Procurement Lead - Build from Scratch (Scale-Up)

fonio; Wien; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Relocation support

Daily lunch and dinner

Equipment of your choice

Regular team off-sites

On-site in Vienna

Job summary

fonio is seeking a Procurement Manager to own and build the procurement function from scratch in Vienna. You will manage spend with third parties, establish processes and policies, and partner with IT and Finance to govern purchases.

You will select tools for intake, POs, contracts and SaaS; maintain visibility over spend, run vendor onboarding, and lead negotiations with cloud, telephony, and AI/LLM providers, while ensuring GDPR and security compliance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in procurement or vendor management.
• Built or scaled a procurement process independently.
• Strong negotiator with a track record of savings.
• Hands-on with procurement tools and spend management.

Responsibilities

• Build the procurement function from scratch: source-to-pay process, policy, thresholds and playbooks.
• Select and implement intake and purchasing tools, connect to accounting with Finance.
• Provide full spend visibility by vendor, team and category; manage renewals.
• Own vendor management: sourcing, RFPs and negotiations for cloud, telephony, SaaS, hardware.
• Run vendor onboarding, due diligence, performance reviews and risk checks (GDPR, DPAs).
• Collaborate with IT on software/hardware lifecycle: provisioning, licensing, offboarding.

Skills

Procurement

Vendor management

Negotiation

SaaS purchasing

IT procurement tools

Tools

RFP software

Spend-management tools

ERP integration

Job description

fonio is seeking a Procurement Manager to own and build the procurement function from scratch in Vienna. You will manage spend with third parties, establish processes and policies, and partner with IT and Finance to govern purchases.

You will select tools for intake, POs, contracts and SaaS; maintain visibility over spend, run vendor onboarding, and lead negotiations with cloud, telephony, and AI/LLM providers, while ensuring GDPR and security compliance.