Sr. Procurement Support Specialist

About HashiCorp

HashiCorp is a fast-growing startup that solves development, operations, and security challenges in infrastructure so organizations can focus on business-critical tasks. We build products to give organizations a consistent way to manage their move to cloud-based IT infrastructures for running their applications. Our products enable companies large and small to mix and match AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and other clouds as well as on-premises environments, easing their ability to deliver new applications for their business.

About the role…

We are looking to grow our Procurement team to support our growing purchasing needs. This role will be responsible for supporting the purchasing needs of our Procurement Team with supplier engagement activities - including conducting vendor due diligence, negotiating contracts and working with internal teams to facilitate deal completion.

This role will report to the Manager, Procure-to-Pay. This role would be a great fit for someone that thrives in a dynamic, fast-growing, and high energy environment, and are looking for opportunities to learn and grow.

In this role you can expect to...

• Support the U.S. Procurement Team and EMEA/APAC business stakeholders in managing procurement-related processes including: 
• Developing accurate scopes of work and service specifications
• Reviewing order forms/SOWs
• Conducting vendor due diligence, competitive bids and leading commercial negotiations
• Working with Legal through the NDA/contracting process and supporting the  Security/Compliance Teams to ensure security/privacy needs are met
• Review purchase requests to ensure accurate spend coding
• Assist in developing category plans and supplier research
• Support business stakeholders in researching supplier related-issues including contracts management, supplier payment and supplier performance
• Support the execution of spend management projects that accomplish key objectives. Those objectives may include savings, process improvement, supplier consolidation, risk management or improving spend visibility

You may be a good fit for our team if you have...

• Bachelor's degree preferably with an analytical focus (Marketing, Economics, Accounting, Supply Chain, etc).
• 5-8 years of relevant experience in procurement, supplier management and/or supply chain, ideally in a fast-paced, high growth environment
• Experience with Marketing, IT, HR, Finance and general business commodities.
• Demonstrated experience in procurement, contracting and negotiating with suppliers
• Experience working with cross functional teams and with cross border teams
• Passion for driving cost savings and process improvement
• Strong customer service aptitude and collaboration-focused mindset
• Strong Excel and analytics skills
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and written
• Comfortable with presenting in front of groups

HashiCorp embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe the more inclusive we are, the better our company will be. #LI-SG1 #LI-Onsite