Global Procurement and Vendor Management Lead

Culture Amp; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity through Employee Share Option

Learning programs and coaching

Quarterly refresh days and extended YE

Parental leave from day one

MacBook and home workspace setup

Annual social impact days

Medical insurance (US & UK)

Job summary

Culture Amp is seeking a commercially minded Global Procurement and Vendor Management Lead to optimize third-party spend across APAC, US and EMEA. You will own vendor management, renewal strategy and governance, partnering with Finance, Legal, Security and Technology to deliver measurable savings and strong commercial outcomes.

You will lead a small team, establish scalable procurement practices, and enable product and business teams to focus on core work.

Qualifications

• Proven track record negotiating third-party agreements and delivering measurable savings.
• Deep experience with technology and SaaS licensing, renewals, and vendor tactics.
• Strong financial and commercial judgement to build budgets and defend options.
• Experience building procurement frameworks and driving adoption across an organisation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication to frame decisions for executives.

Responsibilities

• Own global procurement and vendor management across APAC, US and EMEA.
• Lead renewal and negotiation strategy for material agreements.
• Build policies, processes and reporting to manage spend effectively.
• Partner with Workplace, Finance, Legal, Security and Technology on supplier relationships.
• Set commercial strategy and lead negotiations for third party agreements.
• Oversee budgeting, forecasting, actuals, savings tracking and supplier performance.
• Develop and maintain vendor management framework and governance.
• Leverage automation and AI tools to improve spend analysis and negotiation drafting.
• Lead and develop a small specialist team.

Skills

Negotiation leadership

Vendor management

SaaS procurement

Budgeting & forecasting

Cross-functional partnership

Team development

Tools

Contract lifecycle management

Spend management platforms

Job description

We’re big believers in the power of IRL, so for most roles we ask Campers to work from their local Culture Amp office an average of 2 days a week to unlock connection, pace and culture together.

Join us on our mission to make a better world of work.

Culture Amp is the world’s leading employee experience platform, revolutionizing how 25 million employees across more than 6,000 companies create a better world of work. Culture Amp empowers companies of all sizes and industries to transform employee engagement, drive performance management, and develop high-performing teams. Powered by people science and the most comprehensive employee dataset in the world, the most innovative companies including Canva, On, Asana, Dolby, McDonalds and Nasdaq depend on Culture Amp every day.

Culture Amp is backed by leading venture capital funds and has offices in the US, UK, Germany and Australia. Culture Amp has been recognized as one of the world’s top private cloud companies by Forbes and most innovative companies by Fast Company.

For more information visit cultureamp.com.

Culture Amp is looking for a commercially minded Global Procurement and Vendor Management Lead to bring greater visibility, discipline and value to our third party spend across our APAC, US and EMEA hubs.

Third party costs, including software, professional services, IT hardware, workplace operations and related capital projects, are a significant part of any organisation’s cost base. This role will establish a clear, accountable approach to managing those commitments, helping Culture Amp make better commercial decisions while enabling technical and business teams to focus on their core work.

You’ll own the commercial management of our vendor portfolio, lead the renewal and negotiation strategy for material agreements, and build the policies, processes and reporting needed to manage spend effectively. You’ll also act as a trusted commercial partner to leaders across the business, bringing clear recommendations to strategic decisions.

This role reports to the SVP, Finance and Business Operations and leads a small specialist function.

What You’ll Do

• Own the global procurement and vendor management function across APAC, the US and EMEA, maintaining visibility of agreements, renewal dates, notice periods, owners and annual value.
• Partner with Workplace, Finance, Legal, Security and Technology on supplier relationships, property commitments and capital projects, ensuring decisions are commercially sound and appropriately governed.
• Set commercial strategy and lead negotiations for third party agreements, delivering measurable savings and protecting Culture Amp’s commercial position.
• Rationalise the vendor portfolio by analysing usage, licensing and overlap, and recommend the right balance of consolidation, commitment, flexibility and investment.
• Own third party technology spend budgeting and forecasting, reporting actuals, variance, savings opportunities and supplier performance to leadership.
• Build and maintain the vendor management and procurement framework, including policy, approval thresholds, intake processes and commercial governance.
• Use automation and AI enabled tools to improve spend analysis, renewal preparation and negotiation drafting, creating leverage in a lean function.
• Lead, coach and develop a small specialist team while influencing stakeholders across the organisation through clear, decision ready advice.

What You’ll Bring

Essential experience and capabilities

• A strong track record of leading negotiations for third party agreements and delivering measurable, evidenced savings.
• Deep experience managing technology and SaaS categories, including software licensing, pricing, renewals and vendor negotiation tactics.
• Strong financial and commercial judgement, with the ability to build and defend budgets, model options, reconcile spend to actuals and make recommendations to executive audiences.
• Experience building vendor management or procurement frameworks from a low base and driving adoption across an organisation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to frame decisions clearly and recommendation.
• The ability to build trusted partnerships with VPs and executives across different business functions.
• Experience leading and developing a small specialist team.

Desirable Experience

• Experience in a high growth technology or SaaS company with a distributed, multi jurisdiction footprint.
• Practical experience using automation or AI tools to create operating leverage in a lean function.
• Exposure to third party security and risk review processes.
• Experience working with procurement advisory or benchmarking partners on major negotiations.
• Familiarity with contract lifecycle management and spend management platforms.
• Experience supporting workplace services, property portfolios or capital projects.

Perks & Benefits

• Equity through our Employee Share Option Program, so you can share in our long-term success
• Learning programs and coaching to help you thrive and grow
• Quarterly refresh days, an extended end-of-year break and a monthly allowance to support your wellbeing and lifestyle
• Inclusive parental leave from day one
• A MacBook and budget to set up your home workspace, enabling flexibility
• Five annual social impact days to to give back to causes that matter to you
• Medical insurance coverage for you and your family (Available for US & UK only)

Our rewards are designed to support different needs and life stages, recognising that what matters most can vary from person to person.

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