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About the Role

The Procurement Enablement Lead will lead Mixpanel's procurement program, managing a team of two. This role is responsible for organizational spend, maximizing vendor value, optimizing procurement processes, minimizing risk, and assisting business partners with the procurement of third-party tools and services. The ideal candidate has a blend of strategic and operational skills, proven people-management capability, and enjoys building and developing a team to streamline operations and enhance processes.

Responsibilities

Manage and develop a team of two, coaching them through skill-building, career growth, and day-to-day performance while fostering a culture of shared ownership and high standards.
Lead execution of complex procurement projects across functions, setting clear priorities and anticipating challenges before they become blockers.
Collaborate cross-functionally with key internal teams such as FP&A, Security, IT and Legal on purchasing processes and improvements, building productive relationships with adjacent teams and resolving misalignments directly.
Build strategic relationships with key vendors and technology partners in order to leverage strategic discounts and maximize value.
Promote a culture of innovation on the team by identifying opportunities to improve outcomes through better processes and targeted use of AI and emerging tools, and lead initiatives to implement procurement process improvements.
Provide procurement process training for Mixpanel employees involved with procurement of products and services.
Shape and communicate a compelling vision for the procurement team that contributes to Operational Finance goals, anticipating team-level needs and emerging trends, and clearly communicating the rationale behind key decisions.

Requirements

5+ years of work experience as a Procurement Specialist or Procurement Manager, including experience managing or directly leading others.
Extensive experience working with for SaaS companies and vendors.
Experience with Procurement improvement initiatives.
Understanding of market dynamics and sound business judgment.
Experience with managing and mitigating risks.
Strong data management and analytics skills - you have the ability to gather, clean and interpret data.
Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships both internally and externally.
Effective communicator as you will need to collaborate with all functions of the business and guide a team through change with clarity and empathy.
A track record of coaching and developing team members, managing performance, and building a respectful, high-performing team environment.
Adaptability — you understand that change is constant, and you embrace it, and can help your team navigate ambiguity and shifting priorities with confidence.
Agility and resilience — you move quickly and encourage continued improvement.
Strong work ethic, desire to learn, and a drive to excel.
Professional polish - accustomed to and comfortable with presenting to the C suite without extensive coaching and prep (internally and externally).

Experience Level

5+ years of work experience

Benefits

Comprehensive Medical, Vision, and Dental Care
Mental Wellness Benefit
Generous Vacation Policy & Additional Company Holidays
Enhanced Parental Leave
Volunteer Time Off
Additional US Benefits: Pre-Tax Benefits including 401(K), Wellness Benefit, Holiday Break

About the Company

Mixpanel is the leading product intelligence and analytics platform, trusted by more than 29,000 companies to help understand how people use the products they build. By combining powerful analytics with AI that knows your business, Mixpanel helps teams see what’s working, diagnose what’s not, and decide what to build next.
We’re a leader in analytics with over 9,000 customers and $277M raised from prominent investors: like Andreessen-Horowitz, Sequoia, YC, and, most recently, Bain Capital. Mixpanel’s pioneering event-based data analytics platform offers a powerful yet simple solution for companies to understand user behaviors and easily track overarching company success metrics. Our accomplished teams continuously facilitate our expansion by tackling the ever-evolving challenges tied to scaling, reliability, design, and service. Choosing to work at Mixpanel means you’ll be helping the world’s most innovative companies learn from their data so they can make better decisions.

Equal Opportunity

Mixpanel is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity. At Mixpanel, we are focused on things that really matter—our people, our customers, our partners—out of a recognition that those relationships are the most valuable assets we have. We actively encourage women, people with disabilities, veterans, underrepresented minorities, and LGBTQ+ people to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance or other similar laws that may be applicable, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We’ve immersed ourselves in our Culture and Values as our guiding principles for the impact we want to have and the future we are building.