Indirect Procurement Manager

Who are we?

Buyers Edge Platform stands at the forefront of revolutionizing the food service industry through technology, purchasing power and partnerships. We are dedicated to empowering stakeholders across the entire foodservice ecosystem (operators, distributors, manufacturers) with efficiency and unprecedented visibility. With a diverse portfolio of over a dozen brands, our mission is clear: to reduce costs, streamline the foodservice supply chain, and propel the industry from manual to automated. 

Today, we are one of the largest players in foodservice, with over 200K operator locations across North America and over $50 billion of aggregated spend volume. Our commitment to food service excellence is proven in four distinct areas of value: Digital Procurement Network, Fresh Solutions, Supply Chain Management, and Software. Buyers Edge Platform is not just a provider – we are a strategic partner on the journey towards a more efficient, connected, and automated future for the foodservice industry.

This position is hybrid based out of our Waltham, MA office. We are unable to offer work sponsorship for this role. 

BEP seeks a Procurement Manager to build a new Procurement Model for approximately $100M in indirect spending across eight categories. The Procurement Manager will (a) build a complete Procurement Model for which BEP has a draft blueprint, (b) lead and set Strategic Sourcing activities for two strategic categories, and (c) lead the Procurement Team. The Procurement Manager will reach across brands, functions, and sites to develop, plan, and source goods and services and continuously improve vendor-provided goods and services to benefit BEP.

Your impact:

• Build the Procurement Model from a blueprint that includes Spend Visibility, Stakeholder Engagement, Sourcing Strategies, Organizational Design, Performance Measurement, and Policy, Process and Systems. The Procurement Manager will start with a draft blueprint, plan accordingly, and adapt or improve it. The Procurement Manager will own the Source-to-Pay Process within BEP.

  Set and Lead Strategic Sourcing across eight major spending categories. The Procurement Leader will source Technology and Business Services (two strategic categories) primarily and Travel, Marketing, and Operations spending categories secondarily. The Procurement Manager will work collaboratively and tactfully with internal stakeholders to ensure that business is awarded to the lowest-qualified vendors. The Procurement Manager will carefully track value realized from Strategic Sourcing activities and report it regularly to BEP leadership.

  Design and Lead the Procurement Team: Assess the spending envelope and build a business case for the appropriate addition of talent to the Procurement Team. The Procurement Manager will hire, manage, train, mentor, and encourage the added talent to mature as procurement professionals. While the size of the team is yet to be decided, we expect the Procurement Manager to be a supervisory role that would be ideal for an experienced Category Manager looking to grow into a people manager.

About you:

• Five or more years of experience in Procurement as a Category Manager with experience sourcing Technology and Business services 
• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in business administration, finance, accounting, engineering, technology, or similar
• Professional negotiation experience and training to lead effective vendor negotiations with new or renewing vendors 
• Experience in an organization with a mature Source-to-Pay Process enabled by the appropriate systems such as ERPs, Spend Visibility Tools, and Contract Lifecycle Management tools 
• Willingness to challenge the status quo and current vendor relationships to benefit BEP.
• High emotional intelligence, tact and composure to work well with internal stakeholders and vendor representatives.
• Talent for data analytics, master data management, and information presentation required to organize and track vendor spend data and master data and measure and report value realized from Procurement activities
• Experience working across functions such as Marketing, Human Resources, Technology, Operations and others.

Don’t meet every requirement mentioned here? Studies have shown that women, communities of color and historically underrepresented talent are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Buyers Edge Platform and our subsidiary brands, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. So, if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we strongly encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this position or others with us!

What's in this for you? 

Amazing coverage to start. Medical, dental, and vision coverages are just the beginning! We also offer ancillary plans, such as flexible spending accounts for both health and dependent care, critical illness, accident, and voluntary life as well as company paid life! On top of this, we also offer a 401(k) plan with company match.

Invest in your success. We will provide you with a thorough training and development program; and offer competitive compensation.

Live well = Work well. Relax with our Personal Responsibility Paid Time Off policy where you don’t have to accrue time off in order to take it! We also offer half-day Summer Fridays!

We welcome all.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.