Job Details:Job Level: 7
Schedule: This position is required to be on-site 5 days a week in our South Jordan, UT location.
What does a Lead Contracts Administrator do at Swire Coca-Cola?The Lead Contracts Administrator is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of commercial agreements across the enterprise. A successful Lead Contracts Administrator combines technical contract expertise, operational discipline, and cross-functional partnership to ensure contracts are drafted, negotiated, executed, and administered in alignment with enterprise risk standards, compliance obligations, and commercial objectives.
Responsibilities:- Contract Lifecycle Management
- Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including strategic partnership agreements, customer agreements, supplier contracts, distribution agreements, NDAs, exclusivity agreements, and amendments.
- Manage contract intake, triage, prioritization, and workflow coordination with business stakeholders.
- Develop and manage templates and ensure alignment with risk matrices, delegation of authority, and enterprise policies.
- Oversee execution workflows and maintain accurate contract records within the CLM system.
- Risk Management and Compliance
- Identify and assess legal, financial, and operational risks within contractual arrangements.
- Escalate material deviations in accordance with Legal Department guidelines.
- Ensure alignment with corporate compliance frameworks, including the published policies, data privacy requirements, strategic partnership requirements, and applicable regulatory standards.
- Support internal audit requests and manage contract-related compliance inquiries.
- Process and Systems Leadership
- Serve as functional lead and power user for the Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) platform.
- Maintain standard templates, clause libraries, negotiation playbooks, and fallback positions.
- Track contract metrics including cycle time, deviation rates, renewal deadlines, and bottlenecks.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and risk controls.
- Cross-Functional Partnership
- Act as liaison between Legal and other enterprise teams regarding contract strategy and execution.
- Provide guidance on contract interpretation and post-execution obligations.
- Deliver enterprise-wide training on contract processes, risk awareness, and compliance expectations.
- Mentor junior contract administrators or support staff, as applicable.
Requirements:- Bachelor's Degree Bachelor’s degree required
- PhD Juris Doctorate (JD) preferred preferred
- 12+ years Progressive experience in contract administration within a corporate legal department or commercial enterprise, including procurement. required
- Experience supporting high-volume commercial contracting operations. required
- Demonstrated expertise and ownership of an enterprise CLM, such as Ironclad, GEP, LinkSquares, or comparable platforms. required
- Advanced understanding of contract structure and commercial risk allocation.
Come and join our Sparkling team! Due to the nature of our work and to help maintain a safe workplace for our employees and customers, after a candidate receives a conditional offer of employment, they will be required to complete pre-employment screening. This includes a criminal background check, drug screening, and for certain roles, a motor vehicle record review.
Screening results are evaluated based on several factors, including the nature and severity of an offense, how much time has passed, the relevance to the position, patterns of repeated offenses, and driving history for roles that require operating a vehicle.
All results are reviewed fairly and in accordance with applicable state and federal laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
