Procurement Specialist

🧡 About Alma

At Alma, we believe sustainable commerce depends on fair, well‑balanced trade. Because finance plays a pivotal role in business, our mission is to put it back in its rightful place - serving merchants and consumers.

Our installment and deferred payment solutions help merchants boost sales by 20% or more, increase customer loyalty, and deliver a seamless shopping experience - without encouraging bad debt.

As the buy now pay later leader in France and active in 10 European countries, we've empowered over +25,000 merchants and 10 million consumers.

With 380+ Almakers and €100M+ ARR, Alma is scaling rapidly across Europe as a member of the Next40, and we're just getting started!

👐 About the team

Procurement sits within Strategic Finance and touches a broad scope of the company’s needs — from day-to-day indirect spend to some of our most strategically sensitive supplier relationships.

You’ll report to the Head of Strategic Finance and work closely with Finance, Legal, Product, and Tech teams. This is a real ownership role: you’ll have genuine autonomy on the full procurement function while getting close support on our most complex topics.

This position is a CDI based in Paris.

💼 About the job

Operate strategic sourcing & negotiations

• Lead end-to-end tender processes (RFQ/RFP) across all spend categories as contracts come up for renewal
• Negotiate contracts with suppliers to secure optimal terms (pricing, SLAs, payment terms, exit clauses)
• Conduct market intelligence and benchmarking to ensure competitive positioning
• Manage suppliers selection in collaboration with internal stakeholders, ensuring data-driven decision-making

Act as procurement business partner

• Support all departments in their procurement needs through advisory, process guidance, and hands-on sourcing assistance
• Manage Payflows workflow and ensure compliance with spend thresholds (<10k / >50k) and approval processes
• Facilitate cross-functional projects requiring procurement involvement (e.g., PoCs, pilot programs, new tool evaluations)
• Serve as the procurement point of contact for operational teams with external stakeholders

Manage supplier relationships & performance

• Oversee relationships with top suppliers (those representing 80% of Alma's spend)
• Monitor supplier performance and address operational challenges or service quality issues, in support with operational teams
• Ensure contractual compliance and proactively manage contract renewals, amendments, and terminations to avoid service disruptions or contracts lock-downs
• Partnering with Legal to maintain an up-to-date contract repository with all key supplier agreements and documentation

Drive continuous improvement & insights

• Optimize procurement processes based on feedback, pain points, and business evolution
• Develop advanced analytics & reporting to provide spend visibility and actionable insights to Finance and leadership
• Identify cost-saving opportunities through spend analysis, category strategies, and supplier consolidation
• Support emerging topics such as AI vendor evaluation, European expansion sourcing needs, and so on

🧩 About you

To succeed in this job

• 3–5 years of professional experience in indirect procurement, ideally in a corporate or fast-paced scale-up environment
• Proven track record of leading tenders (RFQ/RFP), negotiating contracts, and managing supplier relationships
• Strong analytical skills with experience in spend analysis and data-driven decision-making
• Familiarity with P2P tools (Payflows or equivalent) and procurement best practices
• Experience working cross-functionally and influencing stakeholders at all levels
• Fluent in French and English — you can communicate clearly with both internal stakeholders and suppliers

And it will be nice if you also

• Show strong curiosity and business acumen: you seek to deeply understand business needs, market dynamics, and supplier landscapes
• Bring operational excellence: you are hands-on, detail-oriented, and thrive in executing end-to-end sourcing projects
• Demonstrate autonomy and ownership: you take initiative, manage your priorities independently, and drive projects to completion
• Are impact-oriented: you focus on tangible results and business value, not just process compliance
• Communicate and influence effectively: you build strong relationships, negotiate with confidence, and bring clarity to complex topics
• Adapt easily to diverse tasks, evolving priorities, and a fast-growing environment
• Act with integrity: ethical conduct and transparency are non-negotiable in all supplier interactions

Don't meet every single requirement? At Alma, we believe great hires come from diverse paths. If this role excites you, we encourage you to apply. We value potential, curiosity and the ability to grow as much as experience.

🧘  What’s in it for you

If you join, you will be able to grow and impact on:

• Real ownership from day one — you inherit solid foundations and take them to the next level; the function is yours to shape, and the impact is visible fast
• A direct line to Alma's most strategic decisions — direct procurement (PSP, acquiring, card schemes) is on your roadmap; very few procurement roles at this level touch topics this central to a fintech's core business
• An international growth trajectory — as Alma expands across Europe, your scope will grow with it; in 2–3 years, this role will look very different (in the best way)

🤑 Compensation & benefits

• Competitive salary based on 12 months
• Profit-sharing and employee savings plan
• Health insurance: 100% covered by Alma including family package
• Disability insurance: 100% covered by Alma
• Sport: partnerships with Gymlib and Classpass, or €30/month reimbursement for your sports activities
• Maternity/paternity leave: salary maintained at 100% during leave with no seniority requirement. Return to work at 4/5 schedule paid at 100% for 8 weeks.
• Sustainable Mobility Package (FMD): €544.80/year (excluding full-remote contracts)
• Meal vouchers: €10/day, 50% covered by Alma
• Mental health: free access to MindDay platform
• Paid time off: 25 days/year (+ additional paid leave granted for employees on executive contracts)
• Access to our Learning & Development Platform
• 2 weeks of full remote possible per year in summer

🎯 Interview Process

• Video call with Ryslene, Talent Acquisition — 30 min to understand your background, motivation, and walk through the role.
• Interview with Simon, Head of Strategic Finance — 45 min deep dive on the role, your experience, and your fit with the team
• Home assignment — a case study to assess your analytical and procurement thinking in practice
• Debrief interview — 1h presentation of your case with Simon + one additional team member
• Final interview with Stéphanie, CFO — 30 min

🌍 Diversity & Inclusion

At Alma, we believe that diversity fuels innovation and makes our community stronger. We are committed to building a workplace where every person feels seen, respected, and empowered to do their best work — whatever their gender, background, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, disability or lived experience. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applicants from all walks of life, and all employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.