Position Details

Salary $113K – $133K USD / year

Type Full-Time

Experience senior

Exp. Years 4 – 7 years

Education Not specified

Category Supply Chain & Procurement

About this role

This role supports procurement at Vanta by guiding purchasing decisions and leading vendor engagements from early discussions through signed contracts. You will manage end-to-end procure-to-pay operations at scale, using data to drive fair pricing and improving processes for speed and consistency.

Key Responsibilities

Guide purchasing decisions and lead negotiations
Lead vendor engagements through signed contracts
Own and improve end-to-end procure-to-pay process
Manage vendor relationships, renewals, and performance tracking
Support spend across software, marketing, real estate, and professional services

Technical Overview

You will operate procurement systems and tools such as Zip, Ramp, and Navan (or similar platforms) to manage spend and vendor relationships. The role focuses on procurement operations fundamentals like procure-to-pay, third-party risk, vendor lifecycle management, and scalable process design.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior procurement professional with 4–7 years of procurement or procurement operations experience, ideally at a software or B2B technology company. They have strong vendor contract negotiation skills with legal considerations, a solid grasp of third-party risk and vendor lifecycle management, and can run an end-to-end procure-to-pay process while improving scalable procurement workflows.

Must-Have Skills

4 – 7 years of experience in procurement or procurement operationsStrong experience negotiating vendor contractsincluding both commercial terms and legal considerationsExperience building and improving processes in fast-growing companiesSolid understanding of third-party riskvendor lifecycle managementand procure-to-pay processes

Nice-to-Have Skills

Open to using AI to amplify their skills and strengthen their work

Tools & Platforms

ZipRampNavan

Required Skills

procurementprocurement operationsvendor contract negotiationprocure-to-pay processthird-party riskvendor lifecycle managementprocess improvementspend managementvendor engagementscontract renewals

Hard Skills

procurementprocurement operationsvendor negotiationsvendor contract negotiationlegal considerations in vendor contractsprocure-to-pay processvendor lifecycle managementthird-party riskvendor engagement managementcontract managementrenewals managementperformance trackingspend managementprocess buildingprocess improvementdata analysis using data and past dealsexpense and procurement tools usage

Soft Skills

partnering with internal teamsstakeholder managementcollaborationprocess design thinkingjudgmentcuriosityadaptabilitycomfortable working in fast-paced environmentssolving complex problems

Industry & Role

Industry SaaS

Job Function Senior procurement analysis and scalable vendor contract management

Role Subtype Procurement Specialist

Keywords for Your Resume

Senior Procurement Analystprocurement operationsprocure-to-pay processvendor engagementssigned contractsvendor relationshipsfair pricingvendor lifecycle managementthird-party riskcontract renewalsperformance trackingspend across softwarespend across marketingspend across real estatespend across professional servicesprocesses in fast-growing companiesdata and past dealsvendor contract negotiationcommercial termslegal considerationsZipRampNavanprocurementvendor contractsend-to-end procure-to-pay

Deal Breakers

Must have 4+ years of procurement or procurement operations experience, Must have strong experience negotiating vendor contracts including commercial terms and legal considerations, Must understand third-party risk, vendor lifecycle management, and procure-to-pay processes

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