Procurement Manager (Contractor)

Leave Coverage and Business Continuity: Assume responsibility for designated Procurement activities during the employee’s leave, maintaining service levels and ensuring requests, agreements, and renewals continue to progress.

Contract Renewals: Track upcoming renewals, coordinate with business owners and internal review teams, and complete renewal activities on time and under favorable terms.

Contract Negotiations: Lead or support negotiations for technology-focused and SaaS agreements, including pricing, commercial terms, renewal protections, and service commitments.

Stakeholder Coordination: Partner with Finance, IT, Security, Legal, Privacy, budget owners, and other stakeholders to move procurement requests through the appropriate review and approval processes.

Vendor Management: Serve as a primary point of contact for designated vendors, manage follow-ups, address commercial questions, and help ensure vendors meet agreed-upon commitments.

Procurement Tracking: Maintain accurate and current records of procurement requests, contract status, renewal dates, decisions, approvals, and next steps.

Vendor Selection: Support vendor evaluations and competitive sourcing activities, including reviewing proposals and coordinating input from relevant stakeholders.

SaaS Governance and Optimization: Review SaaS purchases and renewals for potential duplication, utilization concerns, consolidation opportunities, and alignment with business needs.

Cost Optimization: Identify reasonable opportunities to reduce costs, avoid unnecessary increases, and maximize value while preserving operational requirements.

Escalation and Risk Management: Promptly escalate material contractual, financial, legal, security, privacy, or operational risks to the appropriate LTK stakeholder.

Knowledge Transfer: Participate in structured training before assuming the role’s responsibilities and provide complete documentation and status updates when transitioning the work back to the returning employee.

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.

At least 2+ years of procurement experience, preferably including experience operating independently in a procurement or equivalent role (buyer, etc.).

Demonstrated experience negotiating technology and SaaS contracts.

Strong vendor-management and stakeholder-management skills.

Experience managing contract renewals, procurement workflows, and competing deadlines.

Working knowledge of procurement practices and commercial contract terms.

Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Ability to quickly learn existing processes and become productive within a limited transition period.

Experience with procurement or contract-management platforms such as Ironclad or equivalent software.

Ability to recognize matters requiring review by Finance, Legal, Security, Privacy, or organizational leadership.

Experience supporting IT or technology procurement is strongly preferred.

Founded in 2011, LTK is the global technology platform purpose-built to empower lifestyle creators to monetize their content. The full-service platform connects brands, creators, and shoppers with a world-class shopping app and trusted tools and technology that make content instantly shoppable. Today, premium lifestyle creators in 160+ countries drive more than $5 billion+ in annual retail sales through their LTK Shop profiles. More than 40 million consumers turn to LTK Shops in the LTK shopping platform each month to find inspiration and instantly shop the styles recommended by their favorite creators. More than 8,000 retailers and 1M brands partner with LTK to gain access to its global creator network for content that converts against performance-driven, cross-channel KPIs. LTK is headquartered in Dallas, TX, and currently operates on five continents.

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