Fireworks AI

Head of Procurement (AI)

In short

Head of Procurement at Fireworks AI, leading company-wide procurement, sourcing, supplier-management, and procure-to-pay strategies. The role requires significant procurement leadership experience, complex negotiation and supplier-risk expertise, and strong financial/analytical and stakeholder-management skills. Hybrid role based in the United States, salary $260K–$280K per year plus equity.

About the Role
You will lead the procurement function and develop company-wide sourcing, supplier-management, and purchasing strategies. You will establish governance, processes, and performance measures; lead complex negotiations and competitive sourcing; manage supplier performance and risk; and improve spend visibility, commercial terms, procure-to-pay workflows, and procurement technology.
Requirements
•Significant experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, supply chain, or related commercial roles
•Experience leading a procurement function or major procurement programs
•Record of delivering commercial value through sourcing, negotiation, supplier management, and process improvement
•Experience negotiating complex, high-value supplier agreements
•Knowledge of procurement governance, contracting, supplier risk, and spend management
•Experience managing and developing teams
•Financial and analytical capability to evaluate business cases, pricing models, and total cost of ownership
•Stakeholder management, influencing, communication, and negotiation skills
•Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
Responsibilities
•Develop and execute the company-wide procurement strategy
•Establish procurement policies, operating models, governance, and approval frameworks
•Identify cost optimization, supplier consolidation, process improvement, and risk-reduction opportunities
•Lead and coach the procurement team
•Lead strategic sourcing initiatives and develop category strategies
•Lead complex commercial negotiations, RFPs, RFQs, supplier evaluations, and contract negotiations
•Establish supplier relationship management programs, performance metrics, scorecards, and improvement plans
•Identify supplier risks and develop mitigation and alternative-sourcing strategies
•Create visibility into third-party spend and deliver savings, cost avoidance, and working-capital improvements
•Track procurement KPIs and communicate results to senior leadership
•Design scalable procure-to-pay and source-to-contract processes
•Improve requisition, approval, purchase-order, contracting, supplier-onboarding, and invoice workflows
•Evaluate and implement procurement technologies, sourcing platforms, contract-management systems, and analytics tools
•Advise stakeholders on sourcing strategies, supplier selection, commercial structures, and negotiations
Benefits
•Equity

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