Procurement Sourcing Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Oversee vendor negotiations across various spending categories, including commercial terms, pricing, discounts, payment conditions, ramp-ups, and renewal safeguards.

• Conduct competitive sourcing events such as RFI, RFP, and RFQ; create bid comparisons and recommendations.

• Prepare for negotiations utilizing benchmarks, usage data, and walk-away positions; document results and realized savings.

• Manage the renewal calendar and proactively involve stakeholders to avoid unexpected auto-renewals.

• Guide purchase requests through the entire intake-to-pay process, collaborating with Legal, Security, IT, and Finance.

• Ensure requests progress by managing timelines, setting expectations, and addressing obstacles.

• Oversee supplier onboarding, including documentation, tax forms, banking verification, and supplier records management.

• Maintain accurate, auditable transaction records, approvals, agreements, and negotiation history.

• Analyze purchasing and spending data to highlight consolidation opportunities, duplicate or underutilized tools, pricing anomalies, and category trends.

• Provide reports on savings, cost avoidance, cycle times, and spend under management.

• Assist in annual and quarterly budget planning with category-level spending insights and renewal forecasts.

• Enhance the internal buying experience by providing clearer guidance, quicker turnarounds, reduced friction, and improved self-service options.

• Advise employees on procurement policies, thresholds, and purchasing inquiries.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in sourcing, procurement, or strategic purchasing, including practical vendor negotiation skills.

• Outstanding attention to detail.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

• Strong foundational knowledge in finance.

• Customer-service oriented approach towards internal stakeholders.

• Self-motivated and comfortable navigating ambiguity.

• Ability to quickly adapt and learn in a dynamic function and fast-paced industry.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Credibility to negotiate with senior vendor representatives.

• Experience in sourcing within a high-growth technology or SaaS company is particularly advantageous.

• Familiarity with P2P platforms, CLM, ERP, and spend visibility tools is a plus.

• 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 is highly regarded.

• Experience supporting a global, multi-entity business, including multi-currency purchasing, international suppliers, and regional tax or invoicing requirements is especially valued.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible work environment; ClickHouse is globally distributed and remote-friendly.

• Employer contributions towards healthcare costs.

• Equity participation in the company; every new team member is granted stock options.

• Flexible time off in the US and generous entitlements in other countries.

• $500 allowance for home office setup for remote employees.

• Opportunities to connect with colleagues at company-wide offsites.