Sourcing Specialist

What You'll Do

Sourcing and negotiation

• Lead vendor negotiations for purchases across multiple spend categories — commercial terms, pricing, discounts, payment terms, ramps, and renewal protections.
• Run competitive sourcing events (RFI/RFP/RFQ) where appropriate, build and present bid comparisons, and make a clear recommendation.
• Prepare for negotiations with benchmarks, usage data, and a defined walk-away position; document outcomes and realized savings.
• Own the renewal calendar for your categories — engage stakeholders well ahead of renewal dates and eliminate surprise auto-renewals.

Process ownership and cross-functional execution

• Shepherd purchase requests through the full intake-to-pay process, coordinating with Legal on contract review and redlines, Security on vendor risk and data reviews, IT on provisioning and access, and Finance on budget, PO, and accrual treatment.
• Keep requests moving: chase the critical path, set expectations on timelines, and escalate early when something is stuck.
• Manage supplier onboarding — required documentation, tax forms, banking verification, and supplier records in our systems.
• Maintain clean, auditable records for every transaction: approvals, executed agreements, and negotiation history.

Analysis and recommendations

• Analyze purchasing and spend data to surface consolidation opportunities, duplicate or underused tools, pricing outliers, and category trends.
• Maintain reporting on savings, cost avoidance, cycle time, and spend under management; present findings to Procurement leadership and budget owners.
• Support annual and quarterly budget planning with category-level spend insight and forward-looking renewal forecasts.

Driving initiatives forward

• Improve the internal experience of buying at ClickHouse: clearer guidance, faster turnaround, less friction, better self-service.
• Act as a knowledgeable point of contact for the business on procurement policy, thresholds, and "how do I buy this?" questions.

What You'll Bring

• 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.
• A genuine customer-service orientation toward internal stakeholders — responsive, clear, and easy to work with, while still holding the line on process and policy.
• Self-driven and comfortable with ambiguity: you identify what needs doing, prioritize it, and follow through without being managed to it.
• Ability to adapt and learn quickly in an evolving function and a fast-moving industry — new categories, new vendor models, new tooling.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, and the credibility to negotiate with senior vendor counterparts.

Special Consideration For

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