The Role:As a Principal Procurement Manager, you'll be a senior member in the team, playing a pivotal role in optimising SaaS procurement for our most strategic accounts. You'll partner closely to develop strategic sourcing plans, navigate negotiations with key SaaS vendors, and oversee supplier relationships throughout their lifecycle.
Your proven track record in saving costs and driving commercial change will be instrumental in maximising value for our customers. This is a key role, with responsibility for delivering great outcomes to our customers through the delivery of commercial strategies and negotiating SaaS purchases and renewals with their vendors.
Responsibilities- You'll be accountable for Vertice's service delivery into a portfolio of strategic accounts.
- You'll support some of Vertice's most strategic private-equity relationships, contributing to our sales pipeline through exceptional customer delivery.
- Work with C suite, and senior stakeholders to gain a deep understanding of their requirements, purchase objectives and technology strategy.
- Manage key SaaS Partner relationships for our largest spend areas
- Implement Enterprise sourcing strategies, balancing innovation and best practice
- Mentoring junior members of the team to drive outcomes and team culture.
Requirements- You are a clear, confident and compelling communicator - in writing, in conversation and in front of C-suite stakeholders
- You're able to provide strategic insight to customers, understanding their challenges, pain points and opportunities. 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'll be a creative thinker that challenges customers and suppliers to help reach desired outcomes.
You are an expert in driving the delivery of commercial change at organisations, who can manage stakeholder expectations, provide constructive challenge and ensure all key objectives and timelines are met. - You will bring substantial years of commercial experience in an indirect procurement, strategic sourcing, or procurement consulting experience.
- Category experience in technology (including IT/SaaS) is highly preferred.
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.
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Final things to noteWe like to deal directly with our candidates so no agencies please!
If you aren't sure this job applies to you, feel free to send your CV to [redacted], and we'll be happy to take a look and see if you could be a good fit anywhere else in our business!
