Culture Amp - Global Procurement and Vendor Management Lead
Requirements
• A strong track record of leading negotiations for third party agreements and delivering measurable, evidenced savings. • Deep experience managing technology and SaaS categories, including software licensing, pricing, renewals and vendor negotiation tactics. • Strong financial and commercial judgement, with the ability to build and defend budgets, model options, reconcile spend to actuals and make recommendations to executive audiences. • Experience building vendor management or procurement frameworks from a low base and driving adoption across an organisation. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to frame decisions clearly and escalate with a recommendation. • The ability to build trusted partnerships with VPs and executives across different business functions. • Experience leading and developing a small specialist team. • Experience in a high growth technology or SaaS company with a distributed, multi jurisdiction footprint. • Practical experience using automation or AI tools to create operating leverage in a lean function. • Exposure to third party security and risk review processes. • Experience working with procurement advisory or benchmarking partners on major negotiations. • Familiarity with contract lifecycle management and spend management platforms. • Experience supporting workplace services, property portfolios or capital projects.
Responsibilities
• Own the global procurement and vendor management function across APAC, the US and EMEA, maintaining visibility of agreements, renewal dates, notice periods, owners and annual value. • Partner with Workplace, Finance, Legal, Security and Technology on supplier relationships, property commitments and capital projects, ensuring decisions are commercially sound and appropriately governed. • Set commercial strategy and lead negotiations for third party agreements, delivering measurable savings and protecting Culture Amp’s commercial position. • Rationalise the vendor portfolio by analysing usage, licensing and overlap, and recommend the right balance of consolidation, commitment, flexibility and investment. • Own third party technology spend budgeting and forecasting, reporting actuals, variance, savings opportunities and supplier performance to leadership. • Build and maintain the vendor management and procurement framework, including policy, approval thresholds, intake processes and commercial governance. • Use automation and AI enabled tools to improve spend analysis, renewal preparation and negotiation drafting, creating leverage in a lean function. • Lead, coach and develop a small specialist team while influencing stakeholders across the organisation through clear, decision ready advice.
Benefits
• At Culture Amp, our people are at the heart of our success. We offer competitive pay and a total rewards package designed to support you at work and in life. This includes: • Equity through our Employee Share Option Program, so you can share in our long-term success • Learning programs and coaching to help you thrive and grow • Quarterly refresh days, an extended end-of-year break and a monthly allowance to support your wellbeing and lifestyle • Inclusive parental leave from day one • A MacBook and budget to set up your home workspace, enabling flexibility • Five annual social impact days to to give back to causes that matter to you • Medical insurance coverage for you and your family (Available for US & UK only) • Our rewards are designed to support different needs and life stages, recognising that what matters most can vary from person to person. • Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds may hesitate to apply if they don’t meet every requirement, but your unique experience matters. If you’re interested in joining us, we strongly encourage you to apply and help us build a more diverse and impactful team. • Accommodations & Data Privacy • If you require reasonable accommodations or adjustments due to a disability to complete the online application or to participate in the interview process, please contact [email protected] and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly. • Culture Amp will retain your CV & personal information for a period of two years (four years for the US) from the date of your application process completion. Culture Amp may contact you in relation to future job opportunities during this time period. For further information please see our privacy policy here or contact [email protected].
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