Sourcing Analyst

Vertice; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertice, the Intelligent Procurement Platform, is hiring a Sourcing Analyst to support our Procurement team in optimizing SaaS renewals. You will negotiate with suppliers on transactional contracts, ensuring pricing and terms meet customer needs while moving quickly.

With 2–3 years in procurement operations or SaaS delivery, you will communicate clearly, document updates in the Vertice platform, and nurture supplier relationships to deliver value for our customers.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of experience in procurement operations or related SaaS delivery.
• Comfortable negotiating SaaS contracts and understanding key terms.
• Strong commercial acumen to translate requirements into actions.
• Ability to move quickly while maintaining accuracy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Strong organizational skills and stakeholder management.
• Accountable with a bias for action.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate directly with suppliers on transactional contracts, ensuring favorable pricing and terms aligned with customer requirements.
• Collaborate with the customer-facing Procurement team to understand customer requirements and non-negotiables.
• Keep customers updated regularly through clear written communication and update the Vertice platform.
• Maintain and strengthen relationships with suppliers, ensuring timely and efficient communication, especially over email.

Skills

SaaS negotiation

Procurement operations

Vendor relationship management

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Job description

Technology is one of the biggest items in an enterprise CFO’s budget, second only to headcount. Traditional procurement is one of the most frustrating, friction-filled bottlenecks in the modern business.

Vertice is the world’s first Intelligent Procurement Platform eliminating this chaos. By combining agentic workflows, deep AI insights, and a global network of expert negotiators, we empower enterprises to buy smarter and scale at pace.

The market response has been unprecedented:

• $75bn+ in spend processed across our platform.

• 20% savings consistently delivered to our customers.

• 70% reduction in standard enterprise procurement cycles.

• 13X revenue growth achieved over the last two years alone.

Founded by serial technology entrepreneurs Roy and Eldar Tuvey, who have successfully scaled and exited two category-defining platforms and created $600M+ in enterprise value, we are backed by over $100M in Series C funding from tier 1 global investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, 83North, Lakestar. We have also been recognized as the #2 fastest-growing company on the Sunday Times' Tech 100 and the fastest-growing startup in the UK and Ireland by the FT’s Sifted (#4 in Europe).

With headquarters in London and hubs in New York, Brno, Sydney, and Johannesburg, we are fundamentally reshaping the global B2B economy.

Your role at Vertice:

As a Sourcing Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in supporting our Procurement team's mission to optimize costs on SaaS renewals. Working closely with a customer-facing Procurement Manager, you will support service delivery by negotiating directly with suppliers on transactional contracts. Your attention to detail and negotiation skills will be instrumental in driving commercial outcomes for Vertice customers.

Responsibilities:

• Negotiate directly with suppliers on transactional contracts, ensuring we achieve favorable pricing and terms that are in line with customer requirements. These contracts are lower value tail spend contracts, where delivering positive outcomes quickly is of paramount importance.

• Collaborate with the customer-facing Procurement team to understand customer requirements and non-negotiables in the negotiation.

• Keep customers updated regularly through written communication that is clear and concise, updating the Vertice platform at regular intervals.

• Maintain and strengthen relationships with suppliers, ensuring timely and efficient communication, especially over email.

Requirements:

• 2-3 years of experience in procurement operations, or a delivery or relationship management function within SaaS

• Comfortable negotiating with SaaS suppliers, or proven knowledge of key SaaS terms

• Commercial acumen to put customer requirements into action and identify risks

• Proven ability to move with urgency, balancing a need for speed with accuracy

• Stellar organization skills, with demonstrated ability to adapt priorities as needed while keeping the customer at the forefront

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Strong accountability for work and a bias for action when solving problems

Why join Vertice?

Vertice is one of Europe’s fastest-growing SaaS scaleups, as identified by the Financial Times and the Sunday Times. Our growth is driven by a world-class team and a culture that values impact over hierarchy. Joining now means being part of a company that’s expanding internationally, with the resources of an established business and the pace of a startup.

Here, you’ll learn how go-to-market really works and build the commercial foundation that can shape your career.

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Final things to note

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