Senior Procurement Manager

Senior Procurement Manager Purpose Nomia is focused on delivering an innovative and disruptive procurement solution to our customers to make managing tail spend simpler, more transparent, and generate incremental value. Nomia acts as an extension of our customer's procurement team by aggregating and executing the end-to-end sourcing, supplier onboarding, and contracting process for indirect categories of spend. We are a global team, with Procurement Hubs in Europe, Middle East, North America, and Asia. About the Team The procurement team are fundamental to our company, by combining the rich experience of our people with the innovative use of our technology, Nomia brings a unique and disruptive procurement solution to our customers to better-manage their tail spend. Procurement is responsible for the end-to-end sourcing and procurement activities for customer tail spend projects. We are trusted by our customers to maximise the value of their investment and provide an excellent customer experience. The team is focused on developing strong global category strategy, regional supplier relationships, and speed of project execution through a global purchasing team. Our talented and high-performing global team works with customers across Europe, Middle East, North America, and Asia. About the Person You will operate at the intersection of procurement expertise and digital intelligence — using data, AI-powered platforms, and category insight to drive smarter sourcing decisions and measurable customer value. You will be shaping the future of Nomia's procurement function in the U.S., and will therefore a driven, initiative-taker who is looking to play a pivotal role in a leading procure-tech company. We are looking for our Senior Procurement Manager to be spending some of their time face-to-face with our customers and suppliers, this person should therefore be a commutable distance to a Nomia office, and be able to travel to our customers or suppliers if required, with limited travel anticipated, primarily within region. Key Responsibilities As the Senior Procurement Manager for the U.S. region, you will: Define and execute a regional procurement strategy aligned with Nomia's objectives and customer requirements Develop trusted relationships with suppliers and partners in-region to support Nomia's customer spend Implement appropriate SRM, and governance to monitor and measure supplier performance Analyse supplier data to identify trends, rationalisation opportunities, and commercial insights Create relevant procure-technology and tail spend thought leadership content within region Lead end-to-end sourcing and procurement activities for complex indirect spend Manage regional supplier onboarding and, where required, supplier platform adoption and training Forecast future supplier requirements for Nomia, execute against a plan to pro-actively engage with suppliers Work collaboratively with other functions, including Business Development, Customer Success, Legal, Finance, and Product teams to ensure alignment of delivering exceptional customer experiences As a leader at Nomia, Mentor and coach procurement team members About You 10+ years of experience working in a sourcing & Procurement role Proven ability to support category strategies & SRM initiatives A strong understanding of sourcing and procurement, S2P workflows and processes, and technologies An advanced level of AI fluency and experience of data analysis, sourcing, commercial and contract negotiation, and SRM Experience working with enterprise SaaS is advantageous Effective, empathetic verbal and written communication with all levels of seniority General Ensure compliance with Nomia's data protection and information security policies Whilst this position is Hybrid, once a week working from the office is required, possibly more whilst training and if requested by supervisor Be aware at all times of diversity and inclusion and acting in line with Nomia's core values Foster and promote continuous improvement in systems and processes Department Procurement Locations Chicago, New York Remote status Hybrid Employment type Full-time About Nomia Nomia Ltd is a Procurement Management Company. Our specialist and experienced teams drive category and geographical insights underpinned and supported by our cloud based Nomia platform. Enabling Nomia to help transform sourcing activities for customers spend. By combining our AI driven platform with specialism, Nomia enhances spend transparency, lowers costs, boosts compliance, minimises supply chain-risk and enables material ESG impact. Founded in 2013 Co-workers 130+