Verity Studios is looking for a skilled and experienced Procurement Specialist. Reporting to the Head of Operations, the successful candidate will operationally execute Verity’s procurement process and work with a portfolio of suppliers, to achieve company operating requirements. Within the realm of procurement, the successful candidate will possess a sharp, commercial mindset with an affinity for driving accountability, using data and analytics, while employing a negotiating style. From the viewpoint of Verity to the supplier, the successful candidate will partner deeply with internal stakeholders to understand requirements in order to act as an effective advocate of company interests. Ideally, the candidate will have experience in a similar role in a technology-driven company.
The Verity team has spent the last 20 years pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in the design and creation of drone technology. Our clients have logged more than 70,000 autonomous drone flights. Verity drones perform in high profile events, including Cirque du Soleil’s PARAMOUR on Broadway, Metallica’s WorldWired tour, Drake’s Aubrey & the Three Migos tour, and at the New York Knicks pre-game shows at Madison Square Garden.
We are entrepreneurs, engineers, artists, live events professionals, mathematicians, and designers; all working as one. Our recent $18 million Series A funding round has paved the way for our further expansion in live events. Come join us!
Responsibilities
• Responsible for the full breadth of procurement activities, from vendor qualification, contract negotiation and agreement through execution of the procure to pay cycle
• Compare supplier offers, along cost, quality and service dimensions, making final supplier selection
• Work with Verity internal stakeholders to understand supplier critical requirements
• Embed and memorialize performance expectations across cost, quality and service dimensions into a final, negotiated contract agreement
• Measure supplier performance across cost, quality and service dimensions
• Train Verity team members concerning acceptable quality of received goods and actions to take in event of non-conforming goods
• Execute the procure to pay process including goods receipt and 3 way PO to invoice to delivery receipt match
Qualifications
• Commercial apprenticeship with further education in strategic sourcing and procurement or university degree in a relevant discipline
• 3 years’ experience in procurement, strategic sourcing or similar
• Proven track record and knowledge of procurement procedures and policies
• Good business judgement, negotiation and organizational skills
• Ability to work with technical and non-technical business owners
• Good written and spoken German and English language skills are a must
• Good PC and Microsoft Office skills, with proficiency in Excel and Word
• Excellent team player with a broad view and consideration for the whole of the Verity team and team objectives
• Self-driven, self-starter, motivated, enthusiastic
Benefits
• Work in an interdisciplinary, international team of highly skilled people
• Very broad and deep area of responsibility
• Shape the culture and have a significant impact in a growing young company