Head of Procurement

The role

You will architect and lead the procurement function by designing scalable systems, policies, and governance. You will manage strategic sourcing, vendor negotiations, and financial spend governance to support business growth.

What you will do

• Develop and execute the long-term vision for Procurement including principles, policies, and KPIs
• Lead the design of purchasing and approval workflows
• Set category strategies for top spend areas and own savings targets
• Lead strategic negotiations
• Partner with Systems, IT, Accounting and Legal to improve procurement platform implementation
• Hire and lead future sourcing experts
• Partner with business leaders to implement sourcing priorities
• Manage multiple simultaneous initiatives from concept through execution
• Partner with Finance on budgeting and forecasting of third-party spend
• Own accountability for total addressable spend and savings targets

Required qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in procurement, sourcing, and / or finance operations roles
• 5+ years leading teams
• Experience building or scaling a procurement and/or sourcing function from the ground up
• Deep expertise in sourcing strategies, vendor negotiations, cost control, and supplier performance management
• Hands on familiarity with procure-to-pay systems like Zip, Coupa, Netsuite, Workday Financials
• Strong process design skills
• Ability to influence and work cross-functionally with Legal, Finance, Systems, and business leaders
• Experience operating in fast-paced environments

Nice to have

• Experience at both startups and scaled companies

Benefits

• Flexible paid time off
• Company-wide recharge days
• Paid parental leave up to 16 weeks
• Comprehensive health coverage
• Fertility and family-building benefits through Carrot, including a lifetime reimbursement allowance
• Mental health support and coaching through Modern Health
• Stipends to support professional development, wellness, and work from home needs
• Employer-sponsored retirement plan

About the company

Faire is a technology wholesale platform that uses tech, data, and machine learning to connect independent retailers with products from around the world. The company was founded in 2017 by a team of early product and engineering leads from Square.