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Procurement Manager

Sardine· Finance
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Remote$145k - $190kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

We’re looking for a Procurement Manager to be our first in-house buyer, supporting purchasing across software and IT, marketing and events, travel, onboarding, professional services, and more. Manage vendor relationships, negotiations, renewals, and guide stakeholders through purchasing decisions to ensure value and risk considerations are balanced.

Responsibilities

  • Be the point of contact for moving sourcing forward and getting deals over the line
  • Manage vendor relationships, own negotiations, track renewals
  • Guide stakeholders through purchasing decisions and ensure right tools at right price
  • Own the full vendor lifecycle, balancing business needs, commercial terms, vendor risk, and partnership health
  • Coordinate with Security and Legal on vendor risk, security, and data privacy reviews
  • Build procurement processes from scratch and perform hands-on work as the first procurement hire
  • Consolidate tools and reclaim unused licenses to drive savings and better terms
  • Maintain spend visibility and contractor/ vendor related documentation

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in procurement, strategic sourcing, vendor management, or commercial negotiations
  • Experience independently owning vendor negotiations, contract management, and renewal tracking across multiple spend categories (e.g., software/SaaS, marketing and events, travel, professional services)
  • Experience evaluating vendors competitively and negotiating favorable pricing and terms
  • Comfort influencing stakeholders and partnering cross-functionally to maintain purchasing discipline
  • Track record of building procurement processes from the ground up (intake/PO workflows, contract/renewal tracking, spend visibility)
  • Experience coordinating vendor security and data privacy reviews (SOC 2, DPAs) and reviewing core contract risk terms with Legal/Security
  • Excellent executive-level written communication, presentation, and relationship-management skills

Skills

Required:Procurement strategyVendor negotiationsCross-functional influenceContract management

Benefits

  • Generous compensation in cash and equity
  • Early exercise for all options, including pre-vested
  • Work from anywhere: Remote-first Culture
  • Flexible paid time off and Year-end break
  • Health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents - US and Canada specific
  • 4% matching in 401k / RRSP - US and Canada specific
  • MacBook Pro delivered to your door
  • One-time stipend to set up a home office — desk, chair, screen, etc.
  • Monthly meal stipend
  • Monthly social meet-up stipend
  • Annual health and wellness stipend
  • Annual Learning stipend
Last updated Oct 1, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Sardine

The AI risk platform for fraud, credit, and compliance

Sardine’s AI platform is at the core of enterprise risk and fraud workflows, allowing them to consolidate vendors and improve operational efficiency. Hundreds of enterprises in over 70 countries trust Sardine to stop fraud in real-time, streamline BSA/AML compliance, and unify data across risk teams.

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