[Hiring] Procurement Lead @Nooks

Role Description

Great opportunity to be the first full-time procurement hire, and put your stamp on the procurement process beginning to end. Reporting into the VP Finance, you will own the design, build, operation, and strategic execution of Nooks’ end-to-end procurement process, including:

• Owning vendor negotiations
• Planning renewals
• Benchmarking pricing
• Partnering with budget owners and other leaders across the org

This is a high-visibility, high-ownership role with a clear process optimization and savings mandate, with real influence over our vendor stack and company-wide spend portfolio.

Core Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of the procurement process: intake and request flow, managing stakeholders and requests, setting approval thresholds, vendor onboardings, and leveraging Legal, IT, Compliance, and Finance teams to ensure appropriate flow.
• Lead vendor management, and own the renewal calendar. Surface renewals ahead of time, assess usage and alternatives, and look for opportunities for redundancy, bloat, savings, or optimization.
• Partner with budget owners to help negotiate new and renewing contracts and tools across SaaS, AI and infrastructure, and data products. Benchmark pricing, structure multi-year and usage-based terms, and create forecasts to drive accurate up-front deal structure.
• Make the procurement process clean, visible, and understandable to facilitate easy, streamlined reviews to relieve the process bottleneck. Define when to bring in Legal, Compliance, IT, Finance, and the Executive teams, and oversee the proper functioning of the whole flow.
• Build spend visibility and maintain a vendor expense forecast. Work with the Finance and Accounting teams to categorize vendor spend, track realized savings against plan, and report clearly to Finance, Company Leadership, and budget owners.
• Evaluate existing procurement tools, and leverage AI to build a procurement stack that serves Nooks’ needs.
• Be the main knowledge base on vendor relationships, usage, performance, and ROI.

Qualifications

• 4-7+ years in procurement, strategic sourcing, or vendor management, with direct ownership in a high-growth tech or SaaS environment.
• Strong track record leading complex commercial negotiations across SaaS and services contracts, examples upon request.
• You can build a process, not just run one. Experience building and optimizing procurement policies, processes, and tools, including automation.
• Experience reading and interpreting commercial contracts and order forms.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence budget owners and department leaders without direct authority.
• Experience working with AI tools in a Finance or Operations function.
• Familiarity with procurement and spend management platforms.
• Strong analytical skills and an expert in Excel, model-building and forecasting.
• As this is a Remote role, ability to operate independently.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Nooks is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce. We believe in providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Nooks does not discriminate in hiring, promotion, compensation, or any other employment practices, and we are committed to ensuring a workplace that is free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. We encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply and join our team.