Global Procurement Leader for Scale-Up & Connectivity

Jobgether SRL; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

Job summary

Lever, Inc. is seeking a Head of Procurement to build a global procurement function for a rapidly scaling international business. Based in the Netherlands, you will own strategy, supplier relationships, and key negotiations across 200+ destinations.

You will lead cross-functional teams, implement governance and scalable processes to drive profitability while balancing risk, cost, and quality in a fast-moving global environment.

Qualifications

• You have more than 5 years of relevant procurement leadership experience, ideally gained within a fast-growing scale-up, technology company, or similarly dynamic environment.
• You have proven experience building procurement functions, frameworks, policies, and vendor management processes from the ground up.
• You have strong expertise in international contract negotiations, particularly for complex services and strategic supplier relationships.
• You are experienced in financial analysis and can assess complex commercial agreements, supplier costs, pricing structures, and potential savings opportunities.
• You have strong leadership capabilities and enjoy designing scalable processes that can evolve with a rapidly growing organization.
• You are a strategic thinker who can balance cost optimization with quality, reliability, risk management, and long-term business objectives.
• You are comfortable working cross-functionally with senior stakeholders and translating procurement priorities into broader business outcomes.
• Experience in telecom, connectivity, or SaaS environments is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of international vendor compliance and cross-border operations is a plus.
• You are proactive, commercially minded, and comfortable taking ownership of a function with significant autonomy.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the global procurement strategy from the ground up, ensuring it supports rapid international expansion and broader business objectives.
• Lead high-value negotiations with telecom and connectivity partners to secure competitive pricing, strong service levels, favorable contractual terms, and reliable performance across markets.
• Establish company-wide procurement policies, processes, and vendor risk frameworks that provide clear governance as the organization scales.
• Analyze and optimize global supplier spend, identifying opportunities for sustainable cost savings without compromising service quality or customer experience.
• Develop and implement supplier performance metrics to monitor reliability, quality, commercial performance, and service levels across a network spanning more than 200 destinations.
• Build scalable vendor management workflows that improve supplier accountability, visibility, and long-term relationship management.
• Partner with finance, product, operations, and other senior stakeholders to align procurement priorities with strategic business and product goals.
• Develop procurement processes that can support increasing operational complexity, international expansion, and a growing supplier ecosystem.
• Provide strategic leadership on supplier risk, commercial opportunities, and procurement decisions, ensuring recommendations are supported by sound financial and operational analysis.
• Establish procurement as a strategic business function that contributes directly to profitability, resilience, and sustainable growth.

Skills

Procurement leadership

Strategic thinking

Negotiation

Financial analysis

Vendor management

Cross-functional

Telecom experience

SaaS experience

Job description

Lever, Inc. is seeking a Head of Procurement to build a global procurement function for a rapidly scaling international business. Based in the Netherlands, you will own strategy, supplier relationships, and key negotiations across 200+ destinations.

You will lead cross-functional teams, implement governance and scalable processes to drive profitability while balancing risk, cost, and quality in a fast-moving global environment.