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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