Legal Counsel
Requisition ID: 187207
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: Juridique, entreprises connexes
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time
Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Québec
City: Montréal-Nord
Location: Bureau de Montréal-Nord
Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.
Our family of 128,000 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 1,600 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.
Ready to Make an impact?
Under the leadership of the Director, the incumbent will be responsible for providing a wide range of legal services in order to achieve set objectives and/or minimize legal risks for the company.
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 including Fuel, Real Estate Leasing, Convenience and Wholesale business groups
- Draft legal documentation with regards to National Fuel and Convenience business and Wholesale business groups
- 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 commecial agreements
- Direct some legal actions in which Sobeys is involved, either directly or through outside counsel, including management and oversight of outside counsel
- Manage/lead and/or assign work to paralegal and support staff on specific files or provide day-to-day direction
- Supporting the legal department with respect to our code of conduct; litigation issues and internal ethics and conflict policies
What you have to offer:
- Undergraduate degree and a minimum of 3 years experience gained from a combination of private practice and/or in-house roles
- Strong track record in managing a broad range of legal issues and interacting closely with business leaders
- Experience in Fuel, Convenience, Wholesale and leasing contracts will be preferred
- Possess a strong academic record and law firm training, followed by in-house experience, preferably gained in a retail environment
- Civil law degree (L.LB) and membership in good standing of the Quebec Bar Association
- A Juris Doctor of Common Law would be considered an asset
- Experience with RDPRM would be considered an asset
- Exceptional communication and relationship building skills
- Ability to feel comfortable in a retail environment and confident dealing with all levels within the organization
- Bilingual French and English (The candidate will be expected to work with peers in other provinces in the development and implementation of tools and processes across Canada, as well as provide support to Sobeys employees across Canada)
#LI-Hybrid
At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.
We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.
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We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. 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.
Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque:
- Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
- Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
- A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
- A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
- Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
- Parental leave top-up
- Paid Vacation and Days-off
We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.