Procurement Manager
Owns company-wide procurement, vendor relationships, negotiations, renewals, and purchasing processes as the first in-house buyer. Requires 5+ years of procurement or related experience, strong commercial judgment, and cross-functional stakeholder management.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own purchasing across software and IT, marketing and events, travel, employee onboarding, professional services, and other company-wide categories.
- Manage vendor relationships, sourcing, negotiations, contract management, renewals, and the full vendor lifecycle.
- Guide stakeholders through purchasing decisions, align teams on sourcing strategy, and maintain disciplined purchasing processes.
- Drive savings and improved commercial terms by consolidating redundant tools, reclaiming unused licenses, and comparing market options.
- Track contract details, renewals, spend visibility, and vendor portfolio information accurately.
- Coordinate vendor security and data privacy reviews, including SOC 2 and DPAs, with Security and Legal.
- Partner with Legal and Security on indemnification, liability caps, insurance, and other contract risk terms.
- Build procurement processes from the ground up, including intake and purchase-order workflows, contract and renewal tracking, spend visibility, and lightweight procurement tooling.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, vendor management, or commercial negotiations.
- Experience in-house at a high-growth technology or software company preferred.
- Proven ability to independently own vendor negotiations, contract management, and renewal tracking across multiple functions and spend categories.
- Experience with software/SaaS, marketing and events, travel, and professional services procurement.
- Track record of competitively evaluating vendors and negotiating favorable pricing and terms.
- Ability to influence stakeholders, push back when needed, and partner cross-functionally.
- Experience building procurement processes from the ground up in partnership with Finance and Legal.
- Experience coordinating vendor security and data privacy reviews, including SOC 2 and DPAs.
- Excellent executive-level written communication, presentation, and relationship-management skills.
Compensation and Benefits
- Compensation in cash and equity.
- Early exercise for all options, including pre-vested options.
- Flexible paid time off and year-end break.
- Health, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents in the US and Canada.
- 4% 401(k)/RRSP matching for employees in the US and Canada.
- MacBook Pro delivered to your door.
- One-time home-office setup stipend.
- Monthly meal and social meet-up stipends.
- Annual health, wellness, and learning stipends.
Skills
Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Commercial Negotiation, Contract Management, Renewal Tracking, Saas Procurement, Spend Management, Purchase Orders, SOC 2, Data Privacy, Dpas, Vendor Risk, Indemnification, Liability Caps
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