Procurement Director

Technology is one of the biggest items in an enterprise CFO’s budget, second only to headcount. Traditional procurement is one of the most frustrating, friction-filled bottlenecks in the modern business. Vertice is the world’s first Intelligent Procurement Platform eliminating this chaos. By combining agentic workflows, deep AI insights, and a global network of expert negotiators, we empower enterprises to buy smarter and scale at pace. The market response has been unprecedented: • $75bn+ in spend processed across our platform. • 20% savings consistently delivered to our customers. • 70% reduction in standard enterprise procurement cycles. • 13X revenue growth achieved over the last two years alone. Founded by serial technology entrepreneurs Roy and Eldar Tuvey, who have successfully scaled and exited two category-defining platforms and created $600M+ in enterprise value, we are backed by over $100M in Series C funding from tier 1 global investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, 83North, Lakestar. We have also been recognized as the #2 fastest-growing company on the Sunday Times' Tech 100 and the fastest-growing startup in the UK and Ireland by the FT’s Sifted (#4 in Europe). With headquarters in London and hubs in New York, Brno, Sydney, and Johannesburg, we are fundamentally reshaping the global B2B economy. Your role at Vertice: You will own Vertice's procurement service delivery for the Mid Market segment in the UK, building a foundation of trust and robust action plans for our customers in this segment. This role calls for a leader with the shared language and gravitas to work alongside finance and procurement executives, and who is, above all, a hands-on operator with an owner's mindset. You will develop and communicate the Mid Market procurement vision for the UK, set and track performance against ambitious goals across your team, and build a function that customers trust to deliver. You will leverage Vertice's proprietary agentic workflows and AI-powered insights to sharpen negotiation prep, speed up sourcing decisions, and strip out the manual admin that slows traditional procurement teams down. Vertice is scaling fast. This is a genuine opportunity to shape how we deliver procurement services to this segment, rather than inheriting a fixed playbook. Responsibilities: • Procurement Vision & Strategy: Develop and communicate a Mid Market procurement vision and strategy for the UK, setting and tracking performance across your team. • Customer Strategy & Playbooks: Develop personalised procurement strategies for Mid Market accounts and build procurement playbooks that keep delivery consistent at scale. • Strategic Sourcing: Develop and execute strategic sourcing plans, negotiate complex SaaS deals, and manage key SaaS partner relationships across the largest spend areas. • Supplier Relationship Management: Lead cross-functional teams to implement effective SRM strategies, balancing innovation with best practice across the supplier base. • AI-Powered Delivery: Use Vertice's agentic workflows and AI-driven insights to prioritise account research, sharpen negotiation prep, and remove manual admin from your team day-to-day. About You: • Procurement Expertise: A professional background in Strategic Sourcing, Project Management, Procurement, Vendor Management, or a related discipline in Consulting. • SaaS Fluent: Strong understanding of the SaaS business model and the wider ecosystem. • Customer Obsessed: A track record of delivering extraordinary results for mid-sized customers, with superb listening skills and the ability to dig deeper to uncover a customer's true objectives. • Compelling Communicator: A clear, confident communicator in writing, in conversation, and in front of senior customer stakeholders or prospects, with a proven ability to run compelling presentations. • AI-Curious: You actively experiment with the latest AI tools in your own workflow, and want to work in a business modernizing the procurement industry. Why join Vertice? • High-Impact Ownership: Join at a stage where you can build the Mid Market procurement function in the UK from the ground up, with real autonomy over strategy and delivery. • Growth Trajectory: Vertice is scaling fast, and this role puts you at the centre of that growth in one of our core segments. BI-DNI Final things to note Vertice is an equal opportunities employer, although you must be legally able to work in the specified region of the job. Any personal data you provide will be processed in accordance with Vertice's privacy policy and applicable data protection law. We use AI-assisted tools to help us review and assess applications more efficiently. These tools support our Talent team but do not make hiring decisions autonomously. You have the right to contest any AI-assisted decision, and exercise your data subject rights by contacting us; please follow the instructions in our privacy policy. We like to deal directly with our candidates so no agencies please! If you aren’t sure this job applies to you, feel free to send your CV to careers@vertice.one, and we’ll be happy to take a look and see if you could be a good fit anywhere else in our business!