Procurement Specialist

Summary

Join ZipRecruiter as a Procurement Specialist and guide employees and vendors through the procurement process. You will analyze quotes, orders, and contracts, facilitate daily procurement, and manage vendor renewals. Building strong relationships with colleagues and vendors is key. You will streamline the process, ensuring effectiveness and a positive employee experience. This role requires strong analytical skills and experience in corporate procurement. The position offers a hybrid work environment and a competitive benefits package.

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with procurement in a corporate environment
• 1+ year of experience communicating professionally with vendors
• Prior experience designing, improving, and implementing processes
• Professional (working environment) experience with GSuite Workspace applications (Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Calendar)

Responsibilities

• Carefully review procurement requests from various ZipRecruiter teams and route them appropriately
• Proactively seek out additional information (set up meetings, calls, cross-team discussions) to determine procurement needs
• Develop a strong working relationship with the key partners in the procurement process (Legal, Compliance, Finance, Security, etc.)
• Recommend automation, features, improvements, or optimizations to the procurement process
• Advise and guide internal teams on the process to ensure that procurement feels accessible and approachable by all teams
• Handle primary communication with vendors, opening negotiation discussions, holding the line on ZipRecruiter’s standard terms, ensuring useful notes are kept after each vendor meeting, and driving the contract review and signing process to completion
• Improve upon and engage with the Vendor Management software system

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with procurement in a corporate environment
• Experience in a ticketing environment using Jira
• Working knowledge of NetSuite

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Exceptional benefits package
• Flexible Vacation & Paid Time Off
• Employer-matched 401(k) plan
• Hybrid work environment