Procurement Specialist
Zenobē
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $40,000 - $50,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead the end-to-end onboarding of new suppliers, ensuring all due-diligence, compliance, and commercial requirements are met.
- Draft, negotiate, and finalise Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to ensure clear performance expectations and measurable outcomes.
- Support creation and execution of contracts, including commercial terms, pricing models, KPIs, and risk-mitigation frameworks.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders (legal, technical, operations, sustainability) to ensure suppliers meet business, regulatory, and ESG standards.
- Drive effective commercial negotiations that achieve best value and align with organisational objectives.
- Maintain procurement records, templates, and reporting to support governance and audit requirements.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of procurement processes related to services, IT, and automotive supply chains.
Requirements
- Proven experience in procurement, ideally within services, IT, automotive, or EV-related environments
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to negotiate complex agreements
- Experience drafting and managing SLAs and supplier performance frameworks
- Ability to interpret technical and service-based requirements and translate them into robust commercial documents
- Strong understanding of supplier onboarding, risk management, and compliance expectations
- Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, and organisational skills
- Ability to work independently at pace and manage multiple simultaneous priorities.
Benefits
- 20 days holiday which increases after 5 years’ service
- 401k Scheme – Up to 4% matching
- Excellent opportunities for personal growth and responsibility plus a training budget
- Up to 33% performance related bonus
- Health, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance (We offer 3 Robust medical plans including one that’s 100% employer-paid coverage for employees and 75% paid for the dependents/spouse)
- Refer a friend bonus scheme
- Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits
- Flex commuter programme
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
procurementService Level Agreements (SLAs)contract managementcommercial termspricing modelsKPI managementrisk managementsupplier onboardingcompliancecontinuous improvement
Soft Skills
commercial acumennegotiationstakeholder engagementcommunicationorganizational skillsindependencetime managementmulti-tasking