Procurement Specialist (contract)

Lattice Lattice · Enterprise · United States · Remote · Accounting

This role is for a Procurement Specialist at Lattice, a people success platform company. The specialist will manage the full procurement lifecycle, from intake to signature, negotiating and executing requests. They will partner with cross-functional teams including FP&A, Finance, IT, Security, Compliance, Privacy, and Legal to ensure deals meet requirements and provide value. The role involves using procurement orchestration tools and requires experience in commercial negotiations, SaaS procurement, and vendor agreements. This is a five-month contract, 3 days/week, fully remote.

What you'd actually do

  1. You’ll be responsible for reviewing, scoping, negotiating, and executing procurement requests from intake through signature.
  2. You’ll partner with cross-functional leaders, stakeholders, and department contacts from FP&A, Finance, IT, Security, Compliance, Privacy, and Legal to ensure our deals meet or exceed team requirements.
  3. You’ll provide consultation before, during, and after deal cycles to our internal teams, ensuring that we purchase the right things and get exceptional value from our suppliers and partners.

Skills

Required

  • 3 years of experience with commercial negotiations, procurement initiatives, or complex vendor engagements.
  • A strong understanding of SaaS procurement, services agreements, and supplier relationships, along with hands-on experience using procurement orchestration tools, ideally Zip.
  • Strong attention to detail to ensure clean and accurate records within Lattice systems reflecting up-to-date deal statuses, vendor records, and intake reviews.
  • Clear, thoughtful communication skills, with the ability to adapt your approach based on audience and situation.

What the JD emphasized

  • risk mitigation
  • compliance