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As a member of the ShipBob Team, you will...   Grow with an Ownership Mindset : We champion continuous learning and innovation. You'll take on real problems, create tangible solutions, and drive results that move the needle for ShipBob, our merchants, and for your own professional growth. If you're ready to do the most meaningful work of your career, this is the place.   Collaborate with Peers and Leaders Alike:  At ShipBob, leaders are accessible; feedback flows in both directions, and everyone, regardless of their seniority or role, steps up to help when needed. We hold each other to high standards because we trust each other to meet them. That combination of transparency and mutual respect is what makes the work here feel worth doing.   Experience a High-Performance Culture and Clear Purpose:  We are results-driven and clear about what that means: our goals are specific, accountability is shared, and every team member can see how their work connects to our mission. When we hit milestones, we celebrate them together. When we fall short, we learn and move forward.   Location:  Remote in these states: AL, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, KS, KY, IA, ID, IL, IN, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI   Role Description:   The Director, Procurement will facilitate ShipBob's strategic sourcing and procurement function across multiple categories. This is a senior leadership role responsible for developing and sustaining a high-performing procurement capability, driving meaningful cost improvement, and ensuring supplier relationships, contract frameworks, and category strategies are aligned with ShipBob's rapid growth trajectory. The Director brings deep commercial judgment, strong negotiation capability, and the ability to manage complexity across multiple categories simultaneously. Given the small size of the current team, the Director must be hands-on and highly adaptable including operating in the detail as readily as at the strategic level and flexing to changing priorities as the business evolves. This role manages the Procurement Manager and reports to the VP Global Controller.   What you’ll do:   As the senior leader responsible for procurement across ShipBob's global operations, you will have the following responsibilities:   Define and own ShipBob's procurement strategy across multiple categories, growing a function that is proactive, analytically rigorous, and commercially credible.   Manage and develop the procurement team, setting clear performance standards, operating frameworks, and a culture of data-oriented outcome.   Build and sustain executive-level relationships with strategic suppliers, ensuring ShipBob is positioned as an intelligent, sophisticated buyer across all categories.   Facilitate the most complex and commercially significant negotiations across ShipBob's supplier base in technology, facilities, and corporate services.   Design and execute structured RFx processes with full analytical rigor: market intelligence, benchmarking, scenario modelling, supplier assessment, and documented recommendation with supporting evidence.   Develop category strategies that are grounded in market data, total cost of ownership analysis, and ShipBob's operational requirements not historical spend patterns.   Build and maintain a vendor performance management framework with defined KPIs, governance cadence, and escalation protocols that hold suppliers accountable without creating adversarial relationships.   Review, redline, and negotiate contractual agreements across all categories ensuring favorable commercial term