About The Role
We are looking for an experienced andindependentlycapable in-house counsel to join our growing team on a permanent basis to support the business with legal support from an end to end perspective.
The role willsupport the General Counsel and UK Wholesale Legal team in the provision of a high quality and commercially focused legal advice to support the needs of our UK wholesale businesses. You will work directly with business teams, providing day-to-day advice, serving as lead counsel on new deals, business models, resolving issues that arise in existing commercial relationships and handling legal disputes and enquiries. The successful candidate will play a key role in the legal team, updating the team's operational processes, including creation of templates and involvement in roll out of legal processes to the business and positioning the legal team as a centre of excellence within Alliance Healthcare.
This role will suit a pragmatic lawyer who will thrive in a challenging, complex, busy and diverse roleina fast-paced, market leading and entrepreneurial business.Someone with commercial acumen who can 'hit the ground running' in a busy team, quickly getting to grips with and understanding how the business works.
About The Company
Alliance Healthcare is a leading distributor and wholesaler of pharmaceutical, medical and healthcare products, serving over 16,200 pharmacies, hospitals and dispensing doctors throughout the UK on a twice daily basis.
We have an essential role to play in the medical supply chain and everything that we do as a company will ultimately impact upon the end user, the patient. It is our responsibility to offer a reliable service that ensures that our customers receive the right product, in the right place, at the right time.
Global diversity, equity and inclusion are core to our purpose to create healthier futures. We believe in creating an inclusive environment where people across all dimensions of diversity can bring their whole selves to work to advance health equity for all. We enable our teams with career opportunities that challenge and inspire the very best to solve complex business problems impacting diverse patient populations in communities around the world.
About the Candidate
The successful candidate will have significant post qualification experience, either in private practice or in-house and will have experience of commercial contracts as well as a knowledge of data protection, competition and general contract law.
This role requires someone that has strong technicalknowledge who can providecommercially focusedadvice.Excellent written and verbal communication skills and specifically in relation to drafting agreements and negotiations.
A team player and consensus builder, you should be able towork effectively with commercial colleagues of all levels in the organisation and be able to understand and provide pragmatic, incisive and clear advice on complex business issues.
What we offer
You will have an opportunity to grow your career in one of the leading UK pharmaceutical wholesale companies. You will join a friendly professional team dedicated to growing the business. We offer a competitive salary and an attractive bonus scheme.
Other benefits include
Employee assistance programme with legal and financial advisors as well as mental health counselling. Perks at Work with discounts in various retailers as Currys PC World, Samsung, John Lewis and more Access to Mental Health First Aiders Contributory Pension Scheme after 3-month service Cycle to Work Scheme Service Based Holidays Career Development and internal progression opportunities. Team members can take up to two paid Volunteer days per calendar year to carry out volunteer activities.
We offer Smart or Hybrid working, which allows you to balance your time between the home and office.
