Jobs · Purchasing

Head of Procurement

TRACTIAN · Chicago, IL · 3 days ago
RemoteRemotePurchasingFull-time

What You'll Do

  • Build the procurement function from scratch, process, policy, and tooling.
  • Partner with business stakeholders to understand what they truly need, then negotiate the most effective and efficient solution to meet it.
  • Own end-to-end sourcing across direct and indirect spend, from intake to negotiation to contract.
  • Negotiate hard and well, drive meaningful savings and better terms without slowing the business.
  • Stand up a vendor due-diligence and risk program fit for a company handling customer data and real supply chains.
  • Build a contracting process legal, finance, and stakeholders actually want to use.
  • Consolidate the vendor base; renegotiate or cut low-value relationships.
  • Choose and roll out procurement tooling that scales.
  • Partner with Engineering and Hardware on component sourcing and supply continuity as we scale production.

Requirements

  • 6+ years in procurement, strategic sourcing, or vendor management, including building or rebuilding a function hands-on.
  • Track record of standing up procurement processes that delivered measurable savings and reduced risk.
  • Demonstrated negotiation wins across multiple spend categories.
  • Experience managing the full contract lifecycle across a large, diverse vendor base.
  • Experience selecting and implementing procurement or vendor-management tooling.
  • High-growth startup or scaleup experience strongly preferred; exposure to hardware/direct supply chains (electronics, contract manufacturing, logistics) a big plus.
  • Excellent cross-functional communication, you partner well with Engineering, Ops, Legal, and Finance.
  • Strong network of professionals who gives you a sense of where market is.

Pay

Competitive Salary

Benefits

  • Premium Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
  • Paid Time Off (PTO): 15 Days
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Wellhub Membership - Access a wide range of gyms and training programs
  • Sports Incentive - Receive a monthly bonus when you regularly participate in physical activities
  • Long-Term Benefit - After four years of service, earn a fully funded trip anywhere in the world.

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