Indirect Procurement & Vendor Management Lead

At Recom, we push boundaries, redefine expectations, and deliver exceptional results for our brand partners. As the premier Amazon accelerator, we empower global brands to take control, accelerate sales, and maximize profitability on the world’s largest marketplace. Our expert teams—spanning design, copywriting, data analytics, marketing, brand protection, software development, and logistics—work together to drive growth.

At Recom, we push boundaries, redefine expectations, and deliver exceptional results for our brand partners. As the premier Amazon accelerator, we empower global brands to take control, accelerate sales, and maximize profitability on the world’s largest marketplace. Our expert teams—spanning design, copywriting, data analytics, marketing, brand protection, software development, and logistics—work together to drive growth.

With $700M+ in annual revenue and 500+ team members, Recom has been featured on the Inc. 500 list of America’s fastest growing companies list for three consecutive years (ranked as high as #64). Proudly backed by Topspin Consumer Partners, a leading New York-based private equity firm, Recom offers innovation and endless opportunities for growth.

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We are hiring an owner for every dollar we spend with outside vendors. You will negotiate all vendor contracts, run competitive RFPs, and approve every service-provider invoice before it is paid. The scope runs from legal counsel and enterprise software to office supplies, cleaning services, and warehouse packaging. Your mandate is simple: pay the right price, for the right service, with no surprises on the invoice.

This is a hands‑on role with direct access to Senior Executives and real authority to change how the company buys. This person can save the company millions of dollars a year.

• Lead negotiation of all new contracts, renewals, and amendments with external vendors and service providers.
• Secure favorable pricing, payment terms, service levels, and exit clauses; partner with legal counsel on contract language.
• Maintain a central contract repository with renewal dates, auto-renew clauses, and notice deadlines so nothing renews by default.

• Run RFPs for as many spend categories as practical, from software and professional services to supplies and facilities.
• Build vendor shortlists, scoring criteria, and side‑by‑side comparisons, and recommend awards to leadership.
• Re‑bid existing vendors on a regular cycle to keep pricing competitive.

• Review and approve every invoice from every service provider each month before payment.
• Check invoices against contracted rates, quantities, and services actually received; dispute and resolve errors and over‑billing.
• Partner with Accounting to keep approvals on schedule and support month‑end close.

• Own a full view of vendor spend by category, vendor, and department, and report on it monthly.
• Find and eliminate waste: duplicate tools, unused software seats, overlapping services, and off‑contract purchases.
• Consolidate vendors where it lowers cost or complexity, and set purchasing policies and approval thresholds for the company.
• Track and report realized savings against targets.

• Every active vendor contract is logged in one repository, with owners and renewal dates.
• 100% of service‑provider invoices are reviewed and approved by you before payment, on time for month‑end close.
• Major spend categories have been through a competitive RFP or formal re‑bid.
• Measurable, reported savings against a target set with leadership
• No vendor contract auto‑renews without a…