Legal and Compliance Counsel, India (Rock Processing) at Sandvik, Pune (6-8 years experience)

Legal and Compliance Counsel, India (Rock Processing) at Sandvik, Pune (6-8 years experience)

Offered by Sandvik.

Type

Full-time

Stipend

Paid (competitive total compensation package with comprehensive benefits; amount not specified)

Location

Pune

Indian law degree (LL.B.) or Bachelor's…

About Sandvik Rock Processing and the role

Sandvik Rock Processing, a business area of the global engineering group Sandvik, is hiring a Legal and Compliance Counsel for India, based in Pune (Maharashtra). The position (requisition R0098085) is advertised on Sandvik's own Workday careers portal and is listed as full time. Rock Processing supplies equipment, services and technical solutions for the construction and mining industry, specialising in crushing, screening, mobile plants and attachments, and employs around 3,000 professionals worldwide.

The counsel provides in-country legal and compliance leadership for Sandvik Rock Processing in India (Sales Area India and the Rock Processing production organisation), acts as the Legal and Compliance business partner to local management, and reports functionally to the Rock Processing Chief Compliance Officer.

Work profile

• Compliance (about 50-60%): implement the Sandvik compliance programme in India, covering anti-bribery and anti-corruption (risk assessments, monitoring, third-party due diligence), trade compliance (sanctions, customs, export control), competition law (training, dawn-raid readiness) and data privacy and digital compliance; deliver risk-based training; lead Speak Up investigations and follow up on remediation.
• Legal (about 40-50%): draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements (NDAs, sales, distributor and agency, sourcing, IT and IP) as the local review and approval point; advise Sales and Sourcing on legal risk; manage local litigation, claims and disputes, including instructing and cost-managing external counsel; support employment law matters with HR.
• Governance (about 5-20%): act as the local link between the business, entity management and the business area Legal, Compliance and Finance teams on Delegation of Authority, subsidiary governance, ERM and internal controls.

Eligibility and skills

• Indian law degree (LL.B.) or a Bachelor's in law, business, finance or a related field; a compliance certification (for example CCEP-I or CIPP) is an asset.
• Minimum 6-8 years of combined legal and compliance experience in a multinational company in the engineering, manufacturing, mining or industrial sectors.
• Proven track record in anti-bribery and anti-corruption, trade compliance, third-party due diligence and investigations in India.
• Solid experience independently drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, and litigation experience.
• Familiarity with Indian legal, regulatory and enforcement trends and subsidiary governance.
• High personal integrity, strong stakeholder management across cultures and strong communication skills.
• Fluent written and spoken English; additional Indian languages are an asset. Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.

Location, pay and employment type

Location: Pune, Maharashtra. Employment type: full time, as listed on the Workday posting. Pay: Sandvik states that it offers a competitive total compensation package including comprehensive benefits, along with competence development, training and career advancement opportunities. No salary figure or number of openings is stated.