Senior Procurement & Commercials Manager

Role overview

Key work and first 90 days

• Evaluate platform purchases across a portfolio of roughly 75–100 contracts, identifying overlap and assessing credible alternatives with evidence.
• Build a reliable contract inventory and resolve urgent renewal risks.
• Take ownership of active platform evaluations and vendor negotiations; deliver recommendations and close priority commercial decisions.
• Establish alerts for spend, owners, usage, commitments, and contract notice dates in partnership with the AI team.
• Agree evaluation priorities and turnaround standards with business owners; set initial outcomes and performance baselines.

Requirements

• At least 5 years in procurement, vendor management, or commercial negotiation.
• Demonstrated technology-vendor evaluation success and personal ownership of negotiations across supplier categories with measurable outcomes.
• Strong contract-language fluency, attention to detail, negotiation persuasion, critical thinking, and commercial analysis.
• Practical AI proficiency for research, comparison, and contract analysis; verify sources and explain independent judgment.
• Evaluate AI and software products through demos and trials, considering usage-based pricing, integrations, and implementation constraints.
• Reliable execution across concurrent priorities; prioritize by business impact, deadlines, and complexity, with clear recommendations and follow-through.
• Clear writing, confident vendor conversations, and collaboration with department owners, Finance, compliance, and technical specialists.

Preferred experience

• Experience negotiating parcel-carrier, logistics, or similarly complex service contracts is a plus.

Work arrangement

• Remote-first position that can be performed from anywhere with meaningful time-zone overlap.
• Option to work from the Dubai office; relocation and visa sponsorship support are available for that option.

Compensation

• Total annual package up to USD 121,000, plus comprehensive benefits.
• Package includes base salary and a monthly performance bonus of up to 10% of base salary.
• Annual salary review each January.

Benefits and development

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance based on country of hire; paid time off and public holidays.
• AI-native tools, learning and development opportunities, and collaboration with an international team.
• Eligible for Leaders Club selection and nomination for monthly recognition awards.

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