Global Procurement and Vendor Management Lead

The role

You will own the global procurement and vendor management function across APAC, the US, and EMEA. You will manage the vendor portfolio, lead negotiations for material agreements, and build procurement policies and reporting.

What you will do

• Own the global procurement and vendor management function across APAC, the US and EMEA
• Partner with Workplace, Finance, Legal, Security and Technology on supplier relationships and capital projects
• Set commercial strategy and lead negotiations for third party agreements
• Rationalise the vendor portfolio by analysing usage, licensing and overlap
• Own third party technology spend budgeting and forecasting
• Build and maintain the vendor management and procurement framework
• Use automation and AI enabled tools to improve spend analysis and negotiation drafting
• Lead, coach and develop a small specialist team

Required qualifications

• Track record of leading negotiations for third party agreements and delivering measurable savings
• Deep experience managing technology and SaaS categories
• Strong financial and commercial judgement
• Experience building vendor management or procurement frameworks from a low base
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to build trusted partnerships with VPs and executives
• Experience leading and developing a small specialist team

Nice to have

• Experience in a high growth technology or SaaS company with a distributed, multi jurisdiction footprint
• Practical experience using automation or AI tools
• Exposure to third party security and risk review processes
• Experience working with procurement advisory or benchmarking partners on major negotiations
• Familiarity with contract lifecycle management and spend management platforms
• Experience supporting workplace services, property portfolios or capital projects

Benefits

• Equity through our Employee Share Option Program
• Learning programs and coaching
• Quarterly refresh days
• An extended end-of-year break
• A monthly allowance to support your wellbeing and lifestyle
• Inclusive parental leave from day one
• A MacBook and budget to set up your home workspace
• Five annual social impact days
• Medical insurance coverage for you and your family (Available for US & UK only)

About the company

Culture Amp is the world’s leading employee experience platform. It empowers companies to transform employee engagement, drive performance management, and develop high-performing teams.