Vertice

Vertice

Principal Procurement Manager

United States · Principal

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 5 days ago
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About the role

  • Spend on technology is one of the biggest items in an enterprise CFO's budget, second only to headcount.
  • Traditional procurement is one of the most frustrating, friction-filled bottlenecks in modern businesses.
  • A single purchase routinely stalls for months, drowning in endless email threads and dragging in teams from Finance, Legal, Security, and IT.

Responsibilities

  • Partner Management: Manage key SaaS Partner relationships for our largest spend areas.
  • Sourcing Strategy: Implement Enterprise sourcing strategies, balancing innovation and best practice.
  • Team Development: Mentor junior members of the team to drive outcomes and foster team culture.
  • Manage key SaaS Partner relationships for our largest spend areas.
  • Implement Enterprise sourcing strategies, balancing innovation and best practice.
  • Mentor junior members of the team to drive outcomes and foster team culture.

Requirements

  • You are a clear, confident and compelling communicator - in writing, in conversation and in front of C-suite stakeholders.
  • You have experience of moving this insight into action and delivering commercial value for large organisations.
  • You will bring real negotiation expertise to the role, with an in-depth knowledge of the available levers to pull and strategies to employ to get the best result across the full range of enterprise SaaS vendors.
  • You will bring substantial years of commercial experience in an indirect procurement, strategic sourcing, or procurement consulting experience.
  • Work with passionate and talented teams that value your contributions and expertise.
  • Vertice is an equal opportunities employer, although you must be legally able to work in the specified region of the job.

Nice to have

  • Category experience in technology (including IT/SaaS) is highly preferred.

Company info

  • You'll work with our most strategic customers, some of the fastest growing and best known companies in the world, negotiating SaaS deals on their behalf.
  • Strategic Client Management: You'll work with our most strategic customers, some of the fastest growing and best known companies in the world, negotiating SaaS deals on their behalf.
  • 20% savings consistently delivered to our customers.

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