Purchasing Manager

About Lantern

Lantern is the specialty care platform connecting people with the best care when they need it most. By curating a Network of Excellence comprised of the nation's top specialists for surgery, cancer care, infusions and more, Lantern delivers excellent care with significant cost savings to employers and their workforces. Lantern also pairs members with a dedicated care team, including Care Advocates and nurses, for the entirety of their care journey, helping them get back to good health, back to their families and back to work. With convenient access to specialists nationwide, Lantern means quality care is within driving distance for most. Lantern is trusted by the nation's largest employers to deliver care to more than 6 million members across the country. Learn more about us at lanterncare.com.

About You:

• You use LOGIC in your decision making and understand that progress is critical to making change. You focus on the execution of your content while balancing a fast-paced environment and you take the time to celebrate both the small & big wins.
• INCLUSION is a core tenant of your personal beliefs. A diverse and inclusive environment is incredibly important to you. You understand and desire to be a part of a diverse team with different experiences and perspectives & you cherish the differences in each individual that you interact with.
• You have the GRIT, drive and ambition to tackle big problems. Big problems require big ideas and a team that supports new ideas.
• You care deeply for your customers are driven to keep HUMANITY in all decisions. Your customers aren’t just the individuals using your product. They are the driving factor in your motivation to make a change.
• Integrity guides you in life. Focusing on the TRUTH vs. giving people the answers they want to hear.
• You thrive in a Team Environment. Collaboration is key in innovation and creating change.
  
  

These pillars of LIGHT are a reminder to our team that we are making a difference by providing guidance and support in navigating the often complex and confusing landscape of healthcare. We hope that through this LIGHT, individuals can find their way to the best care, resources, and support they need to get back to life.

If this sounds like you, we would love to connect to speak further about career opportunities at Lantern.

Please apply to our role & someone from our Talent Acquisition Team will reach out to help you navigate our interview process.

Purchasing Manager

Lantern is looking for a Purchasing Manager to join our fast-growing team. This is a first-of-its-kind role at Lantern — the company’s first dedicated procurement hire — and an opportunity to build a procurement function from the ground up. You will own vendor strategy, contract governance, and savings capture across $57.8M in addressable non-personnel spend. A third-party evaluation has already identified $7.7M in annualized savings opportunities and built an 18-month roadmap to capture them. You will report directly to the Chief Accounting Officer (one of Lantern’s top five most tenured leaders) and partner daily with our CFO, a former McKinsey procurement expert. Lantern is PE-backed, growing at approximately 50% per year, and completed the $75M acquisition of Surgical Management Solutions (SMS) in January 2026, creating immediate consolidation opportunities.

Location: Full-time Onsite | Dallas, TX | Open to Hybrid in Chicago, IL, New York, NY or Vancouver, BC with Travel to Dallas

Responsibilities:

• Execute the 18-month procurement savings roadmap, targeting $7.7M in annualized savings (mid-case) across Sales & Marketing ($23M), SaaS/Software ($12.5M, 80+ vendors), Professional Services ($6.9M), Facilities ($3.1M), and SMS post-acquisition spend
• Lead Wave 1 quick wins (Mar–Aug 2026): 90-day SMS vendor rationalization, advertising AOR competitive rebid across $16.8M in direct mail/digital spend, cloud infrastructure right-sizing
• Lead Wave 2 (Sep–Dec 2026): full SaaS license audit; consolidate Salesforce (15 depts), DocuSign (17 depts), monday.com (14 depts), Gong (5 teams) into enterprise agreements; standardize outside counsel rate cards; consolidate $1.37M in recruiting fees
• Build procurement infrastructure: contract register in NetSuite, preferred vendor panels, procurement policy, and annual renewal calendar
• Standardize vendor contract terms, payment conditions, and rate cards across all categories
• Report monthly savings progress to CFO; maintain spend analytics and benchmarking dashboard
• Manage cross-functional relationships with VP Marketing, VP Engineering, VP People, General Counsel, and Finance
• Lead Wave 3 provider network contract standardization and credentialing vendor consolidation (Jan–Apr 2027)
• Evaluate and potentially hire first procurement team member(s) as the company scales
  
  

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred
• 2–5 years at a top-tier consulting firm (McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Deloitte, Accenture, or specialist procurement advisory)
• At least one in-house procurement, strategic sourcing, or vendor management role with accountability for real savings and real contracts
• Negotiating experience across 3+ categories: SaaS/technology, marketing/agency, professional services, facilities, or HR/benefits
• Proven ability to build procurement processes from scratch (vendor panels, contract registers, policy frameworks) without pre-existing infrastructure
• Strong financial modeling skills; ability to build and present savings waterfalls and ROI reports to C-suite
  
  

Strong Candidates will:

• Have meaningful hands-on experience using Claude or comparable AI tools (ChatGPT, Gemini) to accelerate procurement work: contract analysis, spend classification, RFP drafting, and savings modeling — this is a major differentiator
• Demonstrate a builder’s mindset: thrive in ambiguity, create structure where none exists, and treat the absence of process as an opportunity
• Show executive presence and the ability to influence senior stakeholders without formal authority
• Have experience with post-acquisition vendor rationalization or M&A integration PMO work
• Be familiar with NetSuite for AP/PO workflows, vendor management, or spend reporting (nice to have; trainable)
• Be energized by the speed and urgency of a high-growth, PE-backed company
  
  

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• 401k with company match
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
  
  

Lantern does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.