Procurement Manager

About Glean :

Glean is the Work AI platform that helps everyone work smarter with AI. What began as the industrys most advanced enterprise search has evolved into a full-scale Work AI ecosystem powering intelligent Search an AI Assistant and scalable AI agents on one secure open platform. With over 100 enterprise SaaS connectors flexible LLM choice and robust APIs Glean gives organizations the infrastructure to govern scale and customize AI across their entire business - without vendor lock-in or costly implementation cycles.

At its core Glean is redefining how enterprises find use and act on knowledge. Its Enterprise Graph and Personal Knowledge Graph map the relationships between people content and activity delivering deeply personalized context-aware responses for every employee. This foundation powers Gleans agentic capabilities - AI agents that automate real work across teams by accessing the industrys broadest range of data : enterprise and world structured and unstructured historical and real-time. The result : measurable business impact through faster onboarding hours of productivity gained each week and smarter safer decisions at every level.

Recognized by Fast Company as one of the Worlds Most Innovative Companies (Top 10 2025) by CNBCs Disruptor 50 Bloombergs AI Startups to Watch (2026) Forbes AI 50 and Gartners Tech Innovators in Agentic AI Glean continues to accelerate its global impact. With customers across 50 industries and 1000 employees in more than 25 countries were helping the worlds largest organizations make every employee AI-fluent and turning the superintelligent enterprise from concept into reality.

If youre excited to shape how the world works youll help build systems used daily across Microsoft Teams Zoom ServiceNow Zendesk GitHub and many more - deeply embedded where people get things done. Youll ship agentic capabilities on an open extensible stack with the craft and care required for enterprise trust as we bring Work AI to every employee in every company.

About the Role :

Glean is seeking a Procurement Manager who will be responsible for end-to-end procurement activities and execution in alignment with Gleans Procurement Policy. This role will involve developing and implementing procurement strategies sourcing negotiating contracts and managing supplier relationships. This role ensures timely purchase requisition (PR) creation purchase order (PO) issuance contract lifecycle follow-up and vendor management while maintaining high standards of compliance documentation and audit readiness and achieving the cost Procurement Manager will collaborate closely with Legal Security Strategic Finance Accounting and Business teams to ensure approvals documentation and compliance with company policies and procedures.

You will :

• Develop and implement procurement strategies that align with the Gleans objectives and operational needs
• Establish sourcing strategy guidelines and procedures to ensure efficiency and compliance.
• Manage the purchase requisitions end to end from (PRs) to PO process including review of support documents along with collaboration with legal strategic sourcing strategic finance accounting security and assist with vendor onboarding.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to business stakeholders ensuring proactive communication removing roadblocks and driving timely execution.
• Review and validate the Purchase requisitions for completeness and proper GL / cost center coding per the spend approval matrix. Monitor and enforce adherence to the Spend Approval Matrix and policies escalating exceptions as needed.
• Support period-end close activities including open PR / PO reviews IR reconciliations and accrual completeness checks along with supporting internal and external audits
• Identify and evaluate potential suppliers ensuring they meet the Gleans quality and cost requirements.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers to ensure reliable supply chains.
• Conduct regular performance reviews and audits of suppliers to ensure compliance with contractual agreements.
• Partner with Legal and Security teams for contract thresholds mandatory clauses and redlines; ensure vendor risk assessments (VRAs) are completed.
• Manage vendor onboarding and validation documentation (e.g. W-9 / W-8 GST / VAT TDS / WHT banking verification) and maintain accurate supplier master data.
• Negotiate favorable payment terms and conditions with suppliers to optimize cost savings and quality.
• Review and manage procurement contracts ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Resolve any contract disputes or issues that may arise.
• Create document and maintain SOPs to standardize procurement processes and ensure compliance and efficiency.
• Monitor and analyze procurement expenditures to identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Develop and implement strategies to reduce costs without compromising quality or service.
• Prepare and present regular reports on procurement activities and financial performance.
• Identify and report After-the-Fact (ATF) purchases and coordinate corrective and preventive actions.
• Identify potential risks in the supply chain and develop mitigation strategies.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations standards and Gleans Global Procurement Policy.
• Maintain complete organized and retrievable documentation for each purchase (business requirement PR PO Contract SOW negotiate docs Invoice Estimates Quotes and pay terms).
• Ensure all procurement systems is updated with the approval matrix global procurement policy guidelines PR tool training to business requestors and system upgrades as owner of the procurement tool

About you :

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We are a diverse bunch of people and we want to continue to attract and retain a diverse range of people into our organization. Were committed to an inclusive and diverse company. We do not discriminate based on gender ethnicity sexual orientation religion civil or family status age disability or race.

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Required Experience :

Manager

Key Skills

Purchasing,Sourcing,Procurement,Vendor Management,HR Sourcing,Procurement Management,Supply Chain Experience,Contract Management,Contract Negotiation,E-procurement,negotiation,Contracts

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1