Legal Counsel

Requisition ID: 179807

Career Group: Corporate Office Careers

Job Category: Legal - Sustainability & General Counsel

Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%

Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)

Province: Ontario; Alberta; British Columbia; Nova Scotia

City: Mississauga (ideal), Calgary, Victoria, Stellarton, Dartmouth

Location: Tahoe Office, Calgary Office, Foord St. Office, Dartmouth Office, Victoria Office

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Our family of 134,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1500 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

All career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting.

Ready to Make an impact?

We are looking for a brilliant legal mind to join a fast paced, diverse and impactful legal team at Sobeys. As a key member of the team, you will review, interpret, and translate legal requirements and effectively communicating these to our business and external stakeholders. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with and learn from grocery industry leaders at all levels while working as part of a supportive and high performing legal team. This role is ideal for those seeking to enhance an inhouse career or to utilize your skills gained at a law firm to experience in-house counsel work.

Sobeys is currently recruiting for a 12 (twelve) month maternity leave coverage for our legal team supporting retail.

Here’s Where You’ll Be Focusing

• Provide a broad range of legal services on matters in which Sobeys may be engaged in order to achieve Sobeys’ goals and/or minimize legal risk;
• Provide functional legal services to business leaders and other employees in areas including but not limited to employment, marketing, retail operations, intellectual property, competition, franchising, merchandising, customer support and other parts of our business;
• Oversee satisfactory resolution of complex, sensitive and sometimes ambiguous legal issues, typically with business risks;
• Advise the business on legal issues impacting the business, including the drafting and hands-on negotiation of diverse agreements with internal and external clients;
• Review, draft and negotiate commercial agreements for dealers and suppliers;
• Direct some legal actions in which Sobeys is involved, either directly or through outside counsel, including management and oversight of outside counsel;
• Assist paralegals and support staff on specific roles and/or provide day-to-day direction.
  
  

What You Have To Offer

You will have strong communication skills and believe in driving a team culture of high performance, challenging the team to be their best, think progressively, and continually learn and develop, while working together to deliver our collective results.

• Exceptional communication and relationship building skills;
• Ability to feel comfortable in a diverse and inclusive retail environment and confident dealing with all levels within the organization;
• Adept at working with outside counsel to seek cost efficient and relevant guidance;
• Ability to proactively provide ideas, advice and solutions relative to legal issues;
• Strong analytic, negotiation and situational judgment skills;
• Good relationship management skills;
• Able to relate to people at all levels, both in and outside of the organization;
• Ability to work independently on in a team environment;
• Minimum 2 to 8 years experience gained from a private practice and/or in-house roles in commercial law;
• Strong track record in managing a broad range of legal issues and interacting closely with business leaders;
• Membership in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario (or other Canadian provincial bar).
  
  

Bilingual (Eng/Fr) candidate preferred.

If you feel that this describes the kind of work you want to do, and you are excited about what Sobeys has to offer, then we look forward to reviewing your application. Please ensure that you take the time to ensure your profile shows us why you’re the most qualified applicant for the role.

This is an outstanding opportunity to join a leading Canadian company with a clear vision and focus. We are only accepting online applications and welcome applications from all qualified people interested in this challenge. We will be contacting only those who will be selected to interview.

Sobeys Offers Our Employees Many Valuable Benefits Such As

• A high-paced environment where you will embrace and lean into change to ensure the company is competitive.
• A People-first culture where Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are at the forefront of what we do and who we are.
• An opportunity to build your career with a progressive company that is passionate about providing development and advancement opportunities.
• Competitive salary and benefits package, including a profit-sharing plan, pension matching and hybrid work arrangements.
  
  

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We offer teammates competitive total compensation packages that will vary by role and location. Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by or monitored for accuracy by our organization. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

Sobeys is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.

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We appreciate the interest from the Staffing industry however respectfully request no calls or unsolicited resumes from Agencies.