Procurement Sourcing Specialist
About ClickHouse
Recognized on the 2025 Forbes Cloud 100 list, ClickHouse is one of the most innovative and fast-growing private cloud companies. With more than 4,000 customers and ARR that has grown over 250 percent year over year, ClickHouse leads the market in real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI workloads.
The company’s sustained, accelerating momentum was recently validated by a $400M Series D financing round. Over the past three months, customers including Capital One, Lovable, Decagon, Polymarket, and Airwallex have adopted the platform or expanded existing deployments. These customers join an established base of AI innovators and global brands such as Meta, Cursor, Sony, and Tesla.
We’re on a mission to transform how companies use data. Come be a part of our journey!
We are looking for a Sourcing Specialist to join our Procurement team. In this role you will own sourcing and negotiation for purchases across multiple spend categories, guide requests end-to-end through our procurement process, and use spend data to shape where we go after savings next.
This is a hands-on, high-ownership role with a lot of internal visibility. You will work daily with stakeholders across Engineering, Marketing, Sales, IT, Legal, Security, and Finance. If you like building process and are energized by learning in a fast-moving vendor landscape you will do well here.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Compensation
For roles based in the United States, the typical starting salary range for this position is listed above. In certain locations, such as the San Francisco Bay Area and the New York City Metro Area, a premium market range may apply, as listed.
These salary ranges reflect what we reasonably and in good faith believe to be the minimum and maximum pay for this role at the time of posting. The actual compensation may be higher or lower than the amounts listed, and the ranges may be subject to future adjustments.
An individual’s placement within the range will depend on various factors, including (but not limited to) education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, location, performance, and the needs of the business or organization.
If you have any questions or comments about compensation as a candidate, please get in touch with us at .
Perks
- Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in over 20 countries.
- Healthcare - Employer contributions towards your healthcare.
- Equity in the company - Every new team member who joins our company receives stock options.
- Time off - Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries.
- A $500 Home office setup if you’re a remote employee.
- Global Gatherings – We believe in the power of in-person connection and offer opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites.
Culture - We All Shape It
As part of a rapidly scaling start up, you will be instrumental in shaping our culture.
Are you interested in finding out more about our culture? Learn more about our values here. Check out our blog posts or follow us on LinkedIn to find out more about what’s happening at ClickHouse.
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