General Counsel

The General Counsel is responsible for all legal matters throughout the company. These include general corporate matters, complex litigation and regulatory matters, as well as assisting in managing all other legal business matters for Evenflo. In addition, the General Counsel will be required to draft and negotiate high-priority legal documents, review legal data and advise senior leadership on appropriate course of action and determine the need for and coordinate with outside counsel on various company legal issues.

Examples of Typical Activities:

· Work with internal business partners and outside retained counsel on behalf on Evenflo.

· Manage general business transactions, draft and review contracts, license and intellectual property agreements and provide leadership in negotiations where appropriate.

· Review and draft legal documentation.

· Assess, establish and upgrade, where appropriate, compliance programs and procedures related to general corporate and human resource matters.

· Provide necessary corporate governance guidance and assistance

· Provide cost effective management of external legal resources.

· Evaluate risk and risk mitigation alternatives (act as corporate risk manager)

· Evaluate, negotiate and procure necessary insurance

· Lead corporate merger and acquisition efforts when necessary

· Assure that company and its products are fully compliant with all applicable regulatory standards and interact with various regulatory agencies as necessary and appropriate

· Responsible for management of all outside counsel (litigation, corporate, commercial, regulatory…)

Required Experience

Law Degree; Minimum of 7 - 15 years of experience; Experience in consumer product manufacturing preferred.

Required Technical Competencies

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Solid background in the following areas:

Exposure to a variety of practice areas.

Experience in Regulatory Affairs.

Experience in Product Liability.

Solid litigation experience.

Experience managing outside counsel.

Contract experience.

Required Behavioral Competencies

Personal Leadership – Leads by envisioning the future, engaging others, energizing people and enabling self and others to develop and execute plans to deliver strategy.

Builds Partnerships – Identifies opportunities and takes action to build strategic relationships between one’s area and other areas, teams, departments, units, or organizations to help achieve business goals.

Builds Trust – Interacts with others in a way that gives them confidence in one’s intentions and those of the organization.

Decision-Making – Identifies and understands issues, problems and opportunities; compares data from different sources to draw conclusions; uses effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; takes action that is consistent with available facts constraints, and probable consequences.

Energy – Consistently maintains high levels of activity or productivity; sustains long working hours when necessary; operates with vigor, effectiveness and determination over extended periods of time.

Quality Orientation – Accomplishes tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; shows concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checks processes and tasks; is watchful over a period of time.

Tenacity – Stays with a position or plan of action until the desired objective is obtained or is no longer reasonably attainable.

Expected Behavioral Norms

RESPECT: Be professional and mindful. There’s so much to be proud of in our workplace—let’s show it. When there’s room to offer feedback, let’s be constructive about it. When a colleague deserves praise, let’s be loud and genuine about it. We can make our company even stronger by building each other up and practicing deliberate acts of kindness.

COMMUNICATION: Be clear, stay connected. Let’s leave nothing to interpretation. If we sense static, let’s commit to picking up the phone and talking things through. We can avoid communication breakdowns by being direct, transparent and respectful with colleagues; responding in a timely manner; and never leave each other guessing.

COLLABORATION: Put we above I. Let’s strive to break down silos; welcome input and ideas from anywhere and any title; listen and encourage all voices at the table; and work seamlessly across disciplines and as an integrated team to achieve goals and drive success.

ACCOUNTABILITY: Own it. Let’s embrace our individual responsibilities, own our deadlines and never point fingers. Our workplace becomes even more rewarding when we share in each other’s successes and failures; run buttoned up, timely meetings; say what we mean and do what we say.

INCLUSION: We welcome you—the whole you. Your background, your culture, your ethnicity, your unique experiences, your way of looking at the world. We truly believe that your individuality helps us create a diverse, inclusive and inspired workplace in which every ethnicity, nationality, religion, elder status, family structure and gender identity is embraced and valued. We also welcome your passion for making the lives of children, your co-workers, and our company better. Because as different as we are, that’s the common theme that will always keep us moving forward—together.

CREATIVITY: Be bold, brave and unexpected. Let’s push ideas until they scare us a little bit. Because it’s there, in uncharted creative territory, where we find breakthroughs that help our company lead vs. follow. Let’s keep exploring and being curious students of the world. Every day, let’s find ways to inspire each other, draw out cool thinking, and get behind great ideas that bring us all up.

POSITIVITY: Always see the good. When we arrive at work, let’s check negative feelings at the door. The workday feels a lot happier and healthier when we each see the good in our peers, our work, ourselves. Let’s work together to view challenges as opportunities and always know that the right attitude can change everything.

EEO/AA Statement

At Goodbaby International, we value and embrace you. It’s our belief that diversity and inclusion is an essential component to our success as an international business. Accordingly, we are committed to provide a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Goodbaby’s policy applies throughout the employment relationship—including recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, separation, and day-to-day practices.

Goodbaby’s employment decisions will not be based on race, color and ancestry, religion, national origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, family or parental status, disability, medical history, genetic information or any basis prohibited by applicable law. Employment decisions will be based on an applicant’s merit and qualifications, the position requirements, and our business needs.