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As a leading provider of K-12 core curriculum, supplemental and intervention solutions, and professional learning services, HMH partners with educators and school districts to uncover solutions that unlock students’ potential and extend teachers’ capabilities.\nHMH serves more than 50 million students and 4 million educators in 150 countries. For more information, visit www.hmhco.com\nWhat You'll Do\nWorking in the Indirect Procurement team, the Indirect Procurement Lead will support sourcing, contracting, purchasing operations, supplier coordination, and process improvement across assigned categories and business functions. This role serves as a trusted point of contact for internal stakeholders and suppliers, helping move requests from intake through execution while maintaining strong controls, clear communication, and a positive customer experience.\nThe ideal candidate is collaborative, solutions-oriented, and comfortable working through change. Success in this role requires someone who builds strong relationships, approaches challenges with curiosity and sound judgment, and looks for practical ways to simplify work, strengthen processes, and help the team operate more effectively.\nSourcing, Contracting, and Stakeholder Support\nManage assigned sourcing activities and supplier renewals, including requirements gathering, market research, competitive bids, proposal analysis, negotiations, recommendations, approvals, and contract execution.\nPartner with business owners to clarify needs, timelines, budget ownership, and decision criteria before engaging suppliers.\nCoordinate with Legal, Finance, Information Security, Technology, Accounts Payable, and other process partners to support timely and compliant outcomes.\nBuild productive relationships with stakeholders and suppliers through responsive service, clear expectations, and proactive status updates.\nIdentify commercial risks, savings opportunities, contract consolidation opportunities, and supplier diversity opportunities; escalate issues when appropriate.\nProcurement Operations and Governance\nMaintain accurate sourcing, contract, renewal, supplier, and project information in applicable procurement systems and trackers.\nMonitor contract expirations and engage stakeholders early enough to support informed renewal, competitive sourcing, or exit decisions.\nHelp ensure procurement activities follow established policies, approval authorities, business controls, and standard procedures.\nContribute to meaningful reporting, metrics, and project updates that provide visibility into workload, risk, savings, and operational performance.\nChange and Continuous Improvement\nDocument current-state processes, identify pain points and root causes, and recommend practical improvements that reduce manual effort, delays, and rework.\nSupport implementation of new processes, tools, templates, and ways of working; help stakeholders understand what is changing, why it matters, and what action is required.\nPartner with teammates to standardize processes and documentation, share knowledge, and cross-train backups to reduce single points of failure.\nUse data, stakeholder feedback, and lessons learned to improve procurement service delivery and the stakeholder experience.\nRemain flexible as priorities evolve and contribute constructively during periods of organizational or process change.\nWhat You'll Need\nBachelor's degree in Business, Procurement, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.\n3-5 years of relevant experience in procurement, sourcing, contracting, purchasing operations, supplier management, or a related business function.\nWorking knowledge of procurement processes, competitive sourcing, negotiations, purchase orders, contract terms, and supplier lifecycle activities.\nDemonstrated experience supporting change, continuous improvement, process documentation, or implementation of new tools and ways of working.\nStrong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills, with close attention to detail.\nAbility to manage multiple priorities and workflows in a fast-paced environment while meeting commitments and communicating tradeoffs early.\nClear and effective written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to tailor information for different audiences.\nAbility to build cooperative relationships with internal stakeholders, suppliers, and cross-functional partners at varying levels of the organization.\nA collaborative and service-oriented approach, with demonstrated adaptability, personal accountability, sound judgment, and openness to feedback.\nProficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; ability to learn procurement, contract management, e-signature, intake, and reporting platforms.\nPreferred but not necessary\nExperience supporting indirect procurement categories such as technology, professional services, finance, sales, marketing, facilities, travel, or other corporate services.\nExperience with procurement intake, source-to-pay, contract lifecycle management, e-signature, ERP, or service management platforms.\nExperience developing process maps, standard operating procedures, templates, dashboards, or training materials.\nExperience using or evaluating AI-enabled tools and automation solutions to improve efficiency, decision-making, stakeholder experience, and business processes.\nProject management, change management, Lean, Six Sigma, or procurement certification.\nSalary Range: $80,000 - $85,000\nHMH is fully committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and to attracting, retaining, developing and promoting the most qualified employees without regard to race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, family status, marital status, pregnancy, gender identity, ethnic/national origin, ancestry, age, disability, military status, genetic predisposition, citizenship status, status as a disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, Armed Forces service medal veteran, other covered veteran, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. 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