Procurement Analyst

<div class="content-intro"><h2><strong>About Remote</strong></h2> <div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote.<br><br><span class="discussion-id-2f7cb4da-dab4-8068-a80f-001c50b2d808 suggestion-update notion-enable-hover" data-token-index="0">With Innovation as one of the core values, we have built Automation and AI capabilities into the requirements for every role.</span><br><br>We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform.</span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work!</span></div></div><h2><strong>What this job can offer you</strong></h2> <ul> <li>This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space as a <span class="notion-enable-hover" data-token-index="1">Procurement Analyst</span>, joining our Global Purchase to Pay Team.</li> <li> <p>The Procurement Analyst will be the directly responsible individual for the strategic management, execution, and documentation of the company’s developing procurement process.</p> <p>Areas to cover:</p> <ul> <li>Partnering with internal stakeholders to onboard, monitor and if necessary, terminate vendor relationships.</li> <li>Advising internal stakeholders on vendor management requirements and communicating potential risks identified while managing vendors.</li> <li>Proactively identifying, monitoring, escalating and remediating any issues in the procurement process with the goal to ensure proper documentation and communication with all internal stakeholders and external vendors.</li> <li>Understanding and adhering to Remote’s standards, policies and controls for vendor management.</li> </ul> <p>The Procurement Analyst will play an important role from within the company’s Purchase to Pay team by working closely each day with a wide variety of Remote’s globally distributed personnel to ensure all purchases and renewals are done in a consistent, compliant, and thoroughly negotiated manner.</p> </li> </ul> <h2><strong>What you bring</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Proven experience in indirect (services and SaaS) procurement</li> <li>Solid experience managing vendor relationships</li> <li>Experience in Coupa Intake &amp; Orchestration is a plus</li> <li>Excellent English written and verbal communication skills</li> <li>Strong organisational and problem-solving skills</li> <li>Strong commercial negotiation and contracting skills</li> <li>Strong project management skills</li> <li>Strong documentation skills</li> <li>The ability to work independently and as part of a globally distributed team</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Key Responsibilities&nbsp;</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Negotiate with vendors to secure the best pricing while aligning with Remote’s terms</li> <li>Manage the entire procurement process in Coupa in partnership with key business owners and stakeholders</li> <li>Track and monitor software license renewals to ensure timely renewal of services</li> <li>Partnership with Remote’s Data Privacy, IT, Finance, Legal, and Security teams to ensure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and internal company policies</li> <li>Prepare and maintain accurate records of all procurement activities</li> <li>Maintain constant communication with vendors to address and resolve day-to-day issues (i.e. addressing/escalating vendors non-performance)</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Practicals</strong></h2> <ul> <li><strong>You'll report to:</strong> Senior Manager Purchase to Pay</li> <li><strong>Team:</strong> Finance - Purchase to Pay</li> <li><strong>Location</strong>: For this position we welcome everyone to apply, but we will prioritize applications from EMEA or LATAM.</li> <li><strong>Start date:</strong> As soon as possible</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Application process</strong></h2> <ol> <li>Interview with recruiter</li> <li>Interview with team members (no managers present)</li> <li>Interview with future manager</li> <li>Interview with Executive</li> <li>Bar Raiser Interview</li> <li><a href="https://www.notion.so/Veremark-Remote-96e108c037b8423cbd4c3f07a1f9b38b">Prior employment verification check</a>&nbsp;</li> </ol><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p>Remote's <a href="https://www.notion.so/remotecom/people-Total-Rewards-1945bce8d3924ece9421ba8630f57b0c">Total Rewards philosophy</a> is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair <span class="link-annotation-unknown-block-id-1691622878">equity</span><span class="discussion-level-1 discussion-id-f2a82bc4-09e4-4a71-ad93-755b1d26a690 notion-enable-hover" data-token-index="3"> pay </span>along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.</p> <p>At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce.&nbsp; We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally.<br><br>Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.<br><br><em data-stringify-type="italic">At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards &amp; People Enablement team on a case by case basis.</em></p></div><div class="title">The annual salary range for this full-time position is</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$37,450</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$42,100 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><h2><strong>Benefits</strong></h2> <div class="p-rich_text_section"> <div class="p-rich_text_section"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our full benefits &amp; perks are explained in our handbook at&nbsp;<a class="c-link" href="http://remote.com/r/benefits" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="http://remote.com/r/benefits" data-sk="tooltip_parent">remote.com/r/benefits</a>. As a global company, each country works differently, but some benefits/perks are for all Remoters:</span></div> <ul class="p-rich_text_list p-rich_text_list__bullet" data-stringify-type="unordered-list" data-indent="0" data-border="0"> <li style="font-size: 12pt;" data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">work from anywhere</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;" data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">flexible paid time off</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;" data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0"><span style="font-size: 1