Job Title:
Corporate Counsel, Retail
Job Responsibilities:
- Serve as the primary legal advisor for the company's core retail organization, providing counsel on merchandising, supplier relationships, customer service, returns, gift cards, and other retail operations.
- Lead contracting strategy, process, and negotiations for a wide range of agreements, including supplier contracts, vendor negotiations, trade terms, rebates, procurement contracts, and related initiatives.
- Partner with procurement, finance, and merchandising leadership to define and implement the company's contract lifecycle management (CLM) strategy, including document automation, workflow optimization, and training.
- Develop and maintain business-facing resources, including playbooks, template libraries, and escalation matrices, to streamline low-risk, high-volume transactions and enable greater self-service.
- Provide proactive legal support that identifies risk and opportunities early, balances business objectives with legal requirements, and builds scalable solutions that evolve with the business.
- Day-to-day supervision of the contract manager supporting this space, helping to mentor, train, and maximize the efficiency of the function.
Education and Experience Information:
- . degree from an accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing.
- 5+ years of proven experience, preferably in-house, supporting retail operations, procurement, or commercial transactions in a fast-paced environment.
- Deep experience drafting, negotiating, and managing a broad range of commercial agreements.
- Strong business acumen with an ability to balance legal risk against business objectives pragmatically and efficiently.
- A passion for building scalable, business-friendly legal solutions and proven success implementing contracting processes, automation tools, and self-service resources.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to provide clear, actionable advice to senior leadership.
- Some travel may be required.
Salary Information:
- The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to the candidate’s relevant experience, education, and work location.
- Base Salary Range: $143,000—$229,000 USD
- In addition, this position is eligible for 401k and a new hire and annual equity grant.
- Various types of insurance are offered, such as medical/Rx, vision, dental, life, disability, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and accident.
- Other benefits include parental leave, family services benefits, backup dependent care, flexible spending accounts, telemedicine, pet adoption reimbursement, employee assistance program, and many discounts including 10% off pet insurance and 20% off at the company's website.
- Salaried-exempt team members have unlimited PTO, subject to manager approval.
- Team members will receive six paid holidays per year.
- Team members may be eligible for paid sick and family leave in compliance with applicable state and local regulations.
Additional Information:
- The company is committed to equal opportunity and values diversity and inclusion of all Team Members.
- Accommodations are available for candidates with disabilities or those needing religious accommodations during the application process or to perform job requirements.
- For questions regarding the application, candidates are advised to contact the company's HR department.
