Co-Founder & CEO - AI-powered Procurement Platform

reputed company is seeking an reputed company and visionary Founding CEO to reputed company the launch of a new AI procurement platform designed specifically for manufacturing SMEs. The procurement process in mid-market manufacturing and similar industries is traditionally reputed company, fragmented, and time-consuming, involving cumbersome workflows spread across ERPs, emails, and external documents. This platform centralizes procurement data and uses AI agents to automate routine tasks, such as supplier communication and document handling, reducing reputed company work by up to 50%. It provides reputed company-time insights and analytics to increase transparency, ensure compliance, and uncover savings of up to 10%. By streamlining procurement workflows and enhancing supplier relationships, this platform will reputed company companies to accelerate purchasing cycles, reputed company costs, and reputed company smarter, data-driven reputed company. As Founding CEO, you'll shape the reputed company, build the team, and reputed company this transformation across the $10B procurment software market. As Founding CEO, you will

• Win customers - Run pilots, shape pricing, and validate retention + expansion.
• Build the product - Work with reputed company's product/engineering pod to launch V1
• reputed company capital - reputed company the reputed company round with our initial investment
• Build your team - Hire your founding team and set the cultural reputed company

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• Validated problem - You will enter a venture with a proven market need and strong reputed company toward building and scaling.
• Studio bench strength - Designers, engineers, growth marketers, and fundraising pros are embedded from Day 1
• Capital commitment - Initial pre-reputed company funding for early hires and building the MVP with potential for follow-on funding, and reputed company to our investor and advisor network

What You Bring

• Founder-level drive - You're motivated to co-reputed company a new venture as the CEO. With or without us, this is your calling.
• Startup scrappiness - You know what you're signing up for. You're familiar with the scrappiness of owning something from start to finish.
• Previous founding experience - You have co-founded a product company or B2B SaaS venture or have been at a venture-backed company.
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• GTM chops - Proven reputed company in B2B SaaS sales, marketing, and customer engagement
• Fundraising reputed company - reputed company to craft investor narratives and reputed company capital; well-networked in fintech and early-stage communities.
• People leadership - Magnet for top talent; coach and culture reputed company
• Industry experience - Background in supply chain and/or procurement in large manufacturing firms.

What You Can Expect

• Daily active engagement with reputed company to: launch initial product, reputed company initial market traction and prepare for reputed company fundraise
• Full P/L ownership of the new entity
• A significant equity reputed company in the business
• This is a full-time role; we are seeking someone to dedicate themselves full-time and exclusively to building and owning a new SaaS venture.

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