Group Senior Legal Counsel

This is a rare opportunity to join a fastgrowing international consumer business at a genuinely formative point.

As our first incremental hire at Group Legal level this role is about building as much as advising. You wont be stepping into a fullyformed function youll help shape how Legal operates as the business scales embedding smart commercial legal support at the heart of decisionmaking and growth.

From day one youll work closely with our central teams across Procurement IT People Finance/Treasury and ESG alongside ad hoc support for our international divisions. Its a handson role drafting and negotiating commercial procurement and technology contracts and helping teams move faster with clear practical guardrails in place.

As we continue to grow through acquisition youll also support M&A activity and postdeal integration helping translate deal intent into practical scalable outcomes.

The scope goes well beyond transactions. Youll contribute to governance frameworks litigation oversight delegations of authority IP protection and regulatory awareness as well as helping roll out workable compliance and data protection approaches in partnership with People and IT.

What truly sets this role apart is the chance to build. Working alongside our Group Head of Legal youll help design legal intake and triage create templates and playbooks establish clause banks and implement tools that allow Legal to scale efficiently enabling selfserve for lowrisk matters while keeping focus on what matters most.

Qualifications :

Were looking for a commercially minded pragmatic lawyer who enjoys being close to the business and thrives in environments where not everything is fully defined. Youll be comfortable switching between drafting advising designing processes and influencing stakeholders across functions and jurisdictions. Youll care about outcomes not perfection. Translating legal risk into clear usable guidance that helps teams move faster and make better decisions.

You dont need to have done everything before. If you bring strong commercial contracting experience sound judgement curiosity and a builders mindset well support you to grow into the full breadth of the role as the team evolves. Collaborative and clear in your communication youll be someone who enjoys longterm partnerships and takes pride in doing the right thing for the business our brands and our people.

Additional Information :

• Competitive Salary Bonus Car Allowance
• 25 days Bank Holidays
• Matched pension scheme
• Private Medical Cover
• Death in service
• Retailer discount platform

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time