Senior Manager, Legal Affairs, Supply Chain

Loblaw; Brampton; Presencial; CAD 120.000 - 180.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

Loblaw Companies Limited in Canada is seeking a Senior Manager, Legal Affairs – Supply Chain to advise on commercial contracts, regulatory matters, and operations across Canada and the US. You will shape strategic partnerships, vendor and carrier agreements, and cross-border arrangements to support a fast-growing transportation business.

You will partner with operations, procurement, technology, and risk teams to enable growth while managing legal risk.

Qualificações

• A law degree and membership in good standing with a Canadian provincial law society. U.S. license is an asset.
• Approximately 7+ years of relevant legal experience in a leading law firm or in-house legal department.
• Strong commercial contracting experience and excellent drafting and negotiation skills.
• Experience advising transportation, logistics, supply chain, fleet, delivery, mobility, or retail businesses is an asset.
• Understanding of independent contractors and alternative workforce models in Canada and the U.S.
• Experience supporting multi-provincial and cross-border business activities is an asset.
• Strong commercial judgment and risk assessment in evolving legal/tech business models.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with competing priorities.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsabilidades

• Provide practical, business-focused legal advice on commercial, regulatory, and operational matters in transportation and logistics.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of agreements, including transportation and carrier agreements, logistics contracts, independent contractor agreements, vendor and supplier agreements, technology agreements, service agreements, and strategic partnerships.
• Support transportation, logistics, fleet, delivery, and related operations by advising on relevant legal and regulatory requirements in Canada and the US.
• Partner with procurement and business teams to enable the growth of the transportation and logistics business.
• Provide legal guidance on new products, technologies, partnerships, and operating models, helping teams find practical ways to innovate while managing legal and regulatory risk.
• Monitor relevant legislative, regulatory, and legal developments across Canada and the United States and assess their potential impact on the business.
• Work with internal specialists and external counsel on employment, tax, regulatory, litigation, and jurisdiction-specific matters as needed.
• Develop scalable legal tools, including contract templates, playbooks, policies, and risk frameworks.
• Support dispute resolution, claims, regulatory inquiries, and commercial escalations.
• Translate complex legal issues into clear, actionable advice for senior leaders and operating teams.

Conhecimentos

Commercial contracting

Drafting

Negotiation

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder management

Communication

Formação

Law degree

Canadian provincial law society member

U.S. license is an asset

Descrição da vaga

Senior Manager, Legal Affairs - Supply Chain, Commercial & Regulatory

Come make your difference in communities across Canada, where authenticity, trust and making connections is valued – as we shape the future of Canadian retail, together. Our unique position as one of the country’s largest employers, coupled with our commitment to positively impact the lives of all Canadians, provides our colleagues a range of opportunities and experiences to help Canadians Live Life Well®.

At Loblaw Companies Limited, we succeed through collaboration and commitment and set a high bar for ourselves and those around us. Whether you are just starting your career, re-entering the workforce, or looking for a new job, this is where you belong.

We are growing an exciting new business, and we are looking for driven individuals to join our team! We are looking for an experienced and commercially minded Senior Manager, Legal Affairs – Supply Chain to join a fast-growing, highly innovative transportation business operating across Canada and the United States.

This is a hands-on role for a lawyer who enjoys working close to the business. You will partner with leaders across operations, procurement, technology, finance, and risk to help the organization move quickly, structure commercial relationships effectively, and navigate an evolving legal and regulatory environment.

The role will have a particular focus on commercial contracting, transportation and logistics, contractor and service-provider arrangements, and cross-border legal and regulatory matters.

What You’ll Do

• Provide practical, business-focused legal advice on commercial, regulatory, and operational matters in transportation and logistics.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of agreements, including transportation and carrier agreements, logistics contracts, independent contractor agreements, vendor and supplier agreements, technology agreements, service agreements, and strategic partnerships.
• Support transportation, logistics, fleet, delivery, and related operations by advising on relevant legal and regulatory requirements in Canada and the US.
• Partner with procurement and business teams to enable the growth of the transportation and logistics business.
• Provide legal guidance on new products, technologies, partnerships, and operating models, helping teams find practical ways to innovate while managing legal and regulatory risk.
• Monitor relevant legislative, regulatory, and legal developments across Canada and the United States and assess their potential impact on the business.
• Work with internal specialists and external counsel on employment, tax, regulatory, litigation, and jurisdiction-specific matters as needed.
• Develop scalable legal tools, including contract templates, playbooks, policies, and risk frameworks.
• Support dispute resolution, claims, regulatory inquiries, and commercial escalations.
• Translate complex legal issues into clear, actionable advice for senior leaders and operating teams.

What You Bring

• A law degree and membership in good standing with a Canadian provincial law society. U.S. license is an asset.
• Approximately 7+ years of relevant legal experience gained in a leading law firm, in-house legal department, or a combination of both.
• Strong commercial contracting experience and excellent drafting and negotiation skills.
• Experience advising transportation, logistics, supply chain, fleet, delivery, mobility, retail, technology, or another operationally complex business is an asset.
• A strong understanding of legal issues related to independent contractors and alternative workforce models in Canada and the United States.
• Experience supporting businesses across multiple Canadian provinces and U.S. states is an asset.
• Strong commercial judgment and the ability to assess risk in areas where business models, technology, or regulation are evolving.
• The ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with competing priorities and a high degree of ambiguity.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, and stakeholder-management skills.

What Will Make You Successful

You are a pragmatic lawyer who understands that great legal advice should help the business move forward. You are entrepreneurial and driven to help grow an exciting and expanding business.

You are comfortable working in areas where the law, regulation, technology, and operating model may all be evolving at the same time. You know when to identify a hard legal boundary, when to elevate, and when to help the business find a practical path forward.

You can move easily between complex contract negotiations, regulatory interpretation, operational problem-solving, and strategic discussions with senior leaders. You are curious, collaborative, responsive, and comfortable working at pace.

This role offers the opportunity to help shape the legal framework around a rapidly growing transportation business and to play a meaningful role in enabling innovation across both the Canadian and U.S. markets.

Our commitment to Sustainability and Social Impact is an essential part of the way we do business, and we focus our attention on areas where we can have the greatest impact. Our approach to sustainability and social impact is based on three pillars – Environment, Sourcing and Community – and we are constantly looking for ways to demonstrate leadership in these important areas. Our CORE Values – Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence – guide all our decision-making and come to life through our Blue Culture. We offer our colleagues progressive careers, comprehensive training, flexibility, and other competitive benefits – these are some of the many reasons why we are one of Canada’s Top Employers, Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers & Canada’s Top Employers for Young People.

We have a long-standing focus on diversity, equity and inclusion because we know it will make our company a better place to work and shop. We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known