Buyer, Procurement

About Carvana

If you thrive on disrupting the status quo and want to join a company revolutionizing an industry, you’ll love what Carvana has done for the car buying experience. We’re reimagining the way people buy cars — and having a lot of fun doing it. Have you seen our vending machine?!

We are looking for people who are excited to thrive in an environment of impactful change. Team spirit is evident at Carvana and every day we let our passions and creativity foster innovation. We take big swings, set ambitious goals, and challenge each other to make data- and process-driven decisions in everything we do. Here are a few of our stories! We’ve been changing the game since 2013, and we’re not taking our foot off the gas now. 

About the team and position

Creating an extraordinary customer experience is at the heart of Carvana. Our goal is to place the customer in control of the car buying experience and infuse honesty and transparency back into the car buying process. The Senior Buyer, Procurement is a key sourcing position that will handle a variety of tactical and strategic tasks, including request for quotation (RFQ) and purchase order (PO) entry/submission and order tracking.  This role will support procurement activity across the business.  Additional duties of this position include data collection and analysis, assembling and publishing reports and providing support to Category Managers, Specialists and to Management.

 What you’ll be doing

• Leading the IT Procurement process. This position interfaces directly with Carvana Technology Services leadership on all contract renewals, net-new contracts, and identifying areas for supplier improvement through Supplier Relationship Management (SRM).
• Negotiating favorable contract renewals and net-new contracts. You’ll work closely with the Carvana Legal team in drafting and executing contracts.
• Collect, compile and analyze data and provide reports as needed, using MS SQL and Snowflake with a demonstrated ability with AI coding tools such as Claude or Codex.
• Ownership and accountability for the entire PO procurement process to include sending purchase orders, confirming order acknowledgement, expediting (as needed), and confirming Suppliers are paid.
• Communicate the status of current purchase orders with requesters and others as needed.
• Receive and execute ad-hoc requests that are external to the procurement system for any areas of the business the procurement platform has not yet been implemented.