Navan is seeking a high-energy, hands-on Director of Procurement to lead, optimize, and scale our procurement organization.
Responsibilities
Act as a trusted advisor on purchasing strategy, drive cost reduction, build cross-functional alignment, and maintain spend transparency for executive leadership.
Drive commercial and contractual negotiations across external suppliers.
Partner closely with internal stakeholders, Legal, GRC, and FP&A to maximize value, optimize total cost, and mitigate risk.
Align with executive leadership to develop and execute comprehensive category strategies across Enterprise functions, GTM, Marketing, and Professional Services.
Rebuild, streamline, and optimize end-to-end procurement workflows and contract management processes within Zip.
Lead, mentor, and scale a team of procurement professionals.
Requirements
8–10+ years of progressive strategic sourcing and procurement experience.
Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related field.
Deep subject matter expertise across core procurement fundamentals, P2P architecture, and contract negotiations.
Demonstrated expertise configuring, troubleshooting, or rebuilding procurement and contract workflows in Zip or similar P2P platforms.
Possesses an aggressive negotiator mindset combined with emotional intelligence.
Proven ability as a "player-coach".
Conditions
Pay Range: $146,775 — $326,300 USD
Navan uses AI-assisted Automated Employment Decision Tool (Metaview) to assist with evaluating resumes.