LTK’s mission is to empower the world’s premium lifestyle Creators to achieve maximum economic success. We have a huge opportunity ahead of us and we’re looking for team members who want to create, innovate and disrupt an industry.
We empower our team members to drive innovation, create value, and continue to spearhead the creation of this industry — a game changer when it comes to career growth.
Position Title: Sr. Manager, Procurement
About the role
LTK is hiring an experienced Senior Manager of Procurement to lead and optimize our procurement activities. This role will be critical in managing vendor relationships, negotiating contracts, and ensuring the organization secures optimal pricing and agreement terms. The ideal candidate will have a strong and proven background in procurement, vendor management, and contract negotiations, with the ability to collaborate effectively with various stakeholders including Finance, IT, Security, Legal, and Privacy.
How you will make an impact
- Process Development: Establish and implement procurement processes and procedures where none currently exist to create a scalable and efficient procurement process.
- Cross-Department Collaboration: Work closely with LTK stakeholders such as Finance, IT, Security, Legal, Privacy, and other relevant departments to ensure procurement activities are aligned with organizational goals and budgetary/regulatory requirements.
- Contract Negotiations: Lead negotiations for high-value contracts with vendors, ensuring favorable terms align with the organization's needs and budgetary requirements.
- Contract Renewals: Monitor existing contracts to ensure proactive and timely renewals at the best possible pricing and terms.
- Vendor Selection: Serve as the subject matter expert in the vendor selection processes, evaluating bids, and maintaining a healthy pool of value-added resellers.
- Vendor Relationship Management: Act as the primary point of contact with key vendors, fostering strong relationships to secure optimal pricing and adhere to agreed-upon service levels.
- SaaS Audits: Regularly audit existing software (SaaS) solutions to identify overlaps in functionality, encouraging the use of existing tools when possible to optimize the utilization of existing investments.
- SaaS Governance: Oversee governance of existing SaaS tools and spending, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and budgetary requirements.
- Cost Optimization: Continuously seek cost savings and value maximization opportunities in procurement activities.
What you will bring to LTK
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field. MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred.
- Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in procurement, with at least 2-3 years in a senior or managerial role.
- Proven experience in contract negotiations and vendor management.
- Strong understanding of procurement processes, best practices, and market trends.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization.
- Proficiency in procurement software and tools (Ex: IronClad, Zip, Precoro, etc.)
- Knowledge of legal and regulatory requirements related to procurement and vendor contracts.
- Experience in the IT space or related industry is a plus.
- Negotiation Skills: Ability to secure favorable terms and pricing through effective negotiation strategies.
- Vendor Management: Skilled in managing and nurturing vendor relationships to ensure long-term value.
- SaaS Management Experience: Proven experience managing and negotiating with technical and SaaS vendors such as Amazon Web Services (license and billing models)
- Analytical Thinking: Strong analytical skills to assess procurement activities and identify cost-saving opportunities.
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills for clear and effective interaction with vendors and internal stakeholders.
- Organizational Skills: Strong ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
#LI-MM3
- The opportunity to be part of the leading global company in creator commerce
- A remote-first, productivity-first environment
- Competitive compensation and benefits package to meet the needs of you and your family
- 401(k) with LTK company matching
- Medical Insurance, Vision Insurance, Dental Insurance
- Paid Maternity Leave and Paid Paternity Leave
- Summer Fridays and Flexible PTO
About LTK
Founded in 2011, LTK is the global technology platform purpose-built to empower lifestyle creators to monetize their content. The full-service platform connects brands, creators, and shoppers with a world-class shopping app and trusted tools and technology that make content instantly shoppable. Today, premium lifestyle creators in 160+ countries drive more than $4 billion+ in annual retail sales through their LTK Shop profiles. More than 40 million consumers turn to LTK Shops in the LTK shopping platform each month to find inspiration and instantly shop the styles recommended by their favorite creators. More than 7,000 retailers and 1M brands partner with LTK to gain access to its global creator network for content that converts against performance-driven, cross-channel KPIs. LTK is headquartered in Dallas, TX, and currently operates on five continents.
Our mission
To empower the world’s premium lifestyle Creators to achieve maximum economic success.
Our values
- Here to win
- Commit to the journey
- Work well
Commitment to diversity
LTK believes diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamental obligations that strengthen our team. We employ a diverse, multi-disciplinary team to build a meaningful company and culture.
For US-Based Roles: We are not offering new sponsorships opportunities at this time for persons requiring employment visas, such as an H-1B; authorization to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment.
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LTK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. #LI-Remote
What We Do
LTK (formerly rewardStyle & LIKEtoKNOW.it) is a global technology platform founded in 2011 to empower the world’s premium lifestyle creators to be as economically successful as possible. Today, the LTK platform connects brands, creators and shoppers with a world-class shopping app and trusted tools and technology that makes content instantly shoppable across the social universe.
LTK Brand™
More than 5,000 global retailers choose LTK to deliver their influencer marketing programs at scale. With 10 years’ of proprietary sales insights and cross-channel performance data, LTK is unparalleled in its ability to not only build influencer marketing campaigns for brands with proven ROI, but also measure full-funnel brand performance from discovery to transaction. LTK is the only place where brands can leverage historical, cross-channel retail performance data to cast, price and execute creator campaigns.
LTK Creator™
LTK is a one-stop destination that puts creators in business. More than 100,000 fashion, beauty, fitness, home, and lifestyle influencers use LTK to monetize their content across the entire social ecosystem, and to manage their bespoke storefront - their Shop on LTK. LTK Creators will now find new tools and technology that make it even more efficient to manage their Shop on LTK and market their content across the web.
A two-time honoree on Fast Company’s list of Most Innovative Companies, LTK is a leading influencer technology platform, driving more than $2.8 billion in annual brand purchases from over 100,000 talented creators in 100+ countries.
LTK is headquartered in Dallas, TX and currently operates in the US, UK, Germany, France, Australia, China, South Korea and Brazil. Today, LTK has more than 350 employees and we are actively hiring innovators, disrupters and problem solvers who want to join our rocket ship.
