Junior Group Legal Advisor

Job Title: Junior Group Legal Advisor

Location: Andover, UK

Reporting To: Group Legal Director, with a dotted line to the Group Legal Counsel responsible for Compliance in Le Creuset

Who We Are

Our French heart pulses through our international brand. With 100 years of heritage, we are future focused as we push ourselves and each other to connect every cook with personal stories and our rich legacy of food lovers to a lifestyle that inspires. Building beautiful products of the best quality that bring joy to people’s lives for generations. We want to ensure that the heart of every home beats from the kitchen. Through our values of PASSION, INTEGRITY, INNOVATION & EXCELLENCE, TEAMWORK we make Le Creuset a great place to work, celebrating our rich diversity.

Main Purpose of the Role

Support various members of the Group Legal team on legal tasks, with a focus on compliance topics, but also providing support to the Le Creuset subsidiaries and Head Office on other areas of law, including day-to-day commercial activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive legal research (with a focus on global compliance topics) using various resources, such as legal databases, statutes, regulations, and case law, on topics such as: general compliance, anti-corruption, whistleblowing, packaging labelling, supply chain regulations, sanctions, and ESG regulations.
• Summarise findings of research and provide Legal team members with relevant information.
• Assist the Legal team with preparation and rollout of various legal training, as well as the monitoring and following up on the uptake of the training.
• Draft and prepare legal documents, including: contracts, briefs, and other legal correspondences, upon the request of the Le Creuset business or other members of the Group Legal team.
• Review of legal contracts and provision of summaries to the business and Legal team members.
• Draft correspondences with business stakeholders.
• Able to work with colleagues of the Group Legal Department who are scattered around the world, and able to work independently with the local or Group business function teams (quality, regulatory, sustainability, local markets).
• Ensure compliance with legal and ethical standards in all activities.

Skills & Qualifications

• After obtaining a law degree, possess at least 3 years of work experience at a law firm or in a business environment, in which you had experience in compliance or ESG matters. Application of candidates without previous work experience will not be considered.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, in English.
• Strong ability to conduct research and summarise findings.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent responsiveness and autonomy.
• Ability to work on tight deadlines.

Behaviours & Competencies

• Adaptability: Maintains effectiveness in varying work environments where circumstances and priorities are changing.
• Analytical Reasoning: Analyses, interprets and evaluates complex information arriving at logical deductions and conclusions.
• Communication (Oral Written & Listening): Adapts his/her oral and written communications to audience and fosters clear and effective communication with others. Is able to build relationships and interact effectively across functions, seniority levels, personalities, and cultures with confidence. Actively listens. Displays accuracy and quality in their written work.
• Integrity: Maintains and promotes organisational, social and ethical standards and values in the conduct of internal as well as external business activities.
• Prioritising: Accurately assess the relative importance of objectives activities and events in relation to organisational goals.
• Self-Awareness: Demonstrates a genuine belief in the likelihood of personal success and communicates a positive self-esteem to others.
• Teamwork: Co-operates with others and is able, where appropriate, to complement the roles of others by taking on the role of a leader, peer or subordinate. He/she displays empathy and actively supports other team members when under pressure.
• Time Management: Is able to plan and organise own use of time, meets deadlines, and does not have to rely on the last minute.
• Vitality: Maintains a high activity level, is enthusiastic, motivated, and energetic.

Why Join Us?

Our recipe is equal parts passion, hard work and fun with a culture as vibrant as our products. We constantly stretch ourselves and encourage our team mates to do the same. When you join Le Creuset, you become part of a dynamic team that focuses on innovation and collaboration. You are part of something bigger…from your first day to every moment thereafter, you’re going to love what you do as part of the Le Creuset family!