Fireworks AI
Head of Procurement
$210K–$230K
San Mateo · Hybrid · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026
- Experience
- Significant experience required; no specific number of years stated.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
About the job
Leads Fireworks AI’s procurement function, setting sourcing and purchasing strategy while improving cost efficiency, supplier performance, commercial discipline, and risk management.
What you'll do
- Develop procurement strategy, policies, governance, and scalable processes; lead and develop the procurement team.
- Lead strategic sourcing, category management, supplier relationships, and complex commercial negotiations.
- Manage spend visibility and savings, strengthen supplier and operational risk controls, and partner with business leaders across functions.
What they ask for
- Significant experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, supply chain, or related commercial roles; has led a procurement function or major procurement programs.
- Demonstrated commercial value through sourcing, negotiation, supplier management, and process improvement, including complex, high-value supplier agreements.
- Experience managing and developing teams; strong procurement governance, contracting, supplier risk, spend management, financial analysis, and stakeholder skills.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
Nice to have
- Experience building or transforming procurement in a high-growth or rapidly changing organization.
- Familiarity with procurement technology, spend analytics, contract lifecycle management, procure-to-pay platforms, or direct and indirect spend; CIPS, CPSM, or equivalent qualification.
Pay
$210K – $230K (base salary)
Tools
procurement technologies, sourcing platforms, contract management systems, analytics tools, spend analytics, contract lifecycle management, procure-to-pay platforms
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