Job Description

Work with inspiring colleagues at KFC!

What You’ll Be Serving Up :

Direct, manage, and provide key legal support regarding brand threat litigation, crisis management, employment, policy, and compliance matters. Function as a legal advisor to KFC Leadership Team, cross functional partners, parent company, sister brands, and franchise partners.

Here’s How You’ll Spice Things Up :

Employment, Policy, and Compliance Matters

• Provide business-minded legal support and direction to HR and Operations teams in all employment-related matters, including:
• Code of Conduct
• compliance training
• application and new hire (including background check) processes
• employee investigations
• reviewing and developing training materials, policies, forms, and bespoke agreements
• addressing evolving legal trends and develop
• partnering with HR team on investigations and escalated employee issues
• advice and guidance regarding a host of complex employment matters.
• Address and respond to EEOC, Department of Labor, and state and local enforcement agency actions.
• Lead company-wide education on employment-related matters.
• Implement and manage labor relations procedures, training, and action plans for corporate-owned stores.
• Partner with franchisees as a center of knowledge of union related matters.
• Supervise Brand Asset Protection Manager, which includes equity Loss Prevention activities, franchise consulting, and Brand investigations related to theft and fraud.

Brand Protection and Litigation

• Manage all brand litigation, ranging from employment matters to patent and anti-trust litigation, including managing e-discovery, potential class and collective actions, and various personal injury matters.
• Also includes responsibility for monitoring franchise litigation and becoming directly involved, when necessary, to protect the Brand and System.
• Manage outside counsel, response to subpoenas, management of electronic discovery, budgets, and other essential legal functions.
• Lead and implement mitigation efforts to address Brand-risks and litigation-risks as they arise.
• Provide legal counsel and leadership in crisis-management situations.
• Effectively manage litigation budgets and coordinate appropriately with Yum! Risk/Insurance Team, sister brands, and cross functional partners as needed.

What You Bring to the Table :

EDUCATION : This position requires a JD degree from an accredited law school and strong academic credentials.

EXPERIENCE (and other qualifications) : Ideal candidates will have 6+ years of prior experience in an in-house law department or top tier law firm. Candidates must be a member of State Bar for any U.S. State.

Additional skills and experience should include:

• Substantive knowledge of employment law (mandatory) and commercial litigation (preferred)
• Excellent communication skills, and an ability to listen and effectively explain complex legal issues to non-lawyers in 1:1 and large presentation formats; demonstrated ability to influence and coach others effectively
• Ability to self-start, work proactively, and follow through, but also the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Sound judgment and strong critical thinking and analytical skills
• Concisely translate concisely translate issues into actionable recommendations and solutions
• Detail oriented, but with an ability to understand and communicate the big picture
• Ability to solve problems, deliver results and serve as a pro-active business partner to internal clients
• Ability to prioritize and perform multiple tasks and handle changing priorities successfully in a fast-paced environment.
• High personal and professional integrity and the ability to establish personal credibility within the department and organization

KFC Corporation, based in Louisville, Kentucky, is one of the few brands in America that can boast about having a rich, 60-year history of success and innovation. In fact, KFC is the world's most popular chicken restaurant chain and a division of Yum! Brands, the world’s largest restaurant company.

Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Plano, Texas, has over 45,000 restaurants in more than 135 countries and territories and is one of the Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders in North America. In 2018, Yum! Brands was recognized as part of the inaugural Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index. The company’s restaurant brands – KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell – are global leaders of the chicken, pizza and Mexican-style food categories.

More important than our size is our commitment to breakthrough innovation and the success of our employees. We're proud of the unique culture we've built, one where everyone can be their best self, make a difference and have fun! We believe in our people, trust in their positive intentions, encourage ideas from everyone, and have actively developed a workforce that is diverse in style and background.

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