Senior Manager - Procurement

The role

You will optimize SaaS procurement for strategic accounts. You will develop strategic sourcing plans, negotiate with SaaS vendors, and oversee supplier relationships.

What you will do

• Be accountable for service delivery into a portfolio of strategic accounts.
• Support strategic private-equity relationships and contribute to the sales pipeline.
• Work with C suite and senior stakeholders to understand requirements and technology strategy.
• Manage key SaaS Partner relationships for largest spend areas.
• Implement Enterprise sourcing strategies.
• Mentor junior members of the team.

Required qualifications

• Clear, confident and compelling communicator in writing, conversation and in front of C-suite stakeholders.
• Ability to provide strategic insight to customers and move insight into action for large organisations.
• Real negotiation expertise with in-depth knowledge of levers and strategies for enterprise SaaS vendors.
• Creative thinker that challenges customers and suppliers.
• Expert in driving the delivery of commercial change and managing stakeholder expectations.
• Substantial years of commercial experience in an indirect procurement, strategic sourcing, or procurement consulting.

Nice to have

• Category experience in technology (including IT/SaaS)

Benefits

• Equity options

Before you apply

• You must be legally able to work in the specified region of the job.
• No agencies please.

About the company

Vertice is an AI procurement platform that helps finance and procurement teams buy smarter and save money. The company is backed by $100M+ from investors including Bessemer Venture Partners.