Procurement Manager

Airtable is the no-code app platform that empowers people closest to the work to accelerate their most critical business processes. More than 500,000 organizations, including 80% of the Fortune 100, rely on Airtable to transform how work gets done.

Job description:

Airtable is seeking a Procurement Manager with primary focus on Procurement Operations. In this role, you'll handle day-to-day operations as well as collaborate on driving optimizations, automation, training and compliance. You will flex into Sourcing by helping influence tail spend across both corporate and technology categories. Your goal will be to minimize risk, maximize value and drive speed to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. The ideal candidate will be adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams such as business, systems, legal, IT and finance. This position reports directly to the Head of Procurement.

What you'll do

• Day-to-day operations: Creating and onboarding new vendors and coordinating with business, finance and cross-functional (legal, security, IT) teams on urgent request approvals


• Contract Redlining: Redline SOW and Order forms for commercial terms and collaborate with legal on non-commercial terms


• Process Optimization: Develop fast-buy processes - P-card program, catalogs for repetitive and small purchases


• Automation: Partner with financial systems and legal teams to optimize procurement and contracting process using AI and bots


• Tail Spend Sourcing: Responsible for Tail spend approvals (<$100K deals for Corporate and Technology deals)


• Training: Provide procurement best practices and systems training to vendors and requesters within the company and drive stakeholder adoption


• Reporting & Compliance: Drive reporting of after-the-fact metrics and ensure compliance with procurement guidelines


• Policy: Develop procurement policies, aligning processes with regulatory requirements and help drive compliance

Who you are

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience


• 6+ years of Procurement Operations and Sourcing experience. Experience in high-growth enterprise SaaS or technology public companies is highly desirable


• Demonstrated success in collaborating with legal, security, accounts payable, finance and IT teams to ensure smooth and effective operations


• Skilled in navigating ambiguity, especially in an early-stage procurement environment.


• Excellent organizational abilities, attention to detail, and strong written and oral communication skills. Ability to prioritize tasks, solve problems and take initiative


• Expertise in negotiating commercial terms and redlining vendor contracts for both technology and corporate categories and influencing tail spend


• Experience using procurement intake and financial/ERP systems, e-signature and contract lifecycle management tools

Airtable is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and strive to create a workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any characteristic protected by applicable federal and state laws, regulations and ordinances. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant .

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Compensation awarded to successful candidates will vary based on their work location, relevant skills, and experience.

Our total compensation package also includes the opportunity to receive benefits, restricted stock units, and may include incentive compensation. To learn more about our comprehensive benefit offerings, please check out Life at Airtable .

For work locations in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, New York City, and Los Angeles, the base salary range for this role is:

$130,000—$160,700 USD

For all other work locations (including remote), the base salary range for this role is:

$117,400—$145,200 USD

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