Senior Procurement & Vendor Management Specialist

We are sharing a specialised part-time consulting opportunity for senior procurement and vendor-management professionals with extensive experience in supplier evaluation, contract renewals, spend operations, cross-functional review, and structured procurement decision-making.

This role supports an advanced AI initiative focused on creating realistic simulations of real-world procurement workflows. Selected professionals will review vendor requests, benchmark pricing and contract terms, consolidate feedback from finance, legal, security, and IT teams, and develop high-quality evaluation rubrics reflecting how experienced procurement leaders assess new suppliers and renewals.

Key Responsibilities

Vendor Intake & Renewal Evaluation

• Review simulated new-vendor intake requests and contract-renewal cases
• Assess supplier suitability, pricing, commercial terms, risk factors, and operational fit
• Compare proposals against realistic internal reference data and procurement standards
• Identify missing information, unsupported assumptions, and potential approval risks
• Produce clear recommendations to approve, reject, or escalate requests

Cross-Functional Review Consolidation

• Analyse input from finance, legal, security, IT, and other stakeholder groups
• Resolve conflicting feedback and identify the most material issues affecting procurement decisions
• Consolidate multiple review perspectives into a coherent final recommendation
• Balance cost, contractual risk, technical requirements, security concerns, and business value
• Explain trade-offs clearly using practical procurement judgment

Rubric & Reference Response Development

• Author detailed, step-level rubrics for evaluating procurement tasks
• Develop accurate reference responses reflecting experienced procurement decision-making
• Define criteria for pricing, contract terms, risk, compliance, and approval quality
• Distinguish between minor omissions and material errors within evaluation frameworks
• Refine scoring standards to support consistent assessment across reviewers

Simulation Quality & Realism Review

• Audit simulated procurement environments for realism, completeness, and internal consistency
• Identify contradictions across company policies, reference data, stakeholder feedback, and task instructions
• Confirm that scenarios reflect mature vendor-review and spend-management processes
• Recommend improvements before tasks are released for broader evaluation
• Maintain a consistent standard of difficulty and practical relevance across assignments

Ideal Profile

Strong candidates may have:

• At least 8 years of professional experience in procurement, spend operations, strategic sourcing, or vendor management
• Hands-on experience managing new-vendor requests and contract renewals
• Experience working within a mature procurement function with formal vendor-review processes
• Strong understanding of supplier due diligence, commercial terms, contract risk, and stakeholder approvals
• Ability to assess vendor proposals from financial, legal, security, IT, and operational perspectives
• Excellent written communication and structured analytical skills
• Comfort producing detailed rubric-style feedback and approval recommendations
• Ability to work independently within a remote and asynchronous environment

Educational Background

• A degree in supply chain management, procurement, business administration, finance, operations, or a related discipline is helpful
• Professional qualifications in procurement, sourcing, contract management, or supply chain may be valuable
• Certifications such as CIPS, CPSM, CSCP, or comparable credentials may strengthen an application
• Equivalent senior-level experience in procurement or vendor-management operations may also be considered

Nice to Have

• Experience with modern spend-management, sourcing, or e-procurement platforms
• Background in technology procurement, SaaS purchasing, or enterprise vendor management
• Familiarity with third-party risk management and vendor due diligence
• Experience developing procurement playbooks, approval frameworks, or policy documentation
• Prior task-writing, rubric-authoring, quality-review, or AI training-data experience
• Experience working with finance, legal, security, IT, compliance, and business stakeholders
• Knowledge of contract negotiation, renewal strategy, supplier performance, and spend optimisation

Why This Opportunity

• Apply senior procurement expertise to realistic, high-impact evaluation work
• Shape how advanced AI systems understand vendor review and contract-renewal workflows
• Work across pricing, commercial terms, stakeholder feedback, and supplier risk
• Develop procurement rubrics and reference responses grounded in real-world experience
• Participate in flexible remote work with competitive hourly compensation

Contract Details

• Independent contractor role
• Fully remote with flexible scheduling
• Competitive rates between $65–$95 per hour depending on expertise and project scope
• Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
• Work may include vendor-request review, renewal assessment, rubric development, reference-answer creation, and simulation auditing
• Projects may be extended, shortened, or adjusted depending on scope and performance
• Work will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution

About the Platform

This opportunity is available through 24-MAG LLC. We connect experienced professionals with remote consulting opportunities across technical, evaluation, and project-based workstreams.

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