Freelance Procurement Specialist

MindWave; Terhulpen; Remote; EUR 96,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Meal vouchers

Training budget

Remote internet budget

Transparent rates

Job summary

MindWave is seeking a freelance IT procurement and strategic sourcing expert to lead multi-million technology agreements across software, cloud, hardware, and services. You’ll partner with business, legal, risk, and finance to optimize spend, terms, and supplier performance in regulated environments.

You bring 10+ years of IT procurement experience, advanced negotiation skills, and a pragmatic, autonomous work style. Flexible remote engagement with transparent rates.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT procurement and strategic sourcing experience.
• Experience negotiating multi-million technology agreements.
• Knowledge of licensing for software, SaaS, cloud, and cybersecurity.
• Experience in regulated environments such as finance or critical infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives, RFx processes, supplier selections, and contract negotiations.
• Manage end-to-end technology procurement: software, hardware, cloud, network, and services.
• Advise business, technology, legal, risk, security, compliance and finance stakeholders.
• Drive cost optimization, risk mitigation and supplier performance improvements.
• Negotiate complex contractual terms including pricing, data protection, SLAs, and audits.
• Support renewals, vendor consolidations, and procurement governance.
• Assess supplier capabilities, financial stability, and regulatory compliance.
• Build executive-level relationships with strategic vendors.

Skills

IT procurement

Strategic sourcing

Vendor management

Contract negotiation

Stakeholder management

Job description

At MindWave, we’re not just building teams. We’re building a new way of working. We’re creating a community of experts who thrive in a transparent, human and forward-thinking environment.

We are currently looking for an experienced Freelance IT Procurement and Strategic Sourcing professional with significant expertise in managing complex technology agreements, supplier relationships, and commercial negotiations across software, cloud, hardware, telecommunications, cybersecurity, and IT services categories. Operates effectively in regulated and mission-critical environments where sourcing decisions require strong commercial judgment, risk awareness, and stakeholder management.

Leading strategic sourcing initiatives, RFx processes, supplier selections, and contract negotiations.

Managing end-to-end technology procurement activities, including software, hardware, cloud, network, and professional services agreements.

Acting as a trusted advisor to business, technology, legal, risk, security, compliance, and finance stakeholders.

Driving commercial optimization, cost reduction, risk mitigation, and supplier-performance improvements.

Negotiating complex contractual terms, including pricing models, liability provisions, data protection, security, service levels, audit rights, and regulatory requirements.

Supporting major renewals, competitive sourcing events, vendor consolidations, and strategic procurement programs.

Assessing supplier capabilities, financial stability, operational resilience, and compliance with internal policies and industry regulations.

Building and maintaining strong executive-level relationships with strategic technology vendors.

Contributing to procurement governance, category strategies, sourcing standards, and continuous improvement of procurement processes.

10+ years of experience in IT procurement, strategic sourcing, vendor management, or commercial contract management.

Strong knowledge of software licensing, SaaS, cloud services, infrastructure, cybersecurity, telecommunications, and managed services procurement.

Proven track record of negotiating complex multi-million technology agreements.

Experience working within regulated environments such as financial services, payments, critical infrastructure, or highly governed technology organizations.

Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, including engagement with senior leadership and external suppliers.

Strong understanding of commercial, contractual, legal, risk, and regulatory considerations associated with technology sourcing

Soft Skills and MindWave Mindset

At MindWave, we value people who are not only strong in what they do, but also in how they work with others.

You take ownership and feel comfortable working with a high level of autonomy. You don’t wait for perfect instructions before moving forward: you explore, challenge assumptions and turn ideas into working solutions.

You combine thoroughness with pragmatism and communicate openly when you see opportunities, risks or better ways of doing things. You enjoy collaborating across disciplines and can explain complex technical ideas clearly.

Curiosity is part of how you work. You’re interested in the possibilities of AI and new technologies, eager to experiment and happy to share what you learn with the wider community.

Above all, you value transparency, trust and human connection. Because at MindWave, we believe the best results come from strong experts who are given the freedom and support to do meaningful work.

Benefits

• A true community of experts, with both natural and planned knowledge-sharing moments such as brown bag sessions on AI, innovation and emerging technology topics.
• A flexible working culture that combines remote freedom with meaningful connection to your team and the wider MindWave community.
• A transparent and human working environment where you can grow, contribute and be yourself.
• Strong and accessible leadership, with direct interaction and genuine involvement from the CEO in the lives of our consultants and community.
• A long-term, technically challenging project where your work has a visible and meaningful impact.
• The opportunity to work at the intersection of large-scale data engineering, AI and scientific innovation.
• A competitive employee package including medical insurance, meal vouchers, an annual training budget and a remote-work budget for internet and mobile costs.
• For freelancers: full transparency on rates and fees. No surprises, just fairness.