IT Procurement Lead

About Faire

Faire is an online wholesale marketplace built on the belief that the future is local — independent retailers around the globe are doing more revenue than Walmart and Amazon combined. At Faire, we're using the power of tech, data, and machine learning to connect this thriving community of entrepreneurs across the globe. Picture your favorite boutique in town — we help them discover the best products from around the world to sell in their stores. With the right tools and insights, we believe that we can level the playing field so that small businesses everywhere can compete with these big box and e-commerce giants.

By supporting the growth of independent businesses, Faire is driving positive economic impact in local communities, globally. We’re looking for smart, resourceful and passionate people to join us as we power the shop local movement. If you believe in community, come join ours.

About this role

Faire is looking for an IT Procurement Lead to join the Faire IT team. You’ll help Faire build out and scale our IT Procurement and Logistics function, ensuring we are efficiently delivering amazing experiences to our employees. This role will be responsible for the global procurement function, which includes SaaS, hardware, and logistics. You will use data to understand how we can make better decisions. We’re looking for someone who is passionate about the latest technology, loves solving problems, and is eager to learn and grow with us.

Our ideal candidate is highly autonomous and detail oriented, possesses strong written and verbal communication skills, has a track record of successfully delivering complex projects on time, and possesses a strong mindset in using data and automation to help IT scale. The desire and ability to work in a fast-paced collaborative environment are essential.

What you’ll do

• Own our IT Procurement function, working with stakeholders across the organization to purchase hardware and software that meets their needs.
• Create and maintain tools like dashboards to understand data around sourcing, logistics, value, and cost analysis to help us grow sustainably.
• Identify and investigate opportunities for continuous improvement and ways to leverage automation.
• Perform market and industry trend analysis for key contracts and applications, and develop strategies for efficient and effective purchasing.
• Develop forecasts based on future costs and staffing levels to help us plan effectively for the future.
• Own our contract review and negotiation process, making sure our needs are met and that we are getting the best deal possible.
• Manage our hardware inventory and develop necessary plans to continuously optimize our processes to increase operational efficiency and improve service to our team.
• Work closely with IT Operations to develop standards and processes for IT Hardware deployment and lifecycle management globally.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in an IT Procurement role with increasing levels of responsibility
• Expertise in project management
• Experience delivering creative, long-term solutions to technical problems
• Comprehensive knowledge of procurement and inventory best practices
• Strong dedication to creating an amazing employee service experience
• Experience analyzing contracts and working with a legal team to ensure compliance with company policies
• Experience implementing and owning an asset management system and automating processes
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Passion for technology, driven to keep up with the latest trends
• Understanding of data analysis, visualization and reporting
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Collaborative and team-oriented

Salary Range

San Francisco*: the pay range for this role is $158,500 to $218,000 per year.

This role will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Actual base pay will be determined based on permissible factors such as transferable skills, work experience, market demands, and primary work location. The base pay range provided is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Faire’s flexible work model aims to meet the needs of our diverse employee community by making work more flexible, connected, and inclusive. Depending on the role and needs of the team, Faire employees have the flexibility to choose how they work–whether that’s mainly in the office, remotely, or a mix of both.

Roles that list only a country in the location are eligible for fully remote work in that country or in- office work at a Faire office in that country, provided employees are located in the registered country/province/state. Roles with only a city location are eligible for in-office or hybrid office work in that city. Our talent team will work with candidates to determine what locations and roles are eligible for each option.

Applications for this position will be accepted for a minimum of 30 days from the posting date.

Why you’ll love working at Faire

• We are entrepreneurs: Faire is being built for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. We believe entrepreneurship is a calling and our mission is to empower entrepreneurs to chase their dreams. Every member of our team is taking part in the founding process.
• We are using technology and data to level the playing field: We are leveraging the power of product innovation and machine learning to connect brands and boutiques from all over the world, building a growing community of more than 350,000 small business owners.
• We build products our customers love: Everything we do is ultimately in the service of helping our customers grow their business because our goal is to grow the pie - not steal a piece from it. Running a small business is hard work, but using Faire makes it easy.
• We are curious and resourceful: Inquisitive by default, we explore every possibility, test every assumption, and develop creative solutions to the challenges at hand. We lead with curiosity and data in our decision making, and reason from a first principles mentality.

Faire was founded in 2017 by a team of early product and engineering leads from Square. We’re backed by some of the top investors in retail and tech including: Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Forerunner Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, and DST Global. We have headquarters in San Francisco and Kitchener-Waterloo, and a global employee presence across offices in Salt Lake City, Atlanta, Toronto, London, New York, LA, and Sao Paulo. To learn more about Faire and our customers, you can read more on our blog.

Faire provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

Faire is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, please fill out our Accommodation Request Form (https://bit.ly/faire-form)