Legal Operations & Contracts Administrator (Food/Beverage Mfg.)

Baldwin Richardson Foods • Macedon, NY

7d • Remote

About The Position

Baldwin Richardson Foods is focused on enriching the flavor of life. As a full-service liquid products supplier and strategic partner to the food and beverage industry, Baldwin Richardson Foods combines its formulation expertise and unique packaging options with robust processing capabilities to produce high-quality sauces, toppings, syrups, fillings, and shelf-stable beverages for the world's most iconic Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs), Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) brands, and food service companies. Its state-of-the-art Innovation & Culinary Center transforms trends and culinary inspiration into legendary products through an award-winning commercialization process. The company also manufactures and markets Mrs. Richardson's dessert sauces and Nance's mustards/condiments in addition to producing finished goods for the private label sector. BRF maintains its headquarters and a manufacturing facility in Macedon, New York; with a Culinary Innovation Center in Westmont, Illinois; and offices and manufacturing facilities in Williamson, New York; Pennsauken, New Jersey; and Corona, California. This role is remote.

The Legal Operations & Contract Administrator role is critical to scaling our in-house legal capabilities, driving operational efficiency, and reducing risk across commercial agreements. The Legal Operations & Contract Administrator will also serve as a strategic bridge between Legal, Sales, Finance, Procurement, and external partners to ensure efficient, standardized, and risk-managed legal matter management and contract processes. This role requires being detail-oriented, process-driven, and comfortable leveraging legal technology (including tools such as PowerBI, CounselLink, IronClad and DocuSign) to enhance speed, visibility, and compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Paralegal Studies, Legal Studies, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Three (3+) years of experience in contract administration, legal operations, paralegal, or related roles contracting/governance functions.
• Strong understanding of contract fundamentals, including liability, indemnity, confidentiality, and risk allocation (law degree not required).
• Demonstrated experience managing end‑to‑end contract lifecycles, including drafting, redlining, routing, document repositories and record keeping.
• Proven ability to partner cross-functionally with departments such as Sales, Procurement, Finance, Operations, and Legal.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full contract lifecycle of a variety of commercial agreements from intake and drafting through negotiation, execution, renewals, amendments, and archiving.
• Maintain a centralized contract repository and ensure accurate documentation and version control.
• Monitor key contract dates including renewals, expirations, and compliance obligations.
• Support negotiations with customers, vendors, and partners to align contractual terms with established contract standards, risk tolerance, and business objectives.
• Identify and escalate complex legal or risk issues to internal counsel as appropriate.
• Help develop and maintain standardized contract templates and clause libraries.
• Establish and improve intake, approval, and signature workflows to streamline turnaround times.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to improve legal matter management and contracting processes, as well as ensure adherence to internal policies.
• Administer and optimize matter management and CLM systems and related tools.
• Utilize e-signature platforms (e.g., DocuSign) to manage execution processes.
• Track and report on key performance indicators (KPIs), including cycle times, renewal rates, and contract compliance metrics.
• Ensure proper data governance and security standards for all legal documentation.
• Ensure contracts align with company policies, regulatory requirements, and industry standards.
• Support risk identification and mitigation efforts within commercial agreements (e.g., liability, indemnification, insurance provisions).
• Partner with the broader Legal, Risk & Compliance team to strengthen governance frameworks and internal controls.

Benefits

• You’ll also receive a comprehensive benefits package including a low premium and out of pocket cost medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k with company match, generous sick and vacation time, 9 paid holidays, birthday and floating holidays, volunteer time and more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees