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Vendor Sourcing Specialist

Lessen

Job Location:

Chicago, IL - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 45000 - 51000

Posted: 1 September 2026 (6 days ago)

Application Deadline: 29 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Lessen is the tech-enabled end-to-end property service provider that is transforming how commercial and residential real estate services are delivered and managed at scale. Lessens technology platform provides data-driven insights that unlock key growth opportunities for the entire real estate ecosystemincluding investors owners managers and service providers. The company leverages a network of over 30000 vetted qualified vendors (Lessen Affiliates) serving clients with over 1 million properties and completing more than 3.5 million work orders annually across an expanding range of services. Lessen LLC is a venture-backed privately held company with offices in Scottsdale and Chicago.

The Vendor Sourcing Specialist supports the Exteriors department by sourcing qualifying and contracting vendors building collaborative relationships managing work orders monitoring and developing their performance and acting as the prime point of contact for vendors over commercial contractual and practical arrangements. The position is expected to use independent judgment and discretion to locate vendors and negotiate terms with those vendors in a way best benefiting the Company.

What Youll Do:

Interview identify and qualify new vendors in assigned market and service lines; establish and growrelationships with vendors through direct communication to achieve seamless high-quality serviceand advantageous pricing.
Negotiate pricing and service terms with vendors for contracted services while maintaining margin requirements.
Communicate with vendors on insurance and other compliance requirements; ensure vendor meets the minimum requirements to work for Lessen.
Ensure proper and timely onboarding of new client accounts; initiate the recurrence of existingseasonal accounts.
Analyze opportunities and risks with vendors and vendor onboarding team; recommends resolutionto leadership.
Analyze location alignment and capacity opportunities; recommends improvements to leadership
Understand varying scopes of work of our clients and convey those requirements to vendors.
Establish and grow relationships with vendors.
Take ownership of complex issues escalated by the client independently and with a sense ofurgency; maintains responsibility for ultimate resolution and escalates the most consequential issues to department leadership with actionable recommendations for solutions.
Work with operations team to identify and terminate underperforming vendors.
Contribute to special projects as requested by Operations management.
Must be available to adjust work schedule during high peak periods when necessary.

You Should Have:

Excellent Microsoft product skills - high-level experience with Excel and Word required.
Experience/ability to setup/lead meetings or plan remote business events required.
Bachelors degree or related experience.
Experience in Facilities Supply chain or Procurement preferred
3-5 years customer service or related experience preferred

$45000 - $51000 a year

Why Lessen:

Competitive compensation

Health Dental Vision Life Disability options

401K retirement savings plan

Paid vacation federal and floating holidays

Maternity/Paternity Pay

Career advancement opportunities

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Lessen is intentional about attracting developing and retaining amazing talent from diverse backgrounds. Were looking for teammates that are enthusiastic empathetic curious motivated reliable and will help us amplify the positive & inclusive culture weve been building. Lessen is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age protected veteran or disabled status or genetic information.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

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