IT Procurement Lead

Vertex is a US-based tech company with 25 years’ experience in Microsoft, Salesforce, BI, AI, and Cloud Computing. We have earned longstanding client relationships as trusted, long-term partners. Every day we inspire, innovate, and implement solutions that solve complex business problems using creativity and technologies that drive results.

Job Title: IT Procurement Lead

Duration: Long Term Opportunity

Locations: King of Prussia, PA 19406

Must-Have Skills & Experience:

·        10+ years of overall experience, including 5+ years hands-on in operational P2P, purchasing operations, or IT procurement operations ideally supporting IT spend.

·        Deep, hands-on P2P expertise across the full cycle: requisitions, PO creation and change management, goods receipt/service entry, 2-/3-way match, invoice exception resolution, and PO closure.

·        Working knowledge of finance fundamentals as they apply to P2P: GL and cost-center/WBS coding, CapEx vs. OpEx, accruals, commitments vs. actuals, and month-end close.

·        Experience purchasing IT-specific categories: software licenses and SaaS subscriptions, hardware, cloud consumption, and SOW/T&M professional services.

·        Proven track record as the stakeholder-facing coordinator between Finance, Procurement, AP, and IT program teams in a global environment.

Core Competencies:

·        Clear communicator explains PO, invoice, and budget status crisply to technical, finance, and executive audiences.

·        Detail-oriented and control-minded nothing is committed, paid, or closed without proper backing.

·        Influences without authority; comfortable being the coordination point across Finance, Procurement, AP, and program teams.

·        Proactive flags budget, approval, invoice, and renewal risks before they become escalations.

·        Highly organized across many concurrent programs; adaptable to evolving processes and tooling in a post-acquisition environment and across global, multi-time-zone teams.

Nice-to-Have:

·        Experience with P2P/procurement platforms such as SAP Ariba, Coupa, Jaggaer, or Oracle iProcurement, including catalog/punch-out buying.

·        Advanced Excel (pivot tables, lookups, reconciliations) for PO, invoice, and budget tracking.

·        Experience supporting M&A integration, carve-out, or TSA-exit environments particularly transitioning vendors, contracts, and open POs.

·        Exposure to software asset / IT asset management (e.g., ServiceNow SAM/HAM, Flexera) to tie POs to license entitlements and renewals.

·        Reporting and PMO tools such as Power BI and Smartsheet. Prior experience in environmental services, industrial, or other regulated industries.