Procurement Lead
Role Overview
Partner company's Procurement Lead role based in the United Arab Emirates.
Leads procurement and FinOps, vendor management, cloud and SaaS cost optimization, and function development.
The description specifies a fully remote, globally distributed working environment.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Partner company's Procurement Lead role based in the United Arab Emirates.
Leads procurement and FinOps, vendor management, cloud and SaaS cost optimization, and function development.
The description specifies a fully remote, globally distributed working environment.
Accountabilities
- Own strategic cloud and SaaS vendor relationships and lead contract negotiations and renewals with Finance and Legal.
- Establish procurement governance, bidding, approval thresholds, benchmarking, and managed-procurement coordination.
- Define the Procurement and FinOps operating model, roadmap, processes, and standards.
- Manage direct reports, team delivery, development, performance, project tracking, and stakeholder communication.
- Analyze expenditure, usage, and licensing; drive renewals, right-sizing, consolidation, and measurable savings.
- Build vendor and SaaS cost dashboards and reporting systems; define spending policies and cost controls.
- Coordinate cloud cost optimization with Engineering and track opportunities through realized savings.
Requirements
- At least 8 years in procurement, vendor or commercial management, FinOps, or technical and financial analysis, including senior-level ownership.
- Experience with strategic vendor management, commercial negotiations, and renewals.
- Knowledge of procurement governance, bidding, benchmarking, approvals, and managed-procurement partnerships.
- Hands-on dashboard and reporting experience using SQL, BI tools, or similar technologies.
- Ability to analyze AWS and GCP cloud costs, SaaS billing, licensing, and usage data.
- Strong financial analysis, communication, stakeholder management, strategic judgment, and influence.
- Experience in remote-first or globally distributed organizations; able to build functions and processes from the ground up.
- Demonstrated people management, team development, and performance management.
Benefits
- Remote work with a WeWork membership or coworking allowance, technology allowance, and flexible asynchronous arrangements.
- Equity ownership, health coverage, annual company off-sites, and an annual professional development allowance.
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