130K–145K USD / year
Senior Manager, Procurement
OperationsHybrid — Chicago, Illinois
Published on 2026-10-20
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About this role
Lead Syndigo’s procurement function, overseeing indirect and technology-focused spend across the business. The role owns sourcing, negotiations, supplier and contract management, and procurement operations, with success measured by savings, cycle times, and stakeholder experience.
About the company
Syndigo provides product experience and information management software that helps brands centralize, enrich, and syndicate product content.
The team
Reports to the VP of Engineering – Infrastructure & DevOps and partners with Engineering, Technology, Legal, Information Security, Privacy, Finance, and business unit leaders.
What you'll do
- Develop procurement strategy and category plans across third-party spend.
- Lead sourcing and negotiations for software, cloud, professional services, and other enterprise agreements.
- Manage contract lifecycle, supplier risk, performance, renewals, and AI vendor governance.
- Deliver measurable savings, cost avoidance, and budgeting accuracy in partnership with Finance.
- Improve procurement processes, systems, policies, and procure-to-pay operations.
- Build and lead the procurement function and advise business and executive leaders.
- Support M&A integration through supplier consolidation, contract optimization, and synergy realization.
What we're looking for
- 7+ years in procurement, strategic sourcing, or vendor management, including 2+ years of people leadership or leading complex cross-functional initiatives.
- Experience managing indirect spend and delivering measurable savings or cost avoidance.
- Experience negotiating SaaS, cloud, data, professional services, and multi-year technology agreements.
- Knowledge of commercial contract terms, third-party risk, security, privacy, and compliance.
- Experience improving procurement processes, systems, and operating models.
- Proficiency with procurement, contract lifecycle, and spend analytics tools.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- Strong commercial judgment, financial and analytical acumen, stakeholder influence, and operational mindset.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Paid time off and volunteer time off
- Employer-paid short- and long-term disability
- Parental and adoption leave
- 401(k)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Bonus eligible