Gloo - Procurement Specialist - Boulder

Midwestern Interactive Growth Team•Boulder, CO

19d•Hybrid

About The Position

Gloo is hiring a Procurement Lead to own the full vendor and contractor lifecycle, from intake and negotiation through purchase orders, contract execution, renewal, and termination. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Treasury & Contracts within Finance, this person serves as a control point for company spending, ensuring purchases are reviewed for economics, risk, and IT ownership before commitments are made. The role works closely with Vendor Risk Management, Legal, IT, FP&A, and Accounts Payable. It is responsible for training the organization on procurement procedures and ensuring teams follow them. Success is measured by savings and cost avoidance, the share of spending under an approved purchase order or contract, purchase order cycle time and accuracy, invoice accuracy, and contractor background-check clearance before system access. Gloo is a technology platform serving faith-based and mission-driven organizations and is publicly traded on Nasdaq under GLOO. The position is hybrid and requires working onsite at Gloo's Boulder headquarters at least three days per week.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a business or legal discipline.
At least 5 years of professional experience in procurement or contract management at a technology company.
Strong negotiation and communication skills, with a direct, resourceful approach to reaching mutually beneficial vendor agreements.
Ability to set strategy and execute it personally.
Hands-on experience with a spend management platform such as Ramp, Concur, or Coupa.
Hands-on experience with an ERP such as Sage Intacct or NetSuite, and with Salesforce.
Demonstrated experience designing and implementing scalable systems and processes to support growth.
Availability to work onsite at Gloo's Boulder headquarters at least 3 days per week.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of contract terms and vendor risk or third-party risk processes.
Comfort working alongside Legal and Security teams on vendor reviews.

Responsibilities

Own lifecycle management for vendor and contractor agreements, from initiation through renewal or termination.
Negotiate vendor and SaaS agreements to secure favorable pricing, payment terms, and renewal terms, and periodically revisit existing terms.
Build a complete view of service providers, SaaS tools, and cloud hosting vendors to improve accountability and eliminate duplicate functionality.
Partner with IT to ensure SaaS accounts are company-owned rather than tied to individual employees.
Maintain and improve the procurement workflow in Ramp, including purchase order review and issuance, the vendor database, renewals, and process visibility.
Manage contract execution through Adobe Sign or vendor signing platforms, and keep executed agreements current in the contract repository.
Route, prioritize, and resolve vendor reviews and contract redlines with Vendor Risk Management and Legal.
Work with FP&A to understand vendor cost models and identify spend optimization opportunities that support forecasting.
Own contractor onboarding and offboarding, including background checks and system access provisioning, and maintain the contractor database in Salesforce.
Regularly review spending commitments and upcoming renewals with internal contract owners.
Track partnership and revenue-share agreements in Ramp and Salesforce for Accounting.
Build working relationships across departments, especially Trust and IT, and streamline procurement for efficiency and scale.
Train the organization on procurement procedures and ensure teams follow them.