Unifi Inc

Legal Operations Manager

Unifi Inc • $90K — $130K *
Atlanta, GA 30349In-Person
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
More than 3 months ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Demonstrated operational expertise with a passion for continuous improvement.
  • Tech-savvy leader experienced in administering legal technology tools like Legal Tracker and DocuSign CLM.
  • Proven background in optimizing legal department processes, financial operations, and risk management.
  • Ability to lead in a collaborative, fast-paced, multinational setting.
  • Experience in contract, vendor, and e-discovery management with a focus on compliance.
  • Prior exposure to strategic planning and team leadership in legal or risk functions.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute operational strategies for legal, risk, and financial functions.
  • Facilitate quarterly legal and risk meetings and drive team goal-setting and performance reviews.
  • Administer and optimize legal technology systems, including workflow management and reporting.
  • Collaborate with in-house counsel to manage contract review processes and turnaround metrics.
  • Oversee financial reporting, budget tracking, audit preparation, and expense allocation.
  • Coordinate cross-functional integration for newly acquired or merged entities.

Benefits

  • Inclusive workplace as an Equal Opportunity Employer ensuring compliance with federal rights.
Full Job Description
The Legal Operations Manager will lead and optimize the legal department's operational, financial, and technology initiatives for a dynamic, multinational organization. In this influential role, you'll drive operational excellence, champion innovative solutions, and ensure our legal function is a strategic partner to the business. This is a great opportunity for a process-driven, tech-savvy leader who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. A law degree is not required-what matters most is your operational expertise and passion for continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities
  • Strategic Planning & Leadership
    • Develop and execute operational strategies for the legal and risk teams, including setting goals, tracking progress, and driving departmental initiatives.
    • Facilitate quarterly legal and risk meetings and support team goal-setting and performance reviews.
    • Establish and maintain a legal department playbook and best practices documentation
  • Legal Technology & Systems Administration
    • Serve as administrator for Legal Tracker and DocuSign CLM, including workflow optimization, reporting, and user management.
    • Oversee the integration of legal technology tools, evaluate new AI solutions for contract lifecycle management, and ensure seamless adoption across entities.
    • Collaborate with in-house counsel to manage contract review turnaround time (TAT) metrics and implement improvements.
  • Contract & Vendor Management
    • Collaborate with and support in-house counsel in overseeing the contract review processes and ensuring timely and accurate handling by the contracts team.
    • Track and report on customer contracts, especially in union locations, and maintain a customer contracts dashboard.
    • Build and support an e-Discovery team and ensure compliance with outside counsel (OC) guidelines, including acknowledgement tracking and guideline revisions.
    • Track and reduce outside counsel spend, conduct invoice pre-approval audits, and manage billing and invoice inquiries.
  • Financial Operations & Reporting
    • Analyze and track the legal department's financial performance, including spend vs. budget, and allocate expenses across multiple entities.
    • Prepare and distribute monthly legal exposure and outstanding invoice reports to relevant teams.
    • Manage annual financial audit requests and coordinate responses with auditors and AP teams.
    • Schedule and lead recurring meetings to review financial tracking and budget performance.
  • Cross-Functional & Entity Integration
    • Collaborate with in-house counsel to manage legal and risk function integration for newly acquired or merged entities.
    • Ensure all relevant teams have access to necessary shared resources and accounts (e.g., contracts, email, research tools).
  • Team Leadership & Team
    • Identify pain points in legal processes, collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop solutions, and implement process improvements.
    • Oversee onboarding for new legal department employees and manage performance evaluations for team members.
    • Monitor shared legal inboxes, triage inquiries, and ensure prompt response and resolution.
  • Governance & Compliance
    • Confirm updates to Board of Directors (BOD) materials and ensure timely distribution of reports and presentations.
    • Respond to auditor requests and ensure compliance with financial and legal audit requirements.


Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

About Unifi Inc

Unifi, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells synthetic and recycled products made from polyester and nylon in the United States, Brazil, China, and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Polyester, Nylon, and International. The Polyester segment offers polymer beads, partially oriented, textured, solution and package dyed, twisted, beamed, and draw wound yarns for use primarily in the manufacture of apparel, home furnishings, automotive, industrial, and other end-use products. The Nylon segment provides textured, solution dyed, and spandex covered yarns to knitters and weavers that produce fabric for the apparel and hosiery markets. The International segment offers textured polyester, and various types of resale yarns and staple fiber. The company sells its products through sales force, independent sales agents, and distributors under the REPREVE, Sorbtek, Reflexx, aio, Intrinsic, and Augusta brands.
Learn more about Unifi Inc
Size
2,880 employees
Market Cap
$140 million
Industry
Retail & Consumer Goods
Net Income
-$50.4 million
Founded
1969
5 Year Trend
+4.7%
Revenue
$561.3 million
NASDAQ
UFI
* Ladders Estimates

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