Procurement Manager

Job description

At Joko, our mission is to we help consumers save time and money when shopping online or in-store. Founded in Paris, Joko is a tech company and certified B Corp with over 105 talents across Paris, Barcelona, and New York (and beyond). More than 6 million users already save money every day at 10,000+ merchants with Joko. From cashback and automatic coupons to price alerts, we've kept expanding our products to make shopping smarter. Today, Joko is an AI shopping app: with Juno, our shopping assistant, users can find the right product at the best price in only a few seconds, with recommendations that get sharper the more they use it. Having reached profitability in our core market, we’re now scaling globally, with a strong focus on the US. It’s still day 1, come build the future of shopping with us! 💰 OUR FINANCE TEAM The Finance team ensures Joko's financial health and long-term success. We manage everything from financial planning and accounting to financing and cash management. We make sure every euro is put to its best use, working closely with all teams, we provide the insights and structure needed to scale efficiently. As we scale, we're splitting Finance into three specialized poles: FP&A, Finance Operations, and Procurement. This role anchors Procurement — a brand-new function at Joko. You'll report directly to Tanguy, our VP Finance. ✨ WHY THIS ROLE IS SPECIAL Procurement doesn't exist yet at Joko — you'd be the first hire, building spend governance from scratch with high autonomy and direct exposure to leadership. - A blank page: there's no existing playbook to inherit or unlearn — you design the vendor negotiation process, the P2P workflow, and the spend governance culture from day one. - Real scope, real stakes: our spend is heading toward €20M+ in 2027 across tools, infrastructure, marketing, and G&A — what you build has immediate, visible impact. - Cross-functional reach: you'll work directly with Finance, Legal, BizOps, Marketing, and Tech, negotiating deals that shape how every team operates. 🎯 WHAT YOU WILL DO As Procurement Manager, your main mission is to make sure every euro Joko commits is negotiated, governed, and tracked against clear value — a responsibility that only grows as our spend scope heads toward €20M+ in 2027. Your responsibilities will include: - Own vendor negotiations company-wide: marketing & influencer spend, tools, infrastructure, hiring fees, G&A, outsourcing; - Generate measurable savings on existing spend: and make sure every commitment — new or renewed — is worth what we're paying for it; - Build and maintain a vendor performance framework: mapping and rationalizing our supplier base; - Foster a culture across the company where every euro counts; - Own the Investment Request database: making sure spend above threshold always goes through proper approval; - Track spend by category: and flag overspend to budget owners, working closely with FP&A; - Implement our procure-to-pay process: POs, approval workflows, payment matching. 👀 WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR - Experience: A senior profile able to operate independently from day one — ideally 6+ years in procurement, vendor negotiation, or strategic sourcing, from a tech scale-up, consulting, or corporate procurement background. - Education: A master's degree from a top business or engineering school. - Negotiation as a craft: Real, demonstrable experience running vendor negotiations and structuring deals that hold up over time. - Business acumen: You weigh cost against strategic value, not just the price on a contract, and know which trade-offs are worth making. - Communication: You explain vendor deals and spend trade-offs clearly to stakeholders who aren't finance or procurement specialists. - Project management: You run multiple negotiations and rollouts in parallel without dropping deadlines. - Stakeholder management: You build trust and influence across Finance, Legal, BizOps, Marketing, and Tech — without formal authority over their budgets. - Mindset: Entrepreneurial and autonomous — this is a build-from-zero function with no existing internal playbook. - AI centricity: You use AI in your daily work today, and you're excited to help drive smarter spend governance as part of Joko's AI-first ambition. - Languages: Fluent English and French. 💎 OUR PERKS (Some of the benefits listed below are available to full-time positions only) At Joko, we believe that flexibility and trust are essential. Our work environment reflects this through: - Flexible remote : If you live in Paris, you can choose to work from our office or from home with no constraints. If you live elsewhere, we can provide access to a coworking space and a coworking budget. - Work from anywhere : Want to spend a month in Italy while working? You can work from most countries in the world for up to 3 months per year. On top of that, we offer plenty of perks: - 💸 Top-market compensation - 📈 Equity for everyone with the chance to own a piece of what you build - 🤖 Half-day each week dedicated to leveling up with AI by exploring new tools, iterating hard, and sharpening your skills - 🌴 Yearly offsite in amazing locations and budget for team-building events & monthly in-person gatherings - 💪 Contribution to your ClassPass subscription - 🍼 8-week leave paid 100% for the second parent - …and much more, check the full list here https://notion.so/joko/20f4ead2bfc54137b9d805bd9abbb758?pvs=4&v=e2baac50c1844149a219895e0d1c2912! 🤝 OUR HIRING PROCESS 1. Intro call: Quick screening with the Hiring Manager or the Talent team. 2. Step 1 – Team interview (45 min): Conversation with two Joko team members (could include the Hiring Manager, people from the team you’d join, or colleagues from other teams). 3. Step 2 – Role-specific assessments - For non-engineering roles: A take-home case study followed by a 45-min interview. We assess both your output and how you think in real time. The exercise will be relevant to your role (e.g. analysis, strategy, or process design). - For engineering roles: A 90-min live technical interview on CoderPad covering code understanding, review, system design, and product thinking (with AI serving as a collaboration tool). 4. Step 3 – Leadership interview (45 min): Conversation with a SteerCo member and a Founder. 5. References: Up to 3 calls with former colleagues or managers. ☕ You may also be invited for coffee with team members to get a feel for our culture.