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Date: Apr 28, 2025

Location: Baku, AZ

Company: Coca Cola İçecek

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Legal Counsel, Azerbaijan, Baku

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Job description:

• Review and drawing up contract terms and conditions, as well as other legal documents and make sure that they comply with laws and company policies.

• Drafting, vetting and standardization of various agreements and documents in respect of corporate, commercial and land affairs to secure CCI Azerbaijan's interests and reduce chances of potential litigation

• Represent CCI Azerbaijan in courts, official bodies, local state and public authorities, other organizations and institutions on issues, personally or with other managers of the legal department’s area of responsibility.

• Responsible for preparing legal reporting to management

• Promote an ethical culture across the Company by serving as Local Ethics and compliance Officer and conduct Code of Business Conduct awareness sessions along with quarterly circulation of ethics line journal.

• Manage litigation including but not limited to civil, tax, labor, regulatory, consumer and supplier related issues and maintain cordial professional relationship with lawyers and consultants.

• Liaison with the government/regulatory authorities to ensure that CCI Azerbaijan is in compliance with the relevant legal framework, thereby enhancing corporate image of CCI Azerbaijan.

• Proactively partner with all the departments in resolving their respective issues including HR’s labor issues, Commercial’s key account and marketing issues, Supply Chain’s procurement and regulatory issues, Finance’s tax, banking and financing transactions, etc.

• To harmonize all legal matters with the legal norms enshrined within

the jurisdiction of the Republic of Azerbaijan, including Competition Code, normative legal acts related to food safety, ecology and natural resources, tax, and customs.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in field of Law
  • Relevant knowledge of civil, labor, and other legislative norms related to the company's activities;
  • Excellent spoken and written communication skills in Azerbaijani and English
  • Proficiency in MS Word and Excel programs.
  • Minimum 2 years of experience

 

What We Embrace: 

  • “People Centered” Focus
  • Equal Salary Advocate
  • A Globally Diverse/An International Workplace
  • Inclusive Team-Building Activities
  • Digital Learning Opportunities
  • Leadership Exposure With Organizational Events
  • Inclusive Language And Culture
  • Social Clubs/Networks
  • Inclusive/Family-Friendly Policies

 

Who We Are
 

CCI is a multinational beverage company which operates in Türkiye, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Jordan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Syria. CCI produces, distributes and sells sparkling and still beverages. CCI employs more than 10,000 people, has a total of 33 bottling plants, and 3 fruit processing plants in 12 countries, offering a wide range of beverages to a population base of 600 million people.

Our purpose at CCI is to create value for our employees, customers, consumers, and community. In line with our vision to become the best FMCG company, we put people at the core of everything we do. We achieve successful results with our people who come together as One Team, committing to live by our shared values of passion, integrity, accountability, and teamwork. Our ambition is to become a great place to work, which is inclusive, diverse, and inspiring, with its key organizational and leadership capabilities.

Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our commitment at CCI, that's why we nurture it in everything we do. We are proud to become the fourth company to obtain the EQUAL-SALARY global certification and proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, covering in all our countries.

We take responsibility for the future with our Sustainability Commitments for 2030.

Focusing our roadmap on six main areas, including packaging, water, and climate on environmental issues; human rights, diversity & inclusion, and community investments on social issues, we pledged 9 commitments to continuously improve our efforts. To ensure that by the year 2030, 35% of newly hired individuals, 40% of managerial positions, and 50% of executive committee members are comprised of women.

 

  We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, sex, color, national or      social origin, ethnicity, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender expression, or political opinion.

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