Commodity Sourcing Intern
RTX
Director, Procurement
Carrot Fertility
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $175,000 - $200,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Design and lead Carrot’s global procurement strategy across categories, including technology, clinical providers, professional services, and operations.
- Establish scalable sourcing, contract management, and spend control processes that balance agility with risk management.
- Build a small but high-impact procurement team; coach and mentor staff.
- Drive competitive sourcing events (RFPs, RFQs, vendor selection) and lead negotiations to achieve cost savings, service level improvements, and favorable terms.
- Implement vendor performance measurement (KPIs, SLAs) and risk management frameworks to monitor quality, compliance, and innovation.
- Collaborate with Finance and Legal to ensure vendor contracts meet compliance, data privacy, security, and regulatory requirements.
- Own procurement policies, approval workflows, and internal training to ensure compliance across the company.
- Lead the selection and implementation of procurement technology/tools to automate requisitions, approvals, and reporting.
- Deliver measurable cost savings, cost avoidance, and efficiency gains across spend categories.
- Provide quarterly reporting on vendor spend, savings, and procurement KPIs to the CFO and Audit Committee.
- Support long-range planning, budgeting, and IPO readiness efforts with accurate vendor cost forecasts.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive experience in procurement, sourcing, or vendor management, ideally in high-growth SaaS, healthcare, or benefits organizations.
- Proven success in building procurement functions from the ground up in a scaling environment.
- Strong contract negotiation expertise (including SaaS, clinical services, and global vendors).
- Familiarity with data privacy, HIPAA, SOC2, GDPR, and global compliance considerations.
- Experience with the Zip procurement system is preferred but not required.
- Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to partner across Finance, Legal, Product, and Executive teams.
- Strategic mindset with hands-on execution ability; thrives in fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments.
Benefits
- health and wellness benefits
- retirement savings plans
- short- and long-term incentives
- parental leave
- family-forming assistance
- competitive compensation package
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
procurement strategysourcingcontract managementvendor selectionnegotiationvendor performance measurementrisk managementcost savingsbudgetingvendor cost forecasting
Soft skills
coachingmentoringinterpersonal skillsinfluencing skillsstrategic mindsetexecution abilitycollaborationcommunication
