Procurement Manager - SaaS
Procurement Manager - SaaS
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About Mixpanel
Mixpanel is an event analytics platform for builders who need answers from their data at their fingertipsno SQL required. When everyone in the organization can see and learn from the impact of their work on product marketing and company revenue metrics they are poised to make better decisions.
Over 9000 paid customers including companies like Netflix Pinterest Sweetgreen and Samsara use Mixpanel to understand their customers and measure progress. Our commitment is to provide the most comprehensive and reliable analytics platform accessible and trusted by all.
About the Operational Finance Team
The Operational Finance Team is responsible for a variety of tasks that are instrumental in keeping the business running on a day to day basis. There are five teams within the Operational Finance Function each serve a specific purpose to the company: Accounting and Accounts Payable Accurately records all vendor related transactions and keeps our vendors paid Billing Team provisions all customers access to mixpanel and ensure proper revenue recognition Collection Team records all customer payments and ensures we get paid on time Payroll prepares payrolls for all employees world wide and Deal Desk collaborates with sales to ensure streamlined and compliant quoting process. The team is split between the Bay Area London Bangalore and Barcelona.
About the Role
The Procurement Manager will be responsible for the procurement program at Mixpanel will report to the Corporate Controller. They will be responsible for managing organizational spend maximizing vendor value optimizing procurement processes minimizing risk and assisting business partners throughout the organization with the procurement of thirdparty tools and services.
This role requires a breadth of experiences and both strategic and operational skills. A successful candidate will enjoy using their skillset to streamline operations enhance processes and continuously support and educate others to develop a worldclass procurement program. Additionally this individual will work towards enhancing our relationships with thirdparty vendors.
Responsibilities
- Own and manage Mixpanels SaaS procurement partner relationship for all SaaS purchases and renewals.
- Collaborate crossfunctionally with key internal teams such as FP&A Security IT and Legal on purchasing processes and improvements.
- Build strategic relationships with key vendors and technology partners in order to leverage strategic discounts and maximize value.
- Assist with business case reviews to ensure new spend is justified.
- Negotiate with vendors to reduce costs and ensure spend comes in below/at budget.
- Track and forecast levels of spend for SaaS products as well as services.
- Liaise with key company employees to determine their purchasing needs.
- Monitor company spending and build a culture of longterm saving on procurement related costs.
- Undertake valueformoney reviews of existing contracts and arrangements.
- Work closely with the Legal team to negotiate and streamline contracts.
- When needed conduct research to source the best products and vendors in terms of value and quality conduct compliance checks financial background checks for vendors.
- Lead initiatives to implement procurement process improvements.
- Provide basic procurement process training for Mixpanel employees that are involved with procurement of products and services.
- Assist with SaaS tool rationalization and optimization.
Were Looking For Someone Who Has
- 7 years of work experience as a Procurement Specialist or Procurement Manager.
- Extensive experience working with SaaS companies and vendors.
- Degree in something related
- Experience working in a mature Procurement environment (ideally Enterprise).
- Experience with Procurement improvement initiatives.
- Understanding of market dynamics and sound business judgment.
- Experience with managing and mitigating risks.
- Strong data management and analytics skills you have the ability to gather clean and interpret data.
- Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships both internally and externally.
- Effective communicator as you will need to collaborate with all functions of the business.
- Adaptability you understand that change is constant and you embrace it.
- Agility and resilience you move quickly and encourage continued improvement.
- Strong work ethic desire to learn and a drive to excel.
- Professional polish accustomed to and comfortable with presenting to the C suite without extensive coaching and prep (internally and externally).
Benefits and Perks
- Competitive Medical Vision and Dental Care and 401(K)
- Wellness Reimbursement
- Generous vacation policy
- Companywide holiday shut down
- Volunteer time off
Culture Values
- Be Open:When knowledge becomes open we can come together as a team to collaborate around a shared purpose
- Customer Focus:Our customers success is our success
- Lead Change:Everyone at Mixpanel can make an impact on the business
- Results Oriented:Driving results in a measurable way ensures we stay focused on the highest impact initiatives
- One Team:We cant win without each other
Why choose Mixpanel
A clear market leader in the product analytics space Mixpanel has raised $277M from worldrenowned VC firms like Bain AndreessenHorowitz Sequoia and YC and our revenue has grown significantly since then. Our ambitious collaborative team makes it possible by finding creative solutions to new challenges with scaling reliability design and customer service.
Mixpanel is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity. We actively encourage women people with disabilities veterans underrepresented minorities and LGBTQ people to apply. We do not discriminate based on race religion color national origin gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. Under the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider employmentqualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Compensation
The amount listed below is the total target cash compensation (TTCC) and includes base compensation and variable compensation in the form of either a company bonus or commissions. Variable compensation type is determined by your role and level. In addition to the cash compensation provided this position is also eligible for equity consideration and other benefits including medical vision and dental insurance coverage. You can view our benefits offerings here.
Our salary ranges are determined by role and level and are benchmarked to the SF Bay Area Technology data cut released by Radford a global compensation database. The range displayed represents the minimum and maximum TTCC for new hire salaries for the position across all of our US locations. To stay on top of market conditions we refresh our salary ranges twice a year so these ranges may change in the future. Within the range individual pay is determined by experience jobrelated skills qualifications and other factors. If you have questions about the specific range your recruiter can share this information.
Benefits and Perks
- Comprehensive Medical Vision and Dental Care
- Mental Wellness Benefit
- Generous Vacation Policy & Additional Company Holidays
- Enhanced Parental Leave
- Volunteer Time Off
- Additional US Benefits: PreTax Benefits including 401(K) Wellness Benefit Holiday Break
*please note that benefits and perks for contract positions will vary*
Culture Values
- Be Open: When knowledge becomes open we can come together as a team to collaborate around a shared purpose
- Customer Focus: Our customers success is our success
- Lead Change: Everyone at Mixpanel has the capacity to make an impact on the business
- Results Oriented: Driving results in a measurable way ensures we stay focused on the highest impact initiatives
- One Team: We cant win without each other
Why choose Mixpanel
Were a leader in analytics with over 9000 customers and $277M raised from prominent investors: like AndreessenHorowitz Sequoia YC and most recently Bain Capital. Mixpanels pioneering eventbased data analytics platform offers a powerful yet simple solution for companies to understand user behaviors and easily track overarching company success metrics. Our accomplished teams continuously facilitate our expansion by tackling the everevolving challenges tied to scaling reliability design and service. Choosing to work at Mixpanel means youll be helping the worlds most innovative companies learn from their data so they can make better decisions.
Mixpanel is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity. At Mixpanel we are focused on things that really matterour people our customers our partnersout of a recognition that those relationships are the most valuable assets we have. We actively encourage women people with disabilities veterans underrepresented minorities and LGBTQ people to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance or other similar laws that may be applicable we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Weve immersed ourselves in our Culture and Values as our guiding principles for the impact we want to have and the future we are building.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
