GCP Jobs at Figment

Summary

In this role, you will be responsible for purchasing, coordinating, and assuring that spend meets key business criteria; consulting with internal teams to ensure licensing is met and finding suppliers that produce quality products. You have a direct impact on Figment’s ability to get the right tools and products to enable the organization to succeed and deliver on its mission!

What you will be doing

• Manage day-to-day vendor relations and seek out growth or revision opportunities.
• Purchase goods, services and licensing that meet the quality standandards and quality expectations
• Evaluate and negotiate contracts with vendors
• Track inventory and restock goods and licensing when needed
• Stay up to date on industry trends and new products
• Compare available goods with industry trends to determine appropriate pricing
• Act as the internal point of contact for vendor complaint resolution; conduct regular vendor meetings and implement performance improvement strategies with vendors
• Monitor vendor performance to ensure that delivery dates and technical and contractual requirements are met.
• Participate in review meetings with cross-functional teams to manage vendor performance.
• Actively seek ways to streamline business processes; research and provide information on industry category trends and best practices
• Validate invoicing, licensing and asset reviews
• Responsible for gathering and preparing documents like quotes, proposals and purchase terms and conditions from suppliers for their supervisor to review
• Make suggestions for opportunities to reduce product and service costs
• Drive tracking and reporting for assigned spend areas. Perform data analysis and modeling
• Research and find suppliers that produce quality items within the business’ budget

What you will bring to the team

• Proven track record of working with vendors and purchasing with at least 2+ years of experience
• Clear understanding of licensing models and budget allocation
• Strong communication skills and a natural ability to build and nurture relationships
• Being keen to solve problems, juggle multiple priorities and drive projects autonomously
• A strong sense of responsibility in maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information

Types of vendors you will be dealing with

• Public cloud providers, such as AWS and GCP
• A variety of SaaS tools and products
• Application virtualization tools
• Experience in dealing with licensing model
• Financial systems

What you could bring to the team

• An interest or experience in the blockchain space
• Experience working in high-growth, fast-paced organizations
• A tasty meme game