Supplier Negotiation Support
Manager · Procurement & Vendor Manager · Hybrid · Paris
- Company
- Series B developer-tools company for construction firms · 51–200 employeesCL-67882 · based in Mulhouse
- Where
- Hybrid · Paris
- Format
- One-off task
- Time needed
- about 8 h in total
- Start
- Starts within 7 days
- Level
- Manager · 7-12 years
- When you work
- Flexible hours, async1 h a week overlap with CET
- Language
- English and Frenchbusiness level
The company is already looking at 2 profiles for this task. It is still open: new profiles are added to the shortlist until the company decides.
3 professionals have asked about this task484 tasks of this type completed on Deftridge
About this task
This Series B developer-tools company for construction firms (51–200 employees) is looking for a manager Procurement & Vendor Manager for a single piece of work with a fixed scope and a fixed price. Negotiation plan and fallback options.
The company has a deadline, no one free to own it, and wants a person who has done the same job before. The company sells subscription software, so deadlines follow release and billing cycles.
The team sits in Paris. Everything can be done remotely; an occasional visit is welcome and never required for the first month. You choose your hours; nothing is scheduled except an occasional short call. About 1 hour a week should overlap with the team's day (CET).
What you deliver
- Negotiate a three-year renewal with a software supplier and achieve a target discount.
- The finished deliverable in the agreed file format, with sources and assumptions listed
- One round of edits after the company's review is included
- A 20-minute walkthrough call, or a recorded screen share if you prefer
How the work runs
- Day 1: scope confirmed in writing, files shared
- Middle of the period: draft shared for early feedback
- Last day: final version and handover note
Duration: about 10 working days. Accepted after the walkthrough. Edits requested within three working days are part of the price.
Tools
Who fits
- 7-12 years of hands-on work as a Procurement & Vendor Manager, or the equivalent mix of roles
- Business-level French as well as English: the documents and part of the team work in French
- Comfortable working in Excel and Zoom
- Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate
Nice to have
- Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader
- Used to short written handovers
Not included
- Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so
- Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately
- Travel or work at a fixed location
How you get paid
- The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice.
- Deftridge pays you in EUR after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement.
- You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs.
- You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge.
What happens after you say you're interested
- Within one working dayA recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want.
- You agree the rateYou and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead.
- With your written OKThe company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days.
- StartYou sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above.
What the company sees about you
First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details.
- Experience
- 7-12 years in operations & assistance
- Tools
- Excel, Zoom
- Offers
- 8 hours in total, weekday evenings
- Rate
- €41 an hour, agreed with the recruiter
How this rate compares
The midpoint of this range, €41 an hour, is above the median manager Procurement & Vendor Manager rate in France (€40). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.
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Questions about pay and privacy
The rules are the same for every task. Pricing explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; How it works covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job.
CL-67882 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead.