Procurement Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $100/hr

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Procurement Expert
Type:Contract
Compensation:$70–$100/hour
Location:Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Review simulated new-vendor intake requests, benchmarking price and contract terms against realistic company reference data.
• Consolidate multi-lens reviews (finance, legal, security, IT) into a well-reasoned final approval recommendation.
• Author step-level rubrics and golden responses that capture how an experienced procurement lead would judge a request or renewal.
• Audit simulated company environments for realism and unintended contradictions before tasks open.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 8+ years of professional experience in procurement, spend operations, or vendor management.
• Hands-on experience running real vendor requests and renewals.
• Sourced from mature procurement functions at companies with formal vendor-review processes.
• Strong written communication skills; comfortable producing structured, rubric-style feedback.

Preferred

• Experience with modern spend-management or e-procurement platforms.
• Prior task-writing, rubric-authoring, or AI-training data experience.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

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