Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Corporate Services
Corporate Services is made up of specialist teams, namely Legal, Occupational Health, Safety & Insurance, and Company Secretary & Share Management.
Full Time or Part Time (4 days minimum)
Hybrid – Holborn and Home
Joining Sainsbury's as a Commercial Lawyer offers the opportunity to be part of a high-performing Legal Services Department for a FTSE100 retailer where you can grow your career and expand your skills. With exposure to a wide range of commercial agreements across Sainsbury’s supermarkets, health and beauty, Argos, Habitat, Tu Clothing, SmartCharge and Nectar businesses, you will have the platform to learn, support strategically significant contracts, and gain deep understanding of the grocery, FMCG and retail industry. We are looking for a driven individual who will thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment supporting the company's core commercial agreements that will transform and grow our business.
What you'll do
As a Commercial Lawyer at Sainsbury's, you will play a crucial role in delivering high-quality legal support to businesses and functions across the Sainsbury's Group to enable strategic commercial agreements and procurement activities. As part of a wider team of lawyers in the Commercial Law team, your responsibilities will include pragmatic and timely advice to support Group objectives, continuous improvements in contract negotiations with key suppliers aligned with evolving business needs and the creation and delivery of precedents, processes and standards. Additionally, you will understand and stay abreast of emerging legal issues in technology and Artificial Intelligence, collaborate with stakeholders, and drive your ongoing personal development to enhance your legal expertise and effectiveness within the team.
* Qualified legal professional with demonstrable experience managing a range of commercial and technology contracts. While candidates with 3+ years post-qualification experience (PQE) are likely to have the skills needed for this role, we welcome applications from those with relevant expertise outside this range.
* Proven ability to deliver pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice grounded in contracting principles.
* Practical knowledge of SaaS, platform, and cloud-based agreements, including outsourcing and procurement contracts, with familiarity in areas such as liability, AI clauses, service levels, intellectual property, and data protection.
* Evidenced capability in drafting legal documents using clear, concise, and accessible language.
* Demonstrable ability to manage multiple priorities effectively within a collaborative team environment.
We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new - whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working.
When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits, including colleague discount, pensions scheme, life cover, performance-related bonus, annual holiday allowance, and other benefits that will help your money go further. Please see our website for a range of our benefits.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.
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