Procurement Manager — Fully Remote Contract Opportunity
Overview
Lead critical procure-to-pay operations in a fast-paced, complex environment as a Procurement Manager. This fully remote contract role will manage purchasing requests from intake through resolution, support purchase requisition and purchase order workflows, troubleshoot Coupa and SAP issues, and help business users navigate procurement processes effectively.
You’ll partner with Procurement, Finance, Legal, Accounts Payable, suppliers, and business stakeholders to resolve exceptions, coordinate supplier onboarding, monitor operational queues, and keep purchasing activities moving efficiently. This is an opportunity to make an immediate impact while improving processes, documentation, and the overall procurement experience.
Required Skills
- Hands-on experience managing procurement or purchasing operations in a complex, fast-paced environment
- Required experience with Coupa
- Experience managing and triaging purchasing requests through a procure-to-pay process or procurement help desk
- Experience creating, updating, and resolving issues related to purchase requisitions and purchase orders
- Ability to review requests for completeness, including supplier details, coding, approvals, documentation, and purchasing requirements
- Experience troubleshooting workflow and transaction issues in Coupa
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including the confidence to communicate effectively and push back when necessary
- Ability to partner with Procurement, Finance, Legal, Accounts Payable, business stakeholders, and suppliers to resolve exceptions
- Experience monitoring open requests, aging tickets, and operational queues to ensure timely resolution
- Strong organizational, prioritization, and follow-through skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to provide clear guidance to business users on purchasing processes and systems
- Comfort working independently in a fast-paced, evolving, and sometimes ambiguous environment
Nice to Have Skills
- Experience with SAP
- Experience working for a public company
- Background supporting procurement operations within a large, complex organization
- Experience coordinating supplier onboarding and supplier master data requests
- Experience managing or supporting a procurement help desk or P2P support queue
- Experience working with SAP Ariba, ServiceNow, Oracle, NetSuite, or similar business systems
- Experience maintaining process documentation and user guidance materials
- Exposure to continuous improvement initiatives, workflow automation, or AI-enabled procurement solutions
- Experience supporting offshore teams or distributed operations
- Familiarity with invoice discrepancies, payment inquiries, certificates of insurance, and approval workflow issues
Preferred Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, procurement, finance, or a related field preferred
- 10+ years of procurement, purchasing, procurement operations, or procure-to-pay experience preferred
- Proven experience supporting purchasing workflows in a large, complex, or rapidly evolving organization
- Experience managing end-to-end procurement processes, including requisitions, purchase orders, supplier onboarding, issue resolution, and stakeholder support
Other Requirements
- Work arrangement: 100% remote
- Candidates able to work Central or Eastern Time Zone hours are preferred; Pacific Time Zone candidates may also be considered
- Contract duration: Approximately 6–8 months, with potential for extension
- Coupa experience is required
- SAP experience is highly preferred
