Procurement Manager

Overview

• Lead complex sourcing, contracting, renewal, and vendor management initiatives across a range of business functions and vendor categories.
• Partner with stakeholders to clarify scope, evaluate vendor options, negotiate commercial terms, and guide requests through Root’s procurement process.
• Deliver measurable savings, cost avoidance, improved vendor value, and stronger commercial outcomes.
• Negotiate and manage complex vendor contracts, including pricing, renewals, payment terms, usage rights, service levels, and vendor accountability.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, Info Sec, Privacy, IT/IAM, Accounting, and business stakeholders to align vendor selection, risk review, budget approval, contracting, and implementation needs.
• Ensure procurement requests are complete, accurately routed, and actively managed through intake, review, approval, contracting, signature, and renewal planning.
• Identify opportunities to streamline vendor portfolios, consolidate spend, improve contract terms, and reduce operational friction.
• Use data to monitor procurement performance, request health, savings realization, cycle time, throughput, and stakeholder experience.
• Help Root buy the right things, the right way: balancing speed, commercial value, risk management, stakeholder enablement, and clean operational execution.

• 7+ years of procurement, sourcing, vendor management, or related experience, preferably in a technology-enabled, regulated, or fast-paced environment.
• Experience managing, coaching, or developing procurement professionals or cross-functional project teams.
• Strong commercial and contracting judgment, including experience with pricing, payment terms, renewals, SaaS agreements, SOWs, order forms, vendor risk, and negotiation strategy.
• Experience working with Legal, Finance, Info Sec, Privacy, IT, Accounting, business leaders, and external vendors.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort using data to manage performance, identify bottlenecks, and communicate progress.
• Experience with procurement orchestration, CLM, sourcing, workflow, or contract repository tools.
• Zip, Ironclad, or Docu Sign experience is a plus.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage competing priorities, clarify ambiguous requests, drive follow-up, and keep work moving.
• Tech-savvy mindset with curiosity about automation, AI, workflow design, and scalable operating processes.
• Insurance, financial services, SaaS, AI tooling, data, security, or technical procurement experience is a plus.
• Bachelors degree with analytical focus and/or procurement, supply chain, program management, business, or relevant industry certifications preferred.

• procurement
• sourcing
• vendor management
• contract negotiation
• data analysis
• contract lifecycle management (CLM)
• SaaS agreements
• statement of work (SOW)
• vendor risk management
• cost savings

• commercial judgment
• analytical skills
• project management
• stakeholder management
• coaching
• negotiation strategy
• communication
• problem-solving
• prioritization
• curiosity

• Bachelor's degree
• procurement certifications
• supply chain certifications
• program management certifications
• business certifications