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The Opportunity

Root is seeking a procurement coordinator ready to roll up their sleeves and work with a variety of cross-functional stakeholders. In this role, you will support our business partners with multiple aspects of the procurement and accounts payable processes. The perfect candidate will be comfortable working cross-functionally with business teams supporting our business partners throughout the procurement and payment lifecycle.

Root is a “work where it works best” company. Meaning we will support you working in whatever location that works best for you across the US. We will continue to have our headquarters in Columbus but still offer more flexibility and more choice about how we live and work.

Salary Range: $57,200 - $71,000

How You Will Make an Impact

• Partner with departments to gather required documentation (internally/externally) for vendors throughout the procurement lifecycle (new vendor setup, performance monitoring, approval/signature requests, through termination)

• Maintaining the procurement mailbox and triage general procurement questions internally and externally. Including escalating issues as needed

• Support the procurement department throughout the request for proposal/sourcing process

• Supports finance and procurement organization in invoice reviews and approvals

• Responsible for basic reporting and supporting database clean-up/maintenance

• Create, maintain, and update standard operating procedures, guides, and resources

• Surge support for other procurement and financial operation duties

• Identifying and supporting process improvements

• Supporting other key finance projects and initiatives

• Other duties as assigned

What You Will Need to Succeed

• 1+ years demonstrated procurement, procure to pay, and/or accounts payable experience, preferably with project management experience in a fast-paced technology environment.

• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Approaches problem solving with natural curiosity, open-mindedness, and comfort with ambiguity with exceptional attention to detail

• Thrives in a fast-paced work environment, prioritizing, and executing on the most critical project.

• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree with analytical focus and/or procurement, supply chain, finance, program management and/or relevant industry certifications

Don’t meet every single requirement?

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Root, Inc., we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway!

Join us

At Root, we judge people based on the merit of their work, not who they are. If you are passionate about what this role entails and solving real problems, we encourage you to apply. We want to learn about you and what you can add to our team.

Who we are

We’re harnessing the power of technology to revolutionize insurance. Using machine learning and mobile telematic platforms, we’ve built one of the most innovative FinTech companies in the world. And we’re just getting started.

What draws people to Root

Our success is in large part due to our unwavering standards in hiring. We recognize that our products are only as good as the people building and promoting them. We want individuals who find solutions by going through the cycle of ideation to implementation with curiosity, rigor, and an analytical lens. Ask anyone who works here and you’ll hear similar reasons for why they joined:

Autonomy—for assertive self-starters, the opportunities to contribute are limitless.

Impact—by challenging the way it’s always been done, we solve problems that have a big impact on our business.

Collaboration—we encourage rich discussion and civil debate at every turn.

People—we are inspired by the collection of crazy-smart people around us.