Procurement Manager

About This Role

Who We Are NEXT Ventures is where ambition takes shape and momentum becomes movement. As a global platform revolutionising access to performance-based capital, we empower the world’s most driven individuals to rise. Through our flagship brand, FundedNext, we empower dreamers to become doers, and potential to turn into performance. With 500+ driven minds across five countries, we power a global rhythm—220,000+ daily users from 170+ nations, each chasing greatness in their own way.

Your Role in Our Mission As a Procurement Manager, you will be the strategic owner of the procurement function at NEXT Ventures. You will lead a centralized team of sourcing and operations specialists to build a world-class procurement ecosystem. Your goal is to ensure that our global spending is cost-efficient, controlled, and aligned with our ambitious growth strategy.

You will be a key advisor to the Procurement Committee (PC), validating high-value purchases, leading complex negotiations, and managing our global vendor governance. You are a "10x person"—someone who never settles, thinks deeper, and delivers results through grit and determination.

How You’ll Make An Impact Procurement Strategy & Governance

• Define and execute procurement strategy that supports multi-country operations, scalability, and cost discipline.
• Own procurement policies, SOPs, approval flows, and documentation standards—supported by a clear RACI and accountability.
• Act as the key procurement advisor for high-value / high-risk purchases, preparing structured recommendations for the Procurement Committee (PC).
• Run the procurement operating model and ensure smooth coordination between central procurement and regional admin teams.

Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management

• Lead end-to-end sourcing: requirements intake, market mapping, vendor evaluation, RFQ/RFP execution, and award recommendations.
• Drive complex negotiations to secure strong pricing, SLAs, renewal protections, and commercially sound payment terms.
• Establish supplier performance governance through SLAs, scorecards, and regular business reviews to ensure consistent quality and value.
• Build long-term supplier relationships that improve responsiveness, continuity, and operational resilience.

Procurement Operations, Compliance & Risk

• Oversee the full procurement cycle PR → PO → GRN/Delivery → Invoice → Payment with speed, accuracy, and audit-ready paperwork.
• Strengthen compliance by ensuring every purchase aligns with internal controls, contracting standards, and required approvals.
• Proactively manage supplier and supply risks (continuity, delivery, commercial, reputational) through tighter controls and fallback options.
• Improve procurement workflows through better tooling, automation, and standardization to reduce manual effort and increase visibility.

Spend Analytics & Performance Reporting

• Run spend analysis to reduce maverick spend, consolidate vendors, and identify savings/value opportunities.
• Track and report procurement KPIs (savings delivered, cycle time, compliance rate, supplier performance, renewal risk, spend by category).
• Partner with Finance to align purchases with budgets, improve forecasting, and keep vendor payments timely and clean.

What You Bring

• 6+ years of hands-on procurement experience covering strategic sourcing, vendor management, and procurement operations (PR → PO → GRN/Delivery → Invoice → Payment).
• Proven ability to lead high-value negotiations and close commercially strong contracts (pricing, SLAs, renewals, risk clauses, payment terms).
• Strong grasp of procurement governance—policy discipline, approval controls, documentation, and audit readiness.
• Solid stakeholder management: able to partner confidently with Finance, Legal, Tech, and business teams and drive alignment without slowing things down.
• Analytical and data-driven: strong Excel/Google Sheets skills with experience tracking spend, savings, compliance, and supplier performance.
• Leadership capability: can guide a small team, set clear KPIs, and build an efficient operating rhythm.

Your X-Factor

• Turns procurement into a competitive advantage—not a blocker.
• Can negotiate hard without damaging relationships.
• Builds systems that scale (policy + workflow + dashboards), then enforces them with calm discipline.
• Thinks in risk + value + speed—and explains tradeoffs in simple language.

Your Journey After Applying

• TA Interview
• Functional Deep Dive
• Bar Raiser Interview
• Final Leadership Interview

Why Join NEXT At NEXT Ventures, we believe the right talent fuels breakthrough innovation. If you’re driven to connect great minds with big ideas and want to shape the future of fintech, we’d love to meet you. Join our team of bold thinkers where technology meets transformation.

Apply now and be part of our journey — the future is calling, and it starts with you.