Nienke Fokma
Consultant Executive Search
nfokma@legalpeople.com
020-612 55 22
Bridgestone Mobility Solutions (BMS), a business unit of Bridgestone Corporation, serves the entire digital mobility solutions’ portfolio of the company, including Europe’s leading telematics solutions provider Webfleet Solutions, Bandag retreading solutions, as well as the integrated fleet management offering, Bridgestone Fleetcare. BMS is on a journey to move the world towards a sustainable future with data-driven mobility solutions. With a unified team working across the Americas and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) regions, the business plays a crucial role in Bridgestone’s digital transformation from one of the world’s leading tyre manufacturers to a sustainable solutions company. BMS offers an integrated and customizable suite of data-driven solutions that help drive greater safety, efficiency and sustainability for fleets, OEMs and consumers.
With its head-office in Amsterdam, a multicultural team provides legal, compliance and IP support to the EMEA business. This team is part of the Bridgestone legal department within the Bridgestone West (EMEA & Americas) business. The Bridgestone Corporation Legal Department is a global legal community of more than two hundred Legal, Compliance & IP teammates, who are constantly looking for ways to share best practices and align their way of working across the globe.
Senior Legal Counsel EMEA
Fun-loving tech company with a focus on sustainable solutions
Fun-loving tech company with a focus on sustainable solutions
As Senior Legal Counsel, primarily responsible for the EMEA region. you act as a true business partner and work closely together with global stakeholders from various departments. You are responsible for drafting and negotiating IT-focused and general commercial contracts and providing pragmatic, general risk based legal and compliance advice and training. Because data is at the core of BMS’ business, you will also need strong data privacy skills to support the sales teams close commercial deals. As part of the Bridgestone Legal Department, you will have the opportunity to participate in multidisciplinary, global working groups on legal and non-legal projects such as legal tech, legal operations, diversity, way of working etc.
This position is a great opportunity for someone who wants to be part of a company with a growing business in a highly dynamic, international environment. The ideal candidate is an energetic and hands-on Senior Legal counsel. Someone who is self-starting, committed to operational excellence, who has an independent work attitude and is results driven. Who has a positive attitude, team spirit and can navigate through a technical landscape and take decisive actions, because moving fast is in Bridgestone Mobility Solutions’ DNA.
Profile
- Master of Laws, preferably in English, from a university in Europe
- around 6-8 years of work experience, gained in private practice and/or in-house
- demonstrated experience with drafting and negotiating IT/Tech (SaaS) contracts and data privacy matters
- team player with good commercial awareness, strong communication skills and a hands-on, solutions-oriented attitude
- able to take responsibility and to work independently
- able to handle changing environments and think outside of the box
- patient, humble and capable of supporting a highly diverse client base spanning many cultures
- living in the Netherlands (or Barcelona, Spain), fluent in English
- willingness to train more junior members of the team
Proposition
- permanent position
- fast-paced tech company with a mission to move the world towards a sustainable future with data-driven mobility solutions
- chance to become part of a global legal community of 200+ legal professionals
- opportunities for growth, short-term exchanges abroad, travel and volunteering
- flexibility to work hybrid or abroad