Buyer - Indirect Procurement

base-power; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Base is seeking a Buyer – Indirect Procurement to ensure teams have indirect goods and services they need—quickly, accurately, and cost-effectively. You will manage purchase orders, coordinate with suppliers, and resolve procurement issues while delivering an outstanding internal customer experience.

You’ll serve as the front door for procurement, validating pricing and contracts, prioritizing requests, and partnering with Global Sourcing Managers to execute sourcing strategy.

Qualifications

• Ownership and speed with accuracy in a fast-paced setting.
• Experience in high-volume procurement, purchasing, or operations.
• Strong organizational and prioritization abilities in ambiguity.
• Sound judgment and independent decision-making.
• Customer-focused with clear communication and relationship-building.
• Analytical mindset with willingness to learn new systems.
• Procurement system experience (Ramp Procurement or similar) is a plus.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage purchase orders for indirect goods and services with accuracy.
• Ensure POs reflect latest pricing, quotes, contracts, and terms before release.
• Serve as the primary intake for procurement requests and escalate when needed.
• Partner with stakeholders to communicate updates and handoffs for sourcing.
• Monitor open POs, expedite critical orders, and resolve supplier issues.
• Build strong supplier relationships and ensure pricing and delivery performance.
• Collaborate with Receiving and Accounts Payable to resolve discrepancies.
• Help implement Ramp Procurement and scale procurement workflows.

Skills

Ownership

High-volume environment

Organizational skills

Judgment & decision-making

Customer focus & communication

Analytical problem-solving

Procurement systems experience

Bachelor's degree

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Ramp Procurement

Job description

About Base

Base is America’s next-generation power company. We’re rebuilding the foundation of modern civilization–electricity–by deploying a vast network of distributed batteries that is transforming today’s fragile, centralized grid into a resilient and abundant system. We are engineers, operators, and creatives solving some of the most complex, interdisciplinary challenges of our time.

About the Role

Base is looking for a Buyer – Indirect Procurement to help keep the company running by ensuring teams have the indirect goods and services they need — quickly, accurately, and cost-effectively. You'll support every function across the business, managing purchase orders, coordinating with suppliers, resolving procurement issues, and delivering a great internal customer experience.

You'll serve as the front door for procurement: prioritizing requests, making sure orders reflect the latest negotiated pricing and contracts, and partnering with our Global Sourcing Managers to execute sourcing strategy. You'll also help implement Base's new Ramp Procurement platform and build scalable processes as the company grows.

What You'll Do

• Create and manage purchase orders for indirect goods and services, ensuring accurate, timely approval and issuance.

• Validate that POs reflect the latest approved pricing, quotes, contracts, and negotiated terms before release.

• Serve as the primary intake point for procurement requests — prioritizing by business impact and escalating to a Global Sourcing Manager when needed.

• Partner with stakeholders throughout the procurement process, communicating updates and ensuring a clean handoff for sourcing or contract negotiations.

• Monitor open POs, expedite critical orders, and proactively resolve supplier issues and delivery risks.

• Build strong supplier relationships while holding suppliers accountable for pricing, delivery, and performance.

• Partner with Receiving, Accounts Payable, and suppliers to resolve invoice, receiving, and PO discrepancies.

• Help implement and optimize the Ramp Procurement platform, building scalable workflows and best practices.

What You'll Bring

• High ownership — you follow through and get things done, with speed and accuracy.

• Proven success in a high-volume, transaction-intensive environment (procurement, purchasing, operations, finance, or customer service).

• Strong organizational and prioritization skills in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

• Sound judgment and independent decision-making.

• Customer focus with strong communication and relationship-building skills.

• Analytical and problem-solving mindset, with curiosity to learn new systems and processes.

• Procurement or purchasing systems experience (Ramp Procurement or similar) a plus, not required.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

About the Team

Our supply chain team sources components, manages manufacturing, and builds the vendor relationships needed to produce and deliver the lowest-cost, highest-quality home battery systems at scale — optimizing landed costs, ramping domestic manufacturing, and developing supplier partnerships that hold up under pressure.

The work has direct impact: homeowners across the country rely on Base for whole-home backup and below-market electricity rates, while our aggregated storage supports grid stability as demand accelerates from AI infrastructure, electrification, and extreme weather. We're building the supply foundation to keep pace — manufacturing in-house and expanding nationally at speeds and costs incumbents can't match.

Please note: Base is a startup, which means priorities shift and evolve quickly. Your role may expand or change based on the needs of the business at any given time, so the responsibilities listed may not be exhaustive.

Our Values

• First Principles Thinking: Question assumptions. Principles > rules.

• Operate at Base Pace: Focus on what matters, act quickly, and learn by doing.

• Give & Get Feedback: Be direct, be humble, and maintain a growth mindset.

• Everyone’s an Owner: Follow through on commitments and own results.

• Strong Opinions, Loosely Held: Drive clarity and make calls with imperfect information.

• Committed to the Mission: Rebuilding the grid is a big challenge. We work hard because we care deeply about the impact we’re creating. We work in-person. It’s not a 9-to-5. We are all-in.

• Fun & Optimism Coexist with Grit: Collaboration and celebration coincide with the intensity of building real things.

Do the best work of your life at Base.