Procurement Sourcing Specialist

ClickHouse

8h • $103,000 - $185,000 • Remote

About The Position

ClickHouse is seeking a Sourcing Specialist to join their Procurement team. This role is responsible for owning sourcing and negotiation for purchases across various spend categories, managing the procurement process from start to finish, and utilizing spend data to identify savings opportunities. It is a hands-on role with significant internal visibility, requiring daily collaboration with stakeholders in Engineering, Marketing, Sales, IT, Legal, Security, and Finance. The ideal candidate will enjoy building processes and adapting to a dynamic vendor landscape.

Requirements

• 2+ years of sourcing, procurement, or strategic purchasing experience, including hands-on vendor negotiation.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong finance fundamentals.
• Genuine customer-service orientation towards internal stakeholders: responsive, clear, and easy to work with, while upholding process and policy.
• Self-driven and comfortable with ambiguity: ability to identify needs, prioritize, and follow through independently.
• Ability to adapt and learn quickly in an evolving function and fast-moving industry.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Credibility to negotiate with senior vendor counterparts.

Nice To Haves

• Experience sourcing in a high-growth technology or SaaS company.
• Familiarity with procurement and adjacent tooling such as P2P platforms, CLM, ERP, and spend visibility tools.
• Working knowledge of contract terms and third-party risk concepts, including DPAs and GDPR, SOC 2 and security reviews, insurance requirements, and AI/data-use terms.
• Experience supporting a global, multi-entity business, including multi-currency purchasing, international suppliers, and regional tax or invoicing requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead vendor negotiations for purchases across multiple spend categories, focusing on commercial terms, pricing, discounts, payment terms, ramps, and renewal protections.
• Conduct competitive sourcing events (RFI/RFP/RFQ) as needed, prepare and present bid comparisons, and provide clear recommendations.
• Prepare for negotiations using benchmarks, usage data, and defined walk-away positions, and document outcomes and realized savings.
• Manage the renewal calendar for assigned categories, engaging stakeholders in advance of renewal dates to prevent unexpected auto-renewals.
• Oversee the purchase request process from intake to payment, coordinating with Legal for contract review, Security for vendor risk assessment, IT for provisioning, and Finance for budget and accounting treatment.
• Ensure timely progress of requests by managing the critical path, setting timeline expectations, and escalating issues promptly.
• Manage supplier onboarding, including required documentation, tax forms, banking verification, and system record maintenance.
• Maintain auditable records for all transactions, including approvals, executed agreements, and negotiation history.
• Analyze purchasing and spend data to identify opportunities for consolidation, eliminate duplicate or underutilized tools, identify pricing outliers, and understand category trends.
• Maintain reporting on savings, cost avoidance, cycle time, and spend under management, presenting findings to leadership and budget owners.
• Support annual and quarterly budget planning with category-specific spend insights and renewal forecasts.
• Improve the internal procurement experience by providing clearer guidance, faster turnaround times, reduced friction, and enhanced self-service options.
• Serve as a point of contact for the business regarding procurement policy, thresholds, and purchasing procedures.

Benefits

• Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly.
• Employer contributions towards healthcare.
• Equity in the company - Every new team member receives stock options.
• Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries.
• A $500 Home office setup if you’re a remote employee.
• Global Gatherings – Opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level