Procurement Operations Manager

Role Overview

As a Procurement Operations Manager, you’ll drive operational excellence across procurement processes and vendor relationships within a growing finance and procurement organization. You’ll partner with cross-functional teams (Finance, Legal, IT, HR, and business leaders) to improve efficiency, compliance, and scalability using data-driven decisions and process management.

Responsibilities

• Own procurement processes and category operations for accurate, efficient, and compliant purchasing.
• Manage category spend across General & Administrative, product, and engineering functions.
• Serve as a key contact for vendor-related decisions.
• Oversee the full vendor lifecycle: intake, evaluation, contract review, renewals, and ongoing vendor management.
• Review and validate invoices, resolve discrepancies, and manage exceptions to support timely payments.
• Administer corporate purchasing card programs (policy compliance, reconciliation, and employee support).
• Lead vendor management activities and support contract execution aligned to procurement standards and business objectives.
• Manage purchase order workflows, procurement documentation, and procure-to-pay processes.
• Collaborate with Finance, Legal, IT, HR, and Facilities to align procurement with organizational priorities.
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency, compliance, and scalability.
• Support reporting, operational tracking, and procurement technology improvements.

Requirements

• 4–7 years of experience in procurement operations, procurement support, or a related field.
• Proven experience managing vendor relationships and contract lifecycle activities (intake, review, negotiation support, renewals).
• Strong understanding of procure-to-pay, including purchase order management and three-way matching / invoice validation.
• Experience administering purchasing card programs with spend compliance.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in financial and operational processes.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel (reporting tools a plus).
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Strong communication skills for vendor and internal stakeholder management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with procurement/business tools such as Zip, Tropic, NetSuite, and DocuSign (or similar).
• Experience in SaaS/technology environments.
• Ability to leverage AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot) to improve workflows and deliver measurable outcomes.