Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
### Why this Role is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Procurement is often overlooked in SaaS hiring, yet it becomes increasingly material as software companies standardise spend, tighten governance, and professionalise vendor relationships. A Senior Procurement Specialist role with a clear remit across subsidiaries, policies, and contract strategy signals an organisation investing in operational discipline rather than treating buying as an ad hoc activity. The emphasis on Consulting and People Services is particularly SaaS-relevant, reflecting the external partners commonly used for growth, transformation, and specialist capability.
For a SaaS career, this position offers sustained exposure to the systems and routines that keep scaling companies controllable: structured sourcing, repeatable approval flows, and measurable reporting. Working across ERP and CLM tooling, plus vendor master data, builds transferable operating knowledge that maps well to finance operations, business operations, and broader procurement leadership in subscription businesses. Cross-functional coordination with Legal, Treasury, Accounting, and Data Protection also develops an applied understanding of risk and compliance in software environments.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Senior Procurement Specialist
Department: Operations
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Kazakhstan
Description
About the role
We're looking for a Senior Procurement Specialist to technically coordinate purchasing activities across the organization and contribute to building a mature, transparent, and efficient procurement function. You'll partner closely with internal stakeholders and suppliers, drive sourcing and contracting processes, and help shape category strategy — with a particular focus on Consulting & People Services.
Key Responsibilities
- Technically coordinate purchasing activities within the organization and its subsidiaries, in line with the company's procurement and contract strategy.
- Gather market knowledge, propose advanced action plans, and capture market opportunities for the assigned categories (with a focus on Consulting & People Services).
- Lead the end-to-end sourcing process for the assigned category, including tenders, benchmarking, and supplier search based on category and location upon request from stakeholders or the Procurement Manager.
- Implement and control contract and price negotiations to support the company's profitability.
- Coordinate and review Purchase Requests, perform additional KYC checks, and approve and release POs.
- Ensure alignment of initiators with procurement policies and procedures throughout tender and benchmarking processes.
- Coordinate contract approvals with responsible departments (Treasury, Legal, IP, Data Protection, Accounting, technical and other specialists), facilitate meetings, and provide consultation to contract initiators.
- Provide weekly reporting on the status of contract approvals and overall procurement activity.
- Organize the signing of contracts, including via EDI, in line with the company's signing policy.
- Maintain and develop the contract register: analyze, systematize, and extract statistical data; track contract durations and proactively notify initiators of upcoming prolongations or terminations.
- Manage and control Vendor Master Data in the ERP system to enable payments; maintain the supplier database by category.
- Provide consultation and manage S2C / P2P processes in the ERP and CLM systems.
- Participate in negotiations with suppliers during tender processes led by initiators / stakeholders.
- Develop and update instructions on Vendor Master Data management.
Qualifications
- 3–4+ years of experience as a Procurement Specialist / Senior Procurement Specialist / Buyer.
- Solid understanding of procurement and contract management end-to-end: sourcing, tendering, negotiations, contracting, and supplier management.
- Hands-on experience with categories such as Consulting & People Services is a strong advantage.
- Practical experience with ERP and CLM systems (S2C / P2P processes) and Vendor Master Data management.
- Strong stakeholder management skills — comfortable coordinating cross-functional approvals with Legal, Finance, Treasury, Data Protection, and business teams.
- Structured, detail-oriented approach with the ability to manage multiple parallel sourcing activities and reporting cycles.
- Fluent English and additional languages are a plus.
Benefits & Conditions
- Help us challenge injustice by creating fair choices for millions of people across 1100+ cities in 48 countries.
- Develop your professional skills with access to mentoring, career consulting, and learning programs.
- Collaborate with teams around the world and gain international experience through our Global Talent Exchange Program.
- Engage in company-wide challenges, awards, sports activities, employee-led social impact and volunteering projects.
- Work alongside people who take initiative, speak openly, and challenge themselves to grow.
- Improve your language skills through co-financed courses and internal speaking clubs.
