documentation management.
• Ensure legal and intellectual property security, forwarding any labor law-related, tax law-related, patent law-related, and trademark law-related matters to the appropriate internal contacts.
• Collaborate in regional and global legal and IP projects and reporting.
• Assist in the draft and implementation of policies of legal & IP nature.
• Suggest work process improvements.
• Perform the above responsibilities with reasonable autonomy.
• Complete additional work tasks, as assigned.
• Consistent with MANE’s environmental commitments, every employee shall actively participate in relevant education/training based upon corporate and local environmental objectives. Where these objectives are relevant to job-related and job-specific roles and responsibilities, each employee shall adhere to applicable environmental policies and procedures, as well as act on best practices.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's Degree and Juris Doctor from an accredited law school.
• Licensed as an attorney, qualified to practice law in Ohio and be in good standing.
• 2-4 years as an in-house legal counsel in a multinational company.

OTHER SKILLS:

• Expertise and experience in drafting, negotiating, and interpreting domestic and international business contracts.
• Fluent in English and proficient in common office software.
• Ability to prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced corporate environment
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Superior organizational and analytical skills and high attention to detail.
• Strong team player with a proactive and ethical mindset

MANE offers industry leading benefits including a generous PTO plan. Additional benefits include paid holidays, annual year-end shutdown, annual and bi-weekly 401(k) contributions, tuition reimbursement, paid parental leave, employee assistance programs and many more. MANE is known for having a culture that focuses on our employees and their well-being. See for yourself why our employees love working at MANE!

MANE is an equal opportunity employer.