ButcherBox

Vendor Management Specialist

ButcherBox

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Boston • Massachusetts • United States

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Salary

💰 $70,000 - $95,000 per year

About the role

  • Serve as the day-to-day owner of the company’s vendor management lifecycle — onboarding, classification, performance tracking, renewal, and offboarding
  • Partner with internal stakeholders (marketing, IT, legal, finance, operations) to define vendor requirements and evaluation criteria
  • Lead the quote collection process (RFQs/RFPs where applicable), ensuring timely and comparable submissions
  • Partner with internal business owners to ensure vendors meet commercial, quality, social, and environmental expectations
  • Own lower-dollar negotiations (renewals, scope adjustments, pricing discussions, remediation timelines)
  • Support senior leaders in larger or more complex negotiations by preparing materials, tracking commitments, and documenting outcomes
  • Maintain vendor standards, onboarding processes, and performance frameworks
  • Drive clarity and follow-through on corrective action plans
  • Support commercial and non-commercial vendor discussions related to standards, expectations, and performance
  • Prepare leaders for negotiations by organizing trade-offs across cost, risk, performance, and values
  • Ensure contractual terms align with operational realities
  • Build strong, trust-based relationships with both internal stakeholders and external partners
  • Identify and escalate vendor-related risks in partnership with cross-functional teams
  • Coordinate response plans when performance gaps or compliance issues arise
  • Facilitate structured decision-making when escalation or vendor transitions are needed
  • Help ensure vendor practices align with B Corp standards and other certifications
  • Support tracking of vendor commitments tied to social, environmental, and ethical standards
  • Translate evolving standards into clear vendor requirements and internal workflows
  • Prepare clear, executive-ready summaries on vendor performance, risk exposure, and improvement initiatives
  • Identify opportunities to improve vendor management tools, workflows, and reporting
  • Help mature the process as the company grows
  • Leverage technology (including AI tools) to improve efficiency and visibility

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in vendor management, operations, procurement, supply chain, or similar cross-functional environments
  • Demonstrated ability to manage complex workstreams with multiple stakeholders
  • Strong project management skills — you bring clarity, organization, and follow-through
  • A natural relationship builder who can influence without direct authority
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity and balancing competing priorities
  • Strong written and verbal communicator
  • Curious, systems-oriented, and motivated to continuously improve how things work
  • Personally aligned with high standards of integrity and accountability
  • Experience in food, agriculture, or complex supply chains is preferred
  • Experience working in or with certified B Corporations is preferred
  • Commercially minded with strong judgment and pragmatism is preferred
  • Comfortable navigating tension between cost, speed, and standards is preferred
  • Experience leveraging AI to improve processes, systems, etc. is preferred
Benefits
  • Health: medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, an employer-funded HSA, and short & long-term disability benefits
  • Financial: 401(k) with generous employer match
  • Annual bonus based on company performance
  • Time off: unlimited paid time off policy, 20 weeks parental leave, an executive team that encourages a good work/life balance
  • Personal growth: Annual Learning & Development stipend, and access to a range of personal and professional coaching solutions through BetterUp
  • Food: a free Custom Classic ButcherBox each month and weekly lunch reimbursement
  • Others: reimbursement for wellness activities, an exceptional EAP, fertility benefits, life insurance and more
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
vendor managementprocurementsupply chainproject managementnegotiationperformance trackingrisk managementcontract managementRFQsRFPs
Soft Skills
relationship buildinginfluence without authoritycommunicationorganizationclaritycuriositysystems-orientedintegrityaccountabilitybalancing priorities
Certifications
B Corporation certification