Procurement Manager
About the role
Smarsh is seeking a Procurement Manager to lead and manage the procurement team, driving daily execution while helping translate strategic direction into action. This role will manage a team spanning vendor procurement, systems/vendor analysis, and strategic sourcing, and will own two related but distinct work streams: procurement process execution and vendor management, including a new vendor review process built in partnership with InfoSec and Legal.
Responsibilities
Directly manage and develop the procurement team, including workload distribution, coaching, and performance management
Translate the procurement strategy and direction set by leadership into concrete team priorities, processes, and daily execution
Evaluate and help define the next direction for procurement tooling — including a potential Jira-to-NetSuite integration, a NetSuite upgrade to natively support procurement, or the adoption of third-party procurement tooling.
Drive process documentation and continuous improvement across procurement workflows (e.g. PO fast-track procedures, vendor bill/PO best practices)
Serve as an escalation point for day-to-day procurement issues, removing blockers for the team
Report on team performance, procurement metrics, and process health to leadership
Own vendor management as a distinct function from procurement process execution, with dedicated ownership of vendor relationships, risk, and lifecycle
Build and formalize a vendor review process covering onboarding, ongoing risk assessment, and offboarding
Define and implement partnerships with InfoSec and Legal to establish multi-lane, requirements-based review paths depending on purchase type (e.g. software vs. services vs. hardware) and vendor status (new vs. existing/renewal)
Define escalation and review criteria that scale review rigor to risk (e.g. data access, spend threshold, contract type) rather than applying a single process to every vendor
Support Smarsh's broader move toward a more mature, enterprise-grade procurement process by ensuring vendor governance keeps pace with sourcing and tooling changes
Requirements
5+ years of experience in procurement, sourcing, or vendor management, with 2+ years in a people management role
Demonstrated experience building or maturing a vendor review/risk process, ideally in partnership with InfoSec and/or Legal
Strong ability to translate high-level strategic direction into team execution
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across Finance, IT, InfoSec, Legal, and vendor-facing functions
Experience leading or contributing to a procurement systems evaluation or migration (e.g. build vs. buy, tooling RFP)
Experience designing risk-tiered or multi-lane vendor review frameworks
Experience supporting compliance or audit needs tied to procurement (e.g. SOC 2, vendor risk)
Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Information Systems, or a related field
Experience: 5+ years of experience in procurement, sourcing, or vendor management, with 2+ years in a people management role
Skills: Strong ability to translate high-level strategic direction into team execution, excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across Finance, IT, InfoSec, Legal, and vendor-facing functions, experience leading or contributing to a procurement systems evaluation or migration (e.g. build vs. buy, tooling RFP), experience designing risk-tiered or multi-lane vendor review frameworks, experience supporting compliance or audit needs tied to procurement (e.g. SOC 2, vendor risk)
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, retirement savings plan, paid time off, and more.
Pay
$110,000 - $130,000 per year
Schedule
Full-time