B2Spin is hiring a Head of Procurement

Requirements

• 10+ years in procurement with 5+ years leading teams, ideally in high-growth or regulated environments where speed and precision both matter
• Proven procurement leadership experience with strong category depth in Technology/SaaS, Professional Services, and Marketing.
• Advanced capability in negotiating AI/GenAI supplier contracts, SaaS agreements, cloud services, and complex SLAs.
• Strong command of commercial strategy, financial analysis, and supplier risk frameworks.
• Familiarity with CLM systems, contracting workflows, and procurement automation (supporting role).
• Data-driven approach — Advanced Excel/BI skills with proficiency with P2P systems, ERP integrations, spend analytics tools, and AI-enabled productivity solutions.
• Ability to translate analytics into sourcing strategies and negotiation outcomes.
• Expertise in cost optimization, supplier benchmarking, market scanning, and TCO modeling.
• Demonstrated success leading procurement transformation and digitization initiatives.
• Strong influencing and relationship-building skills across senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Clear and confident communicator, capable of presenting structured recommendations and insights to leadership.
• Collaborative, proactive, reliable, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Role Purpose

• The Head of Procurement will lead the company’s procurement function, developing and executing sourcing strategies, managing strategic suppliers, and driving commercial excellence across all spend categories.
• The role ensures scalable operations, strong compliance, and maximum value creation for the business.
• You will partner closely with Finance, Legal, Legal Operations, and Senior Management to enable efficient, compliant procurement processes and high-quality contracting workflows.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and execute a multi-year procurement strategy aligned with business OKRs and growth plans.
• Build a scalable, agile procurement operating model that enables speed, compliance, and effective risk management.
• Create transparency on purchasing volumes, forecast future demand, and identify category-level opportunities.
• Develop, implement, and continuously enhance procurement processes, governance frameworks, and best practices to ensure scalability, compliance, and operational efficiency across the organization.
• Lead sourcing and negotiation activities across Technology/SaaS, Marketing, Professional Services, and Operations.
• Conduct competitive bidding, supplier consolidation, proofs-of-concept, TCO analysis, and cost optimization initiatives.
• Demonstrate expertise in complex technology contracting, including: Cloud, SaaS, and hosted services; AI/GenAI products and implementations; Data handling, privacy, and security requirements; Technical and commercial SLA frameworks (including AI-specific metrics).
• Lead commercial negotiations to secure favorable pricing, terms, and value-added services.
• Negotiate complex commercial structures involving performance-based models, AI-related data rights and usage, creative/marketing rights, and risk allocation.
• Collaborate closely with Legal and Legal Operations teams on contract workflows, ensuring alignment with legal standards, risk frameworks, and contracting policies.
• Ensure clear understanding of liability frameworks, IP protections, data obligations, regulatory impacts, and supplier risk.
• Build and manage a portfolio of strategic suppliers that support innovation, performance, and business resilience.
• Implement supplier segmentation, KPIs, scorecards, performance reviews, and governance frameworks.
• Manage escalations, enforce contractual terms, and drive adherence to service, delivery, and quality expectations.
• Promote supplier diversity, responsible procurement, and sustainability practices.
• Lead the implementation and optimization of procurement tools, including P2P, eSourcing, and spend analytics platforms.
• In areas involving CLM, contract automation, and contracting workflows, the Head of Procurement will support these activities operationally by providing procurement-specific inputs, data accuracy, and process alignment.
• Work closely with Legal Operations, Legal teams, Finance, and Senior Management to streamline sourcing, purchasing, and contracting workflows.
• Ensure and support integration between procurement tools, CLM, ERP, and other systems to deliver efficient guided buying experiences and reduced cycle times.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership on market trends, sourcing risks, innovation opportunities, and long-term vendor strategies.
• Develop playbooks, standards, and best practices that enable scalable and consistent procurement activities across the business.
• Own procurement spend analytics, benefits tracking, and value realization reporting.
• Monitor budget performance, supplier renewals, and opportunities to eliminate value leakage.
• Provide regular insights and reporting to senior leadership on KPIs, supplier performance, risks, and savings outcomes.

Required Skills & Competencies

• 10+ years in procurement with 5+ years leading teams, ideally in high-growth or regulated environments where speed and precision both matter
• Proven procurement leadership experience with strong category depth in Technology/SaaS, Professional Services, and Marketing.
• Advanced capability in negotiating AI/GenAI supplier contracts, SaaS agreements, cloud services, and complex SLAs.
• Strong command of commercial strategy, financial analysis, and supplier risk frameworks.
• Familiarity with CLM systems, contracting workflows, and procurement automation (supporting role).
• Data-driven approach — Advanced Excel/BI skills with proficiency with P2P systems, ERP integrations, spend analytics tools, and AI-enabled productivity solutions.
• Ability to translate analytics into sourcing strategies and negotiation outcomes.
• Expertise in cost optimization, supplier benchmarking, market scanning, and TCO modeling.
• Demonstrated success leading procurement transformation and digitization initiatives.
• Strong influencing and relationship-building skills across senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Clear and confident communicator, capable of presenting structured recommendations and insights to leadership.
• Collaborative, proactive, reliable, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

What Success Looks Like

• Within 6 months, you'll have: Made procurement a strategic enabler — Stakeholders see you as a trusted partner, not a bottleneck, with clear visibility into spend and supplier performance that drives better decisions
• Within 6 months, you'll have: Built systems that scale — Core platforms are optimized and standardized processes are reducing cycle times by 30%+, freeing teams to focus on higher-value work
• Within 6 months, you'll have: Delivered tangible wins — Early savings and contract improvements are visible to leadership, with robust tracking showing measurable impact on cost, risk, and service quality
• By 12 months, you'll have: Shifted from reactive to proactive — 80%+ of spend is under active management with strategic category plans, and your renewal pipeline prevents last-minute scrambles
• By 12 months, you'll have: Become a competitive advantage — Consistently delivering 3-5% savings while improving service levels, with stakeholders engaging procurement early in their planning
• By 12 months, you'll have: Created organizational capability — Your team operates independently using established playbooks, while stakeholders can self-serve routine needs through guided buying
• Long-term impact: You'll have transformed procurement from a necessary function into a strategic capability that enables faster decision-making, smarter spending, and greater business resilience—directly supporting our mission to scale innovative gaming experiences worldwide.

Why you will love it

• This isn't just about cost savings—you're building the procurement engine that powers our next phase of growth.
• You'll have the autonomy to design systems and processes from the ground up, working with cutting-edge technology and innovative suppliers in the gaming space.
• Every negotiation, every process improvement, and every team member you develop directly contributes to delivering exceptional experiences to millions of players.
• Plus, you'll be part of a culture that values continuous learning, ego-free collaboration, and real ownership of outcomes—where your expertise shapes both procurement strategy and broader business success.

Equal Opportunities Statement

• We hire based on skills, drive, and ideas—nothing else.
• Your background, gender, age, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, or educational path will never be a barrier to joining us.
• We also welcome candidates from non-traditional career journeys and value diverse perspectives that challenge conventional thinking.
• Diversity fuels our innovation, collaboration, and growth, and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone can contribute their best work and thrive.