← All roles

Procurement Sourcing Specialist

ClickHouse· Finance
Apply on company site
Hybrid (United Kingdom)Full-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Sourcing and negotiation lead within ClickHouse’s Procurement team across multiple spend categories, guiding requests end-to-end through the procurement process and using spend data to drive savings. Collaborative, hands-on role with high visibility working with Engineering, Marketing, Sales, IT, Legal, Security, and Finance.

Responsibilities

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Qualifications

  • 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.

Skills

Required:Sourcing and negotiationRFI/RFP/RFQ processIntake-to-pay processesVendor onboarding

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment - remote-friendly in over 20 countries.
  • Healthcare - Employer contributions towards your healthcare.
  • Equity in the company - stock options for new team members.
  • Time off - Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries.
  • A $500 Home office setup for remote employees.
  • Global Gatherings – opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites.
Last updated Aug 26, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
ClickHouse logo

About ClickHouse

Fast Open-Source OLAP DBMS - ClickHouse

ClickHouse is a fast open-source column-oriented database management system that allows generating analytical data reports in real-time using SQL queries

OLAPanalyticsbrex-fastest-growing-2025databasedatasystemsenterprise-infrastructurewing-list-2026wing-list-2026-giga-stage
Company profileWebsite

More open roles at ClickHouse