Procurement Manager

About Us

At Auctane, we are united by a passion to help businesses deliver — whatever their size, wherever they are, and however they operate. We make it possible for businesses to meet the ever‑changing requirements of their industry and customer expectations. Auctane products enable hundreds of thousands of businesses to annually mail and ship billions of items — over $200 billion worth — to recipients around the globe.

The Auctane family of mailing and shipping software products includes Ship Station, , Ship Station API, Metapack, Global Post, and Packlink. Our partners include Amazon, UPS, USPS, eBay, Big Commerce, Shopify, Woo Commerce, and Walmart.

• Win as One.
• Delight Customers.
• Deliver Great Outcomes.

The Procurement Manager drives strategic sourcing and day‑to‑day procurement execution across SaaS, marketing, and broader indirect spend. This role partners closely with Finance, Legal, HR, and IT to deliver measurable cost optimisation, reduce risk, and improve speed and consistency through scalable intake and procure‑to‑pay processes. The Procurement Manager will be a key contributor to the procurement roadmap, including procurement technology adoption, travel and expense programme improvements, and CLM evaluation and rollout.

• Lead end‑to‑end sourcing, negotiations, and contracting support across SaaS, devOps, marketing, and other indirect categories.
• Build category strategies and supplier pipelines, using benchmarks and market intelligence to improve outcomes.
• Deliver measurable savings, cost avoidance, and value creation, with clear documentation and stakeholder alignment.

• Manage intake and triage of procurement requests, ensuring compliance with Procurement Policy and Delegation of Authority.
• Partner with Legal and Info Sec to coordinate contract and security reviews, streamline workflows, and reduce cycle time.
• Advise business owners on buying decisions, contract terms, renewal timing, and supplier risk.

• Partner with Finance and HR to support travel and expense system evaluation, selection, and implementation readiness.
• Partner with Legal to support enterprise CLM evaluation, requirements gathering, testing, and rollout adoption.
• Support procurement technology initiatives (Coupa, Tropic, Brex), including process design, change management support, and continuous improvement.

• Drive software rationalisation, licence optimisation, and renewal management in partnership with IT and business owners.
• Execute tail spend optimisation initiatives, improving compliance and reducing ad hoc purchasing.
• Manage supplier performance, renewals, and issue resolution to ensure cost, quality, and service levels are met.

• Build ROI models and business cases for sourcing decisions and system investments.
• Track and report pipeline, savings, cycle times, compliance, and supplier performance metrics.

• 2+ years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, or category management (indirect spend).
• Demonstrated success sourcing and negotiating SaaS and technology agreements; familiarity with marketing spend is a plus.
• Strong understanding of procure‑to‑pay processes, intake governance, and approval frameworks (DoA).
• Experience driving renewal management and tail spend programmes.
• Experience supporting enterprise system evaluations and roll‑outs (T&E, CLM, procurement tech) preferred.
• Strong project management skills with ability to run multiple work streams and manage deadlines.
• Executive‑ready communication style and proven ability to influence cross‑functional senior stakeholders.

• Coupa
• Google Suite
• Slack, Tropic
• Docusign
• Netsuite
• Concur
• JIRA

• 🏠 We are a hybrid company. All team members at Auctane in Austin come into the office Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
• 🛬 Take the reins of your time off with our Flex Time Off policy – because work‑life balance should always be in your hands!
• 🌅 We offer 12 paid holidays for all of our US employees!
• 💰 401k employer matching…