MealSuite Hiring for Procurement & Vendor Manager at Dallas, TX Full Time

MealSuite, an Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Company, is a privately owned SaaS organization with 130 team members across Cambridge, ON, Canada, Dallas, TX, USA, and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Our suite of end-to-end foodservice technology solutions helps professionals across healthcare and aging services streamline their operations, save time, reduce food waste, and meet regulatory requirements, so they can focus on what matters most: improving the quality of patient and resident care.

A career with MealSuite offers the innovation and agility of a startup matched with the stability of an established company in a growing industry.

We’re looking for our first Procurement & Vendor Manager to join our Finance team. Reporting to the VP, Finance you’ll be managing tracking, documentation, negotiation and procurement of both hardware and software systems.

A day in the life as Procurement & Vendor Manager:

• Manage relationships with our vendors and hardware suppliers
• Partner with internal stakeholders to understand and fulfill their systems needs
• Take a proactive and well-documented approach to vendor/contract lifecycle management to maximize value and efficiency
• Perform regular reviews of existing contracts; track deadlines, validate and approve spending, research alternatives, and identify cost-saving opportunities
• Facilitate contract negotiations and structure deals with new and existing vendors
• Communicate relevant contract details to key stakeholders as required

In the first 6 months, you’ll be successful at reaching these milestones:

• Establish and document a standardized procurement and vendor/contract management process based on best practices
• Establish efficient demand forecast processes, enabling on-time delivery of hardware to customers
• Research, identify, and implement a Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) tool

If the below describes your knowledge, experience and character, then this role could be for you:

• I have knowledge of procurement and vendor/contract management
• I gained my knowledge through 5+ years of direct experience in a related role
• I have experience with contract lifecycle management tools & processes
• I have proven experience establishing and maturing processes with a focus on operational efficiency
• I’m exceptional at building relationships and am a skilled negotiator
• I am able to work autonomously
• I have exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills
• I’m willing to occasionally travel and have a valid passport and no travel restrictions that limit my ability to cross the border between Canada and the USA
• I thrive in an agile environment that is constantly changing and encourages team members to collectively collaborate and communicate
• I love to be directly involved in projects and initiatives that offer continued learning and endless opportunity to express my ideas and build my leadership skills

We know imposter syndrome can be REAL when applying for a new role, but please don’t let the confidence gap prevent you from taking a leap and applying for your dream job. Your future self will thank you!

Why you’ll love working at MealSuite:

• We are passionate people that care about others. The heart of what we do comes down to our mission to: Deliver smiles and satisfaction to the continuum of care through an all-in-one foodservice management technology. Learn more about what we do here
• We focus on creating a progressive culture that values teamwork, listens to all voices and entrusts team members with tasks that make a significant impact within our industry. Learn more about our values at MealSuite.com/Careers and see what our teammates have to say about working for MealSuite

We take care of our employees too! Here are just a few of the great things we offer:

• Unlimited paid time off. Yeah, you read that right! We trust our employees to build their own version of balance so they can feel rejuvenated to bring their best every day.
• Medical benefits
• Equity & 401k plan
• Opportunities for career development and advancement
• We love collaboration. We value connecting with each other and recognize the benefit that physically working next to one another can offer towards collaboration, mentoring and learning. This role will require you to work in our office located in Dallas, TX up to 2 days a week. For the remaining days, you can choose to work from home or in-office. More than an hour away from the office location? Apply anyway, and we can talk through your options!

Have we got your attention? Great! Here’s what’s next:

Apply today with your resume and answers to our application questions.

We’ll start reviewing candidates within two weeks of this position being posted and will reach out to you if we’d like to get to know you a bit better. We often get hundreds of applications for our roles (we feel very honoured that so many people are interested!) and try our best to get back to each person. If there’s a delay in our response, please don’t think we’ve forgotten about you. We may be taking our time to thoroughly review each candidate before deciding who to interview.

We want to ensure that every qualified individual has an equal opportunity to work with us. If you require accommodation to our application process, please contact [email protected].