Legal Operations Manager

Myers Industries, Inc. (NYSE: MYE) is a leading manufacturer of a wide range of polymer products for industrial, agricultural, automotive, commercial and consumer markets. We are also the largest distributor of tools, equipment and supplies for the tire, wheel, and under‑vehicle service industry in the United States. Myers Industries was started in 1933, by Meyer and Louis Myers, as a tire supply storefront in Akron, Ohio.

In 1946, the Company began manufacturing plastic and rubber products related to the tire industry for distribution. In 1963, Myers Industries, Inc. was established and grew into a diversified plastics manufacturer and tire repair supply distributor. Since then, Myers Industries has expanded to become a leading polymer manufacturer of material handling containers and distributor of tire repair and retread products for both domestic and international markets.

As Legal Operations Manager, this role will report to the Corporate Counsel and work closely with the Law Department Team to support legal, compliance, and corporate governance activities while owning the day‑to‑day legal operations. This role will assist in the development of departmental priorities and lead the execution of key operational, financial, and technology initiatives for the Law Department. The ideal candidate will possess excellent interpersonal skills, strong judgment, and an ability to design and implement best‑in‑class legal processes, tools and workflows.

This position will interface with professionals in other business units and will work cross‑functionally, particularly with professionals in Finance, HR, and IT.

• Own end‑to‑end management of legal vendors, including legal tech providers, and consultants.
• Lead RFP processes and negotiate fee arrangements to ensure we are getting maximum value.
• Implement KPI’s and scorecards to evaluate vendor quality and adherence to billing guidelines.
• Manage and optimize outside counsel and legal vendor relationships, including onboarding, fee arrangements, matter budgets, performance tracking, and spend controls. Develop best‑in‑class systems, policies and processes required for maximum efficiency and consistency.

• Manage the legal department budget, tracking spend against forecasts and identifying cost‑saving opportunities.
• Oversee the e‑billing system, ensuring all invoices are audited, coded correctly and paid on time.
• Manage department invoices and e‑billing system.

• Administer and optimize our legal technology (CLMs, matter management, e‑signatures, etc.).
• Identify bottlenecks in legal requests and build workflows to speed up contract approvals and internal advice.

• Maintain the “single source of truth” for legal contacts, databases, templates, playbooks, and training materials.
• Create monthly or quarterly dashboards for executive leadership detailing legal spend, contract volume, and risk metrics.
• Support drafting and revising of commercial contracts, including but not limited to procurement, customer/sales agreements, and NDAs.
• Administer contract management system, including uploading and organizing signed contracts, managing contract signature processes, calendaring compliance related tasks and identifying contract management process improvements.
• Support creation of contract and other templates.
• Manage service of process and subpoena requests. Provide support for claims and litigation.
• Assist with preparation of litigation reports and liaise with insurance representatives.

• Assist in developing and implementing compliance programs required to meet current and future legal requirements for the Company’s operations, both domestically and internationally.
• Manage the Compliance calendar and facilitation of Annual Compliance program.
• Manage the formation, maintenance, dissolution, acquisition, and disposition of companies, including drafting documents based on existing templates, preparing, and maintaining charter documents and foreign qualifications, business registrations and powers of…