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Requirements found

Training (must) Recruiting (nice) Scheduling Budgeting Sales (nice)

What this posting asks for

Level: Senior — The posting asks for 7+ years of experience.

Main responsibilities

• Own the purchasing process
• Manage a high volume of purchase requests, statements of work, change orders, and renewals each month across Workplace, Security, and People, keeping speed a…
• Serve as the primary procurement partner by guiding requesters from initial request to signed agreement and issued purchase order.
• Review every purchase request for the things that matter downstream: the right vendor record and contracting entity, complete commercial documents, correct s…
• Determine what each request requires before it can move, whether that is a statement of work, an amendment, a lease review, a privacy review, or a third part…
• Partner with Privacy, Security, and Third Party Risk on vendors that handle employee or candidate data or have physical access to our offices, such as badgin…
• Launch and track contract review with Legal and outside counsel, keep it moving, and confirm the executed agreement supports the purchase order before it is …
• Structure purchase orders so they match how the vendor bills (fixed fee, milestone or progress billing, time and materials, per placement, per head, or recur…
• Handle the mechanics that come with physical work and goods: multi line quotes, deposits, lead times, receiving, and asset handoffs for furniture, fixtures, …
• Know where a purchase belongs. Not everything in these categories should run through a purchase order, and you help requesters tell the difference between a …

Competencies an interviewer will look for

• Technical skill Core
  In the posting: “Workplace covers real estate, office build outs and leases, furniture and equipment, facilities services, maintenance, and food and beverage.” · “Handle the mechanics that come with physical work and goods: multi line quotes, deposits, lead times, receiving, and asset handoffs for furniture, fixtures, …” · “Code every purchase order correctly at creation, including GL account, spend category, cost center, and service period, and understand how each choice lands …”
  Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off.
• Communication Core
  In the posting: “Apply purchasing policy consistently and explain the why, including approval thresholds, signature authority, and when an exception is and is not available.” · “You can explain how a purchase order becomes an entry in the general ledger.” · “If you're ever unsure about a communication, don't click any links—visit anthropic.com/careers directly for confirmed position openings.”
  Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech.
• Teamwork and collaboration Core
  In the posting: “Partner with Privacy, Security, and Third Party Risk on vendors that handle employee or candidate data or have physical access to our offices, such as badgin…” · “Partner with Accounts Payable to resolve invoice holds, PO mismatches, and receiving questions so vendors are paid on time and spend lands where it belongs.” · “In some cases, we may partner with vetted recruiting agencies who will identify themselves as working on behalf of Anthropic.”
  Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled.
• Ownership and accountability Core
  In the posting: “We sit inside Finance Operations and own the path from "I need to buy something" to a signed agreement, an accurate purchase order, and clean spend data at m…” · “Own the purchasing process” · “Own the open purchase order book: receipts recorded against actual delivery, periodic reviews, stale line cleanup, coding corrections, and timely closures, s…”
  Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it.
• Planning and organisation Core
  In the posting: “Work the hard cases with Accounting: progress billed construction, retainage, partially delivered milestones, guard services billed in arrears against changi…” · “Support audit and reporting requests that touch your portfolio, including commitment schedules and control evidence, with data you can stand behind.” · “An office opening date, a guard post that has to be staffed tonight, or a recruiting search that has to start this week are real constraints, and you plan ar…”
  Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.
• Data and analysis Core
  In the posting: “We sit inside Finance Operations and own the path from "I need to buy something" to a signed agreement, an accurate purchase order, and clean spend data at m…” · “Partner with Privacy, Security, and Third Party Risk on vendors that handle employee or candidate data or have physical access to our offices, such as badgin…” · “Understand what a contract actually commits us to, including term, termination for convenience, and notice periods, so firm commitment reporting reflects the…”
  Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it.
• Attention to detail and quality Core
  In the posting: “We sit inside Finance Operations and own the path from "I need to buy something" to a signed agreement, an accurate purchase order, and clean spend data at m…” · “Manage a high volume of purchase requests, statements of work, change orders, and renewals each month across Workplace, Security, and People, keeping speed a…” · “Financial completeness and accuracy”
  Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.
• Stakeholder management Core
  In the posting: “People covers recruiting agencies and recruiting operations, HR systems, benefits and Total Rewards vendors, and training and development.” · “You will be the person who makes all of it feel simple to the teams who depend on it and reliable to the Finance stakeholders behind it.” · “We use Claude as part of our daily workflow and are looking for someone who wants to help define what an AI native procurement operations function looks like…”
  Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior.
• Problem solving Supporting
  In the posting: “Partner with Accounts Payable to resolve invoice holds, PO mismatches, and receiving questions so vendors are paid on time and spend lands where it belongs.”
  Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix.
• Adaptability and learning Supporting
  In the posting: “We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely…”
  Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted.

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