smarsh - Procurement Manager

• 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 • Experience driving process improvement and documentation in a procurement or operations function • 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) is preferred. • Background in IT/technology vendor procurement specifically is preferred. • Experience designing risk-tiered or multi-lane vendor review frameworks is preferred. • Experience supporting compliance or audit needs tied to procurement (e.g. SOC 2, vendor risk)is preferred.