Senior Procurement Specialist | Upto $100/hr Part-time
About The Job Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey . Position: Procurement & Vendor Expert Type: Contract Compensation: $75–$100/hour Location: Remote Role Responsibilities
- Build long-horizon sourcing tasks with deterministic rubrics to grade agent performance against verifiable ground truth.
- Develop scenarios in sourcing and diligence with RFP responses and vendor due diligence using required fields and known risk flags.
- Conduct contracting tasks, including supplier contract reviews and SOW negotiations with defined commercial outcomes.
- Manage vendors through scorecards with defined metrics and renewal analyses with ground-truth recommendations.
- Work independently on challenging scenarios requiring long sessions of focus.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- 3+ years in procurement, strategic sourcing, or vendor management.
- Expertise in vendor due diligence, SOW negotiation, SaaS pricing models, supplier security review, or procurement-tool administration (Coupa, Ariba, Zip).
- Comfortable with procurement artifacts: RFPs, vendor scorecards, contract summaries, negotiation plans.
- Clear written communication; articulate reasoning step by step and encode it into deterministic rubrics.
Compensation & Legal
- Hourly contractor
- Strong contributors promoted based on task quality and throughput.
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
Resources & Support
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]
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