Procurement Specialist

Grammarly is excited to offer a remote-first hybrid working model. Team members work primarily remotely in the United States, Canada, Ukraine, Germany, Poland, or Portugal. Certain roles have specific location requirements to facilitate collaboration at a particular Grammarly hub.

All roles have an in-person component: Conditions permitting, teams meet 2–4 weeks every quarter at one of Grammarly’s hubs in San Francisco, Kyiv, New York, Vancouver, and Berlin, or in a workspace in Kraków.This flexible approach gives team members the best of both worlds: plenty of focus time along with in-person collaboration that fosters trust and unlocks creativity.

Please note our Kyiv hub is currently closed, and we hope the time comes soon when our team can meet again there. We continue to provide support to our Ukraine team members displaced within and outside of Ukraine.

Grammarly team members in this role must be based in Ukraine, Germany, Poland or Portugal.

The opportunity 

Every day, tens of millions of people and 50,000 professional teams rely on Grammarly’s AI-enabled communication assistance to help them communicate confidently and achieve their goals. Our team members have the autonomy to take on exciting challenges in pursuit of our mission to improve lives by improving communication. Together, we’re building on more than a decade of steady growth and profitability. We’re defining the communication assistance category for individuals, enterprises, and developers with tailored service offerings: Grammarly Premium, Grammarly Business, Grammarly for Education, and Grammarly for Developers. All of this begins with our team collaborating in an inclusive, values-driven, and learning-oriented environment.

To achieve our ambitious goals, we’re looking for a Procurement specialist to join our Finance team. This person will be involved in planning and conducting procurement procedures, negotiating prices and contract terms with vendors, conducting pricing analysis, monitoring and researching vendors, preparing reports, and improving procurement flow and policies.

Your impact

As a Procurement specialist, you will be responsible for coordinating up to 20 procurement activities running simultaneously. You will manage a number of internal stakeholders while delivering service as quickly and efficiently as possible. You will need strong problem-solving and communication skills, as well as the ability to think outside the box.

In this role, you will work with hundreds of suppliers and cloud service providers, including  top-tier cloud suppliers such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft. You will have the opportunity to develop and evolve with the procurement function within the product organization, and use a modern technology stack to reach data-driven decisions. 

This role is an excellent opportunity to utilize and refine your existing skills in procurement, supplier management, contract negotiation, and process improvement. You will be tasked with complex problem-solving and you will need to collaborate effectively with multiple stakeholders. In this role, you will gain further insight into the procurement process and develop your skills further in the field.

In this role, you will:

• Coordinate purchase requests following vendor management and procurement processes.
• Work in procure-to-pay, facilitate contract lifecycle management, and track software management systems.
• Identify and deliver savings opportunities.
• Meet business requests within the timeline and proactively handle contract renewals.
• Build category strategies for the upcoming years. 

We’re looking for someone who

• Embodies our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable.
• Is able to collaborate in person 2 weeks per quarter, traveling if necessary to the hub where the team is based. Please note that our Kyiv hub is currently closed, and we hope the time comes soon when our team can meet again there. In the meantime, we will not require anyone living in Ukraine to travel for in-person time until it's safe.
• Has at least 3 years of procurement experience, including technology, cloud pro