Procurement Manager

Conductor is a leading Website Optimization & Intelligence platform. Today’s top brands use Conductor to create and optimize digital experiences that get found organically in search engines and drive value for customers. The platform provides actionable SEO, content, and technical website intelligence paired with real-time website monitoring to help customers accelerate—and protect—digital growth.

Conductor is a mission-driven company with a commitment to innovation, customer success, and culture. For Conductor, success is improving the lives of all the people in our orbit—our customers, our customers' customers, our employee-owners, and our communities.

Conductor is looking for an experienced professional responsible for the execution of the procurement process and conducting supplier management activities. Role will function as the internal point of contact for key business functions and will report to the FP&A Director. 

The key objective of this position is to understand cost drivers of spend, ensure strict adherence to the procure to pay process, leverage buying power while ensuring required service quality and supplier performance are maintained with a high degree of customer (internal business units) satisfaction.

What You'll Do

• Coordinate internal stakeholder and vendor relations.
• Manage Purchase Requisition to Purchase Order creation
• Oversee the end-to-end accounts payable process, including invoice verification, coding, and approval workflows.
• Ensure timely and accurate processing of vendor invoices and employee expense reports.
• Manage payment runs (ACH, wire transfers) and optimize payment schedules.
• Provide qualitative and quantitative analysis to aid in metrics-driven negotiations and vendor selection.
• Develop and manage reporting tools and excel models, tracking and reporting key metrics.
• Assist with the preparation and review of vendor contracts, quotes, and proposals ensuring bilateral commercial terms & conditions.
• Prepare and hold business reviews with stakeholders to review vendor performance, future opportunities, and challenges
• Partner with Legal and Security teams during new vendor onboarding to ensure business requirements are met at engagement onset.
• Assist with improving processes, developing playbooks, and automation across contract management and lifecycle
• Resolve all inbound vendor inquiries about order fulfillment, payment issues, and general account questions
• Manage cash outflow forecast, including managing procurement budgets and control costs.
• Use AP software (Airbase) and NetSuite systems to streamline processes
• Prepare AP aging reports and accruals for month-end close

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree, with 5+ years experience in a Finance or Procurement function
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• The ability to work effectively in a fast pace environment
• Metrics driven, with the ability to exercise judgment and operate independently.
• Ability to prioritize requests and communicate effectively in a deadline driven environment
• Proven experience creating proposals, evaluating vendors and providing recommended improvements to a vendor procurement process design for a fast-growing company
• Proficiency in Airbase and NetSuite is desired

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Compensation: Conductor maintains competitive, performance-based compensation programs. 

The NYC base salary range for this role is currently $80,000 - $110,000

Benefits: Conductor offers the following attractive benefits and perks including: 100% covered employee medical plan, a dental & vision plans, 401(k) with employer contribution, an unlimited vacation policy, 10 sick days, short-term disability, long-term disability, generous paid parental leave, employee assistance program, flexible savings accounts, paid holidays, life and accidental death insurance, and a host of perks (YOLO Months, internet/cell phone allowance, fully stacked kitchens, etc.).

Conductor LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Bringing in diverse perspectives and challenging our assumptions is the clear key to growth; it drives innovation, creativity, faster problem-solving, and stronger decision making. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, train, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. 

Conductor does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, or other characteristics protected by state or federal law or local ordinance.  In addition, it is the policy of Conductor to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances where a particular employee works.