Procurement Manager

As a member of the ShipBob Team, you will...

• Grow with an Ownership Mindset : We champion continuous learning and proactive innovation. Team members are encouraged to identify challenges and take ownership of initiatives that drive merchant, company and personal growth. By tackling complex problems and exploring creative solutions, you won’t just follow a playbook, you’ll be actively building the future of ShipBob.
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high standards and understand the importance of

transparency at all levels. We’ve created an environment where trust, open communication, and mutual respect motivate our teams to reach new heights.

• Experience a High-Performance Culture and Clear Purpose: Our commitment to delivering results creates a goal-driven, high-performance culture where everyone is empowered to contribute to our mission with a clear understanding of their direct impact and accountability. We measure success in tangible ways, allowing each team member to see the positive outcomes of their work and celebrate shared victories.

Location: Remote in these states: AL, AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, KS, KY, IA, ID, IL, IN, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI

Role Description:

The Procurement Manager will oversee strategic sourcing and procurement initiatives across ShipBob’s global operations. This role is pivotal in delivering cost optimization, supplier performance, and process scalability to support ShipBob’s rapid growth. This person will work closely with key stakeholders (both internal and external) to develop effective cost reduction strategies and implementation plans. This role reports to the Sr. Director, Procurement.

What You’ll Do:

• Build solid partnerships across all business units to identify and prioritize sourcing opportunities and projects.
• Steer cross-functional sourcing efforts and execute plans that align with business objectives.
• Provide data-driven insights, market intelligence, and feedback to influence sourcing strategies and vendor engagements.
• Advise all business units on best methods to achieve desired sourcing outcomes, with ability to clearly understand and articulate needs and successful outcomes.
• Actively seek to improve procurement processes for agility and scalability.
• Oversee change management initiatives required to implement process improvements effectively.
• Manage vendor relationships, ensuring optimal ongoing costs, service levels, long term value and risk mitigation.
• Review, redline, and negotiate contractual agreements across all categories ensuring favorable terms and mitigating unnecessary risks.
• Develop RFx documentation and plans and oversee assessment and selection as a result of comprehensive analysis, including in some cases build vs buy decisions.
• Work with compliance teams for ShipBob’s SOX, GMP, GFSI, SOC II and other regulatory requirements.
• Use data analytics, industry benchmarking and strategic sourcing methodologies to develop and execute sourcing strategies and identify savings and/or value adding opportunities.
• Additional duties and responsibilities as necessary.

What You’ll Bring To The Table:

• Minimum 7 years of experience in Indirect Procurement, ideally within a fast-moving startup environment and across multiple categories.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, or related field.
• High EQ and interpersonal skills. An expert communicator who can span various stakeholder skillsets and backgrounds to clearly articulate needs to manage projects to successful outcomes.
• Demonstrated track record of cost savings and driving procurement innovation and change.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, high-growth environment and manage ambiguity.
• Solid problem solving, analytical and project management skills, with ability to run multiple projects simultaneously in complex situations.
• Sound negotiation skills.
• Excellent English communication, both written and oral.
• Ability to cover core US hours, with a deep understanding of US market dynamics, contract terms, cost structures and supplier landscape.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; experience with P2P platforms such as ZipHQ preferred.

Perks & Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision & Basic Life Insurance
• Paid Maternity/Parental Leave Program
• Paid Holidays & Flexible Time Off Program
• Paid Sick Leave
• Wellness Days (1 day/quarter)
• 401K Match
• Comprehensive Benefits Package >>> https://www.shipbob.com/careers/
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ShipBob believes in transparency while providing a competitive total compensation package with a pay for performance approach. The base salary range we are targeting for this role is $100,000 - $140,000. The full base pay range for this position in our compensation architecture is $99,150 - $165,250. In addition to base salary, this role includes the opportunity to be eligible for participation in the Company's discretionary bonus plan based on Company's plans and in accordance with Company’s policies.

We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and excellence; therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions.

About You:

The work we do at ShipBob is both challenging and rigorous, which means our environment isn’t the right fit for everyone, and that’s okay. We welcome energetic high performers who thrive in a dynamic, collaborative, results-driven environment. We value individuals who embrace accountability and humility, push boundaries, and are motivated by challenging work. Every team member, no matter their role or tenure, is expected to roll up their sleeves and tackle the complex problems we face in today’s global supply chain.

Learn more about our core values and how we perform at a high level in our day-to-day work on our Culture page (https://www.shipbob.com/careers/culture/).

About Us:

ShipBob is a leading global supply chain and fulfillment technology platform designed for SMB and Mid-Market ecommerce merchants to provide them access to best-in-class capabilities and to deliver a delightful shopper experience. Merchants can outsource their entire fulfillment operations, utilize ShipBob’s proprietary warehouse management system for in-house fulfillment, or take advantage of a hybrid solution across ShipBob’s dozens of fulfillment center network in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. ShipBob is backed by leading investors like Menlo Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners, and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and is one of the fastest-growing tech companies headquartered in Chicago.

ShipBob provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

There is no deadline to apply for this position, as ShipBob accepts applications on an ongoing basis .