Head of Procurement
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Head of Procurement designing scalable vendor systems and negotiations for Ashby, a talent acquisition software company. Building fast purchasing processes with intelligent risk escalation.
Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and administer Ashby’s procurement process from the ground up
- Create intelligent escalation pathways involving IT, Legal, Security, Finance, and Founder review
- Create a consolidated view of company-wide vendor spend
- Tune and administer the existing procurement tool
- Evaluate replacement procurement tools at renewal
- Lead negotiation and contract structuring for large and complex vendor relationships
- Equip business leaders with tools and guardrails to manage vendor relationships
- Partner with IT, Legal, Security, and Finance to design and monitor the escalation process
- Operate autonomously in shaping procurement at Ashby
Requirements:
- Significant experience, primarily in procurement or vendor management within a high-growth tech environment
- Experience designing and launching procurement processes as an early owner
- Systems-oriented approach to procurement process design
- Bias toward speed and simplicity
- Comfort with ambiguity and building playbooks independently
- Ability to negotiate favorable economics while preserving vendor relationships
- Strong opinions grounded in principled thinking
- Experience with indirect/tech spend, including software, cloud, and professional services
- Ability to work effectively as an individual contributor and team of one
- Ability to work in the United States
Benefits:
- Equity
- 10-year exercise window for stock options
- Unlimited PTO with four weeks recommended per year
- Twelve weeks of fully paid family leave in the US
- Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget
- $100/month education budget
- Conferences covered with manager approval
- Top-notch health insurance for employees and dependents in the US, with all premiums covered
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