Head of Procurement — Build & Scale Sourcing

TRACTIAN; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium Medical

PTO 15 Days

401(k)

Wellhub Membership

Sports Incentive

Long-term trip benefit

Job summary

TRACTIAN is hiring its first Head of Procurement to build the function from zero. Reporting to the CFO, you’ll own indirect spend, SaaS, software, and services, designing the process, negotiating deals, managing vendor risk, and driving real savings at startup speed.

You’ll expand into direct procurement, electronics, contract manufacturing, and logistics, owning sourcing end‑to‑end while keeping the business fast, commercial, and bureaucratic-free.

Qualifications

• Built procurement inside a fast-moving company or started from scratch
• You own outcomes, not tasks, and measure yourself by results
• Created a procurement or sourcing function during hypergrowth
• Think like an owner and optimize for business outcomes
• You are a self-starter who can operate as the first and only person in the function
• Comfortable with ambiguity and lack of playbooks
• You have driven measurable savings and better terms without burning relationships
• You’re easy to work with and accelerate spending decisions
• You avoid friction and unnecessary processes to increase company effectiveness

Responsibilities

• Build the procurement function from scratch, process, policy, and tooling.
• Partner with stakeholders to understand needs and negotiate the best solution.
• Own end-to-end sourcing across direct and indirect spend, from intake to contract.
• Negotiate to secure savings and favorable terms without slowing the business.
• Establish vendor due‑diligence and risk programs for handling customer data and supply chains.
• Create a contracting process that legal, finance, and stakeholders will use.
• Consolidate vendors and renegotiate or cut low‑value relationships.
• Select and roll out procurement tooling that scales.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Hardware on component sourcing and supply continuity.

Skills

Procurement

Negotiation

Vendor management

Sourcing

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

TRACTIAN is hiring its first Head of Procurement to build the function from zero. Reporting to the CFO, you’ll own indirect spend, SaaS, software, and services, designing the process, negotiating deals, managing vendor risk, and driving real savings at startup speed.

You’ll expand into direct procurement, electronics, contract manufacturing, and logistics, owning sourcing end‑to‑end while keeping the business fast, commercial, and bureaucratic-free.