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Company Overview
Wherever you work and whatever role you fill, when you represent the Bridgestone name you know that you are a valued teammate who is part of our larger mission to “Serve Society with Superior Quality.” We start by offering each teammate more than just a salary. We provide formal training, competitive performance incentives, paid vacation and holidays, healthcare packages for full-time and part-time employees, and a 401k plan to help build your future.
We believe people can only provide superior service and quality to others when they are allowed to bring their whole selves to work and know they are supported. We believe in championing all perspectives, individuals and teams because we understand the importance of seeing the world and our business through many different lenses. We are building a team as diverse as the world we serve. So, show us what you’re made of. Show us the smart stuff, the tough stuff, the bold, beautiful and brave stuff. Because who you are is what we need.
Bridgestone Americas, Inc. is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee and is the U.S. subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone Americas and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.
Job Category
Legal, Compliance & Audit
Position Summary
As the Assistant General Counsel for Labor & Employment Counsel, you will join a nimble, collegial team of L&E professionals who support Bridgestone Americas and its subsidiaries. You will partner cross-functionally across geographies and be primarily responsible for providing legal advice and counsel to ensure employment law compliance at the federal and state level. We support the Company by proactively preventing and efficiently resolving employment law matters in a way that supports our organizational values, employees and business objectives.
Responsibilities
Minimum Qualifications
_Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (“DE&I”)
_ Bridgestone Americas promotes a culture of diversity and inclusion through a variety of Employee Resource Groups (“ERGs”), which bring teammates and allies together based on shared characteristics, life experiences, and interests. You can find information on our ERGs at https://www.bebridgestone.com/en_us/working-at-bridgestone/employee-resource-groups.
The Law Department launched a DE&I initiative in 2020 that complements company-wide DE&I efforts. Currently, department teammates participate in four DEI-related committees focused on outside counsel engagement, internship programs, and inclusion. The Law Department is Mansfield Rule certified, participates in Diversity Lab's pilot Diversity Dividend Initiative, and is a member of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firm (NAMWOLF)'s Inclusion Initiative Program.
_Ethics & Compliance
_ Each member of the Law Department plays a key role in operationalizing the global and regional ethics and compliance program. This will include, among other things, engaging leadership in the client groups you support; identifying and managing risks facing your client groups (including third party risks); ensuring policies, standards and controls are effective and in place; conducting trainings and finding other ways to ensure your client groups understand what they are expected and required to do; and, conducting investigations relating to your client groups.
_Bridgestone is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. It is our policy to consider for employment all individuals regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
_ Employment Eligibility
If hired, a Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification must be completed at the start of employment. Temporary work authorization or the need for sponsorship may disqualify you from employment.