Senior Procurement Specialist

B-Stock•Boston, MA

About The Position

As B-Stock’s first dedicated procurement hire, the Senior Procurement Specialist will own company purchasing for software renewals, new tools, and indirect services contracts. The role ensures vendor spend is appropriately priced and scoped, supported by a clear business case, and managed within company policy. The specialist leads renewal negotiations and serves as the commercial lead with vendors, allowing internal business owners to maintain their day-to-day vendor relationships. The specialist will establish procurement playbooks, approval workflows, and business-case frameworks that help teams purchase efficiently while following policy. They will also apply AI to contract review, pricing benchmarks, and spend analysis, with the goal of building a more automated procurement function. The position reports to the VP of Strategy & Business Operations and partners with Finance, Engineering, Legal, Accounts Payable, and business teams across the company.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, vendor management, or a finance/operations role involving personal negotiation of software and services contracts.
A track record of measurable savings, with the ability to describe specific renewals negotiated down and explain the approach.
Strong commercial and analytical skills, including modeling total cost of ownership, interpreting usage data, comparing pricing structures, and building spreadsheet-based business cases.
Experience building processes from scratch, such as intake, approval workflows, playbooks, and templates that other teams adopt.
Hands-on experience applying AI tools in analytical or operational workflows to build automations or multi-step processes.
Comfort quickly adopting new AI capabilities as they emerge.
Work authorization required.

Nice To Haves

Experience as a first or early procurement hire at a growth-stage or mid-size company.
Familiarity with go-to-market and marketing technology stacks, such as CRM, sales engagement, marketing automation, and data enrichment.
Experience with procurement or spend-management tools such as Vendr, Zip, Coupa, Ramp, or Tropic.

Responsibilities

Own the renewal calendar for SaaS and indirect vendors, starting material renewals at least 90 days in advance with usage reviews, pricing benchmarks, and negotiation plans.
Lead commercial negotiations covering price, seat and tier right-sizing, multi-year terms, price-increase caps, payment terms, auto-renewal provisions, and termination rights.
Serve as the firm commercial contact with vendors on behalf of business owners.
Build and roll out a procurement playbook, including intake processes, approval matrices and signing authority, category-specific negotiation guides, standard terms, and redline fallbacks in partnership with Finance and Legal.
Develop business-case frameworks and templates covering cost, usage, ROI, overlap with existing tools, and exit paths.
Ensure approved business cases are implemented and measured.
Maintain a single source of truth for vendor spend, contracts, owners, and renewal dates.
Report savings and cost avoidance to leadership using a consistent methodology.
Apply AI to accelerate contract review, benchmarking, and spend analysis and help develop procurement automation over time.