Procurement Director - Vertice : Job Details

Vertice is a rapidly expanding technology company on a mission to help businesses manage their growing spend on SaaS and cloud. Businesses are turning to Vertice to gain visibility and savings on their SaaS stack and cloud spend, taking advantage of pricing insights, trend data, smart dashboards and expert negotiators.Founded by serial entrepreneurs, Roy and Eldar Tuvey, with a successful history of building SaaS startups, Vertice has already become one of the fastest growing vendors in the market. Following a remarkable 7x ARR growth in 2023, Vertice has raised a total of $51 million to date. The Series B funding round, announced in January 2024, aims to fuel global expansion and drive product innovation.We're well positioned to achieve our mission but we need the right people to ensure it happens. We're looking to scale quickly but responsibly as we embark on an exciting new stage of growth. Headquartered in London, you'll be joining a global company and working across talented cross-functional teams to drive innovation and make a significant impact.The Role We're hiring a Procurement Director to help our customers transform their SaaS procurement process. You will be the regional leader for Vertice's procurement service in North America: coaching and mentoring a high performing team that negotiates SaaS contracts on behalf of our customers to drive cost efficiencies.Team Leadership : coach and mentor the Procurement team to deliver high quality service for customers, ultimately optimizing savings on SaaS renewals.Procurement Expertise : you're credible in front of senior Procurement and Finance leaders, and you're willing to impart your knowledge to your team through playbooks and training.Customer Centricity : you love customers and want to contribute to our north star of customer retention. This may involve getting into the details: you might negotiate contracts or meet customers as an executive contact.Cross-Functional Collaboration : you'll play a key leadership role in North America, collaborating with Sales and CS teams in the region.Global Delivery : collaborate with Procurement leaders in other Vertice offices (UK, Australia) on the Procurement vision and strategy, driving consistency worldwide.Requirements We'll consider candidates based across the US, but ideally you'd be between Eastern to Central time.You have a professional background in Strategic Sourcing, Project Management, Procurement, Vendor Management, or a related discipline in Consulting.Strong understanding of the SaaS business model and knowledge of the ecosystem.Passionate about the value of great customer service.You are a clear, confident and compelling communicator — in writing, in conversation and in front of customers (especially C suite).You are an expert project manager who can manage stakeholder expectations, and ensure all key objectives and timelines are met.You have a strong bias to action and understand that in a high volume environment done is better than perfect.Why join Vertice? Be a part of a fast-growing, innovative startup that is changing the way businesses buy and sell SaaS.Work with passionate and talented teams that value your contributions and expertise.Be part of a culture that promotes a growth mindset, transparency, collaboration, understanding and diversity.Share in our success with equity options.Final things to note If you aren't sure this job applies to you, feel free to send your CV to [email protected] , and we'll be happy to take a look and see if you could be a good fit anywhere else in our business!#J-18808-Ljbffr