AI-Powered Purchasing Specialist (Remote, Stock Options)

Standard Bots; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Options

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Standard Bots is seeking a remote-to-US-based Purchasing Operations Specialist on the Finance team to manage the internal purchasing lifecycle for prototypes, tools, and vendor relations.

You will implement AI-assisted workflows, optimize purchasing processes, and ensure timely responses to requests while maintaining policy compliance and audit-ready records. This role emphasizes automation and cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in purchasing, procurement, or purchasing-focused operations.
• Hands-on experience with a spend management platform (Ramp, Brex, Coupa) and PO-based purchasing.
• Working knowledge of basic accounting concepts: GL coding, capex vs. opex, accruals, and three-way match.
• AI Automation - you’ll build AI agents to run intake, vendor comparisons, POs, invoice matching, and status updates, document every workflow so others can run it, and keep pushing up the share of requests that close with no manual touch.
• A service mindset: you're fast, responsive, and comfortable juggling many small requests at once.
• Strong judgment on when to follow policy and when to elevate.

Responsibilities

• Run the internal purchasing queue end to end: intake, clarify specs, source, buy, track delivery, and close out.
• Respond to every request within one business day and turn standard purchases around the same day.
• Triage urgent R&D and customer POC needs so engineering work never sits blocked waiting on a purchase.
• Keep requesters posted on status, ETAs, and substitutions, so nobody has to chase you.
• Find the right vendor on price, lead time, and quality, and get quotes on larger purchases.
• Set up and maintain vendors in Ramp, including W-9s, payment terms, and vendor ownership.
• Build a preferred-vendor list and negotiate pricing or accounts with high-volume suppliers.
• Issue POs, confirm receipt, and act as vendor owner and first invoice reviewer.

Skills

Purchasing experience

Vendor management

Communication

Policy compliance

Automation mindset

Tools

Ramp

Brex

Coupa

Job description

Standard Bots is seeking a remote-to-US-based Purchasing Operations Specialist on the Finance team to manage the internal purchasing lifecycle for prototypes, tools, and vendor relations.

You will implement AI-assisted workflows, optimize purchasing processes, and ensure timely responses to requests while maintaining policy compliance and audit-ready records. This role emphasizes automation and cross-team collaboration.