Deputy General Manager - Legal

Role Specification

Role Title: Deputy General Manager - Legal

Reporting Manager: General Manager

Location: Pune

Job Responsibilities:

Compliance monitoring

• Ensure compliance with applicable statutory requirements under labour, industrial, environmental, safety, corporate laws, etc.
• Monitor compliance across manufacturing plants, depots, warehouses, and sales & marketing offices. Ensure timely actions and corrective measures in this regard, wherever required.
• Stay updated on legal and regulatory changes and ensure necessary changes in the compliance regime.
• Oversee the implementation and usage of the compliance tool to ensure compliance with legal obligations. Manage and enhance the digital compliance reporting tool, including uploading legal updates, mapping site-specific requirements, and ensuring tool alignment with regulatory changes.
• Ensuring, with the support of respective compliance teams, that monthly governance meetings are scheduled as per SOP and their minutes are recorded.
• Ensure training of the tool to all the users as necessary, particularly for new users. vii. Managing the team handling compliances for all the entities.

Litigation: Handle Labour, Civil, Criminal and other litigations. Interacting with advocates / counsels for preparing pleadings, replies, affidavits, etc. and also attend court cases as and when required.

Preparing & Negotiating Agreements, Contracts etc.: Agreements and Contracts like: Business Transfer Agreements, Purchase Agreements, Service Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Lease Agreements, Leave & License Agreements, MOUs, etc.

Handling day to day legal issues: Provide legal support to all departments of TMGSL, including advice on labour issues, disciplinary proceedings etc.; Assist in audits / inspections; Draft replies to notices / letters received from statutory authorities; etc.

Projects : Work on specific projects, as assigned, from time to time.

Functional Knowledge of Skills (Must Have)

Having knowledge in managing compliance in a large manufacturing organization.

Experience in managing automated compliance tools and coordinating with external vendors is essential.

Prior experience in the automotive, manufacturing, or infrastructure sector preferred.

Timely decision making

Leadership Behavior

Strategic thinking

Interpersonal skill

Analytical skill

Navigating through multiple stakeholders

Customer centricity

Educational Qualification - Graduate in Law (LL.B.) / Masters in Law (LL.M)

Technical Skill required - Good understanding of manufacturing and service industry specific laws.

Language Proficiency - English, Hindi

Experience Required - 12 years