Strategic Procurement Lead

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🐊 Florida – Remote

🐊 Florida – Remote

💵 $140k - $200k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🛒 Procurement

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Shield

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2024

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Logistics • Marketing

Shield is a tech-enabled partner and investor that helps managed service providers (MSPs) scale by combining patient capital, operational expertise, and applied AI engineering. The firm provides forward-deployed engineers, operational support (HR, finance, recruiting), people development, and strategic M&A guidance while preserving local leadership and culture. Backed by ZBS Partners and Thrive Holdings, Shield focuses on long-term, founder-friendly partnerships to accelerate growth and implement AI-first solutions.

📋 Description

• Build and lead the procurement function across Shield and its portfolio of ShieldCos • Own vendor relationships, spend management, and procurement operations end to end • Manage commercial strategy and vendor relationships across software, hardware, telecom, distribution, and services suppliers • Lead contract negotiations, renewals, and terminations while driving favorable pricing, terms, and service levels • Build and maintain a centralized contract and renewal calendar • Develop and manage a portfolio-wide view of vendor spend and identify consolidation opportunities • Establish procurement policies, approval workflows, and purchasing controls with Accounting and FP&A • Build a scalable procure-to-pay process and assist with budgeting and forecasting • Partner with IT and business stakeholders on software and hardware purchasing, license management, and vendor due diligence • Support acquisitions and entity integrations by assessing vendor agreements, identifying overlap, and migrating companies onto preferred vendor and purchasing frameworks • Manage vendor performance through scorecards, business reviews, and escalation processes • Administer and optimize procurement systems and workflows, including NetSuite and Ramp • Develop KPIs and reporting on spend, savings, and vendor performance for Finance and executive leadership • Support budgeting and forecasting cycles with vendor spend analysis and renewal projections • Champion AI, automation, analytics, and procurement tools • Implement process improvements that reduce cycle time, deliver efficiency gains, and ensure policy compliance • Establish a vendor inventory, renewal calendar, consistent procurement workflow, and consolidation wins across major spend categories within the first year

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Supply Chain, or a related field, or equivalent experience • 8+ years of progressive procurement, strategic sourcing, or vendor management experience, ideally in a technology, IT services, or multi-entity environment • Deep experience with and expertise in IT cloud, software, and technology providers • Proven track record of negotiating complex vendor agreements and delivering measurable cost savings • Strong understanding of contract structures, licensing models (SaaS, per-seat, consumption-based), and vendor risk management • Excellent analytical skills with advanced proficiency in Excel; comfort aggregating and analyzing spend data across multiple entities • Strong communication, relationship-building, and cross-functional team facilitation skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels, from ShieldCo operators to executive leadership • Self-directed and accountable, with the ability to manage multiple negotiations and deadlines simultaneously • A collaborative, innovative, and enterprise-minded leadership style • Comfort operating in analytics- and automation-enabled environments • Evidence of adaptability and a continuous improvement mindset to drive process improvements • Experience building or standing up a procurement function in a fast-paced, high-growth, or acquisitive environment • Experience with NetSuite ERP and Ramp expense management • Familiarity with MSP-relevant vendor ecosystems (Microsoft CSP, distribution partners such as Pax8/Ingram, RMM/PSA tooling, telecom) • Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, or multi-entity integrations

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement • Approximately quarterly travel for company meetings, trainings, and team collaboration events