Procurement Specialist

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Procurement & Vendor Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $75–$100/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Build long-horizon sourcing tasks with deterministic rubrics to grade agent performance against verifiable ground truth.
• Develop scenarios in sourcing and diligence with RFP responses and vendor due diligence using required fields and known risk flags.
• Conduct contracting tasks, including supplier contract reviews and SOW negotiations with defined commercial outcomes.
• Manage vendors through scorecards with defined metrics and renewal analyses with ground-truth recommendations.
• Work independently on challenging scenarios requiring long sessions of focus.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 3+ years in procurement, strategic sourcing, or vendor management.
• Expertise in vendor due diligence, SOW negotiation, SaaS pricing models, supplier security review, or procurement-tool administration (Coupa, Ariba, Zip).
• Comfortable with procurement artifacts: RFPs, vendor scorecards, contract summaries, negotiation plans.
• Clear written communication; articulate reasoning step by step and encode it into deterministic rubrics.

Compensation & Legal

• Hourly contractor
• Strong contributors promoted based on task quality and throughput.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
• For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.