Procurement Operations Manager

About Cribl

Cribl does differently. This means we are a serious company that doesn’t take itself too seriously; and we’re looking for people who love to get stuff done, and laugh a bit along the way. We’re growing rapidly - looking for collaborative, curious, and motivated team members who are passionate about putting customers first. As a remote-first company, we believe in empowering our employees to do their best work, wherever they are.

As the data engine for IT and Security, many of the biggest names in the most demanding industries trust Cribl to solve their most pressing data needs. Ready to do the best work of your career? Join the herd and unlock your opportunity.

Why You'll Love This Role

Join our rapidly growing, late-stage startup as a Procurement Operations Manager, where automation and AI are central to how we scale. You’ll own and evolve the procurement operating engine — designing highly automated, data-driven workflows, leveraging AI to streamline intake, approvals, renewals, and spend analysis, and continuously improving how procurement supports the business. This is a hands-on role for someone who loves experimenting with automation, applying AI in practical ways, and turning manual, fragmented processes into fast, intelligent, and scalable systems that leadership and teams rely on every day.

Your Responsibilities as Procurement Operations Manager

• Identify and implement opportunities to automate and innovate using AI, improving speed, accuracy, and stakeholder experience.
• Own and run procurement operations end-to-end, including intake, approvals, contracting workflows, purchase orders, renewals, and vendor lifecycle management.
• Manage, optimize, and continuously improve procurement tooling and integrations, including intake systems, contract workflows, and ERP connections.
• Ensure high-quality, reliable data across vendors, contracts, renewals, and spend to support reporting and decision-making.
• Partner closely with Finance, Legal, IT, Security, and People Ops to keep procurement processes smooth, scalable, and well-understood.
• Drive operational excellence by defining, tracking, and improving procurement KPIs (cycle time, SLA adherence, automation rate, compliance).
• Build and maintain live dashboards that provide real-time visibility into procurement performance, spend, and pipeline health.
• Deliver clear, actionable spend analysis to leadership and business partners, highlighting trends, risks, optimization opportunities, and savings impact.
• Support vendor onboarding, renewals, and contract amendments in close partnership with the Head of Procurement.
• Act as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders, guiding teams through procurement with clarity, speed, and a strong customer mindset.

What You'll Bring

• 3–5 years of experience in procurement operations, spend analysis, or process-driven roles.
• Hands-on experience with modern procurement and finance tools, including Zip, NetSuite, and similar platforms.
• A forward-looking, AI-first mindset — you enjoy automating workflows, experimenting with AI, and continuously improving how work gets done.
• Strong stakeholder management skills; you’re a a people person and influencer who can translate data into insights leaders care about.
• Experience operating in high-growth, fast-moving environments, ideally in tech or SaaS.
• Comfortable working with data, dashboards, and leadership-facing insights.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary for this role is dependent on geographic location. The salary offered within the range described will be based on the individual candidate’s job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition to a competitive salary, Cribl also offers a generous benefits package which includes health, dental, vision, short-term disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and paid time off, a fertility treatment benefit, 401(k), equity, and eligibility for a discretionary company-wide bonus.

Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity drives innovation, enables better decisions to support our customers, and inspires change for the better. We’re building a culture where differences are valued and welcomed, and we work together to bring out the best in each other. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.

Interested in joining the Cribl herd? Learn more about the smartest, funniest, most passionate goats you’ll ever meet at cribl.io/about-us.

Key Skills/Competency

• Procurement Operations
• AI Automation
• Workflow Design
• Spend Analysis
• Vendor Management
• ERP Integration
• Data-Driven Decision Making
• Stakeholder Management
• Process Improvement
• Contract Lifecycle Management