Brand Protection Coordinator – IP Legal Powerhouse (6 months temporary)Company Overview:
Unilever is one of the world's leading fast-moving consumer goods companies.
Our products are sold in over 190 countries, and, on any given day, 3.4 billion consumers worldwide use them.
We own some of the best known and best loved brands, including Axe, Cif, Comfort, Dermalogica, Dove, Hellmann's, Horlicks, Lifebouy, Knorr, Paula's Choice, Persil, TRESemmé and Vaseline.
Our focus in Legal is on high impact strategic business partnering, leveraging and strengthening our legal expertise whilst continuing to expand the powerhouses and focus on digital transformation.
Job Purpose:
The role of Unilever's Legal Function is to protect Unilever and help it to win by providing objective advice and creative legal solutions.
The Legal Function, a global operation consisting of approximately 500 lawyers and specialists, is structured with corporate expertise Leads and General Counsels who head up each of our five Business Groups.
We are now building an IP expertise hub as part of our Legal Powerhouse in Barcelona and are seeking to recruit a Brand Protection Coordinator.
As the Brand Protection Coordinator, you will play an integral role in coordinating across our global Trade Mark & Brand Protection teams to drive operational effectiveness through greater collaboration, intelligence analysis and identifying emerging trends.
Core Responsibilities:
You will be responsible for supporting with the following activities:
In partnership with the responsible Trade Mark Counsel, Business Unit Legal Counsel & our relevant Business Partners, you will help develop and agree strategies to protect and defend Unilever's intellectual property rights against counterfeits and illicit products in Europe.You will support with the day-to-day coordination of Unilever's "brick-and-mortar" brand protection program in Europe, including customs and law enforcement detentions and seizures, and the registration, maintenance and renewal of national and regional customs applications.You will help with establishing effective and collaborative working relationships with police and other law enforcement, government agencies and intermediaries, by organizing and conducting trainings and seminars.You will support the Business Group Trade Mark Counsel with the day-to-day operations of the agreed digital disruption and enforcement program, including the monitoring of e-commerce platforms, social media and the internet for IP infringements and counterfeits.You will conduct proactive analysis of brand protection data to identify high value targets engaged in the manufacture, distribution and/or sale of counterfeit and illicit products worldwide.You will support with the coordination of our global network of law firms, investigators and brand protection service providers to support Unilever's brand protection program.You will be responsible for organizing regular internal meetings between the global brand protection practice group and members of the wider IP team across Trade Marks & Patents.About You: You are a passionate and knowledgeable brand protection professional with experience in anti-counterfeiting and/or illicit trade enforcement.You have experience with an in-house legal team and, preferably, within the FMCG sector.You have excellent verbal and written communication skills, with fluency in English.You have outstanding analytical skills and attention to detail.You have an ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced work environment.You are adaptable, proactive, keen to learn and are willing to take on an increasingly varied and challenging workload as your skills develop.You have exceptional computer skills especially with Microsoft Office & Copilot and standard IP technologies & tools.You have a strong sense of teamwork, with an ability to work independently and accomplish team priorities without day-to-day supervision.
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