About the role?

The Buy Desk specialist will support “indirects” spend category for one or more spend areas through analytic support, sourcing support, reporting, spend analytics and managing contracts. The position will focus on global implementation of a number of projects in Carrier's Indirect Sourcing team. Project management support will be required to assist the category leaders with communication, training, preparation for internal meetings and to drive execution.

Key responsibilities

• Upgrade the digital procurement tools for spending intelligence.
• Engage internal stakeholders to understand scope of work for RFx, dependencies and alignment on RFx timelines
• Work with digital and process improvement to identify and deploy opportunities to streamline and standardize

Requirements

• Degree in Engineering, Supply Management, or related.
• 4 - 6 years of experience in an international procurement organization, particularly in sourcing, contract lifecycle management and spend analysis.
• Experience in digital tools like Ariba, Coupa, FairMarket preferred.
• Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint.
• Ability to negotiate with vendors, and present finance information to global stakeholders
• Proven comfort with analytical skills and attention to detail as it relates to policy compliance vs. practice
• Ability to, independently and as part of a team, successfully complete assigned tasks with excellent results while meeting agreed deadlines
• Ability to make decisions and drive task completion in instances where absolute clarity does not exist
• Ability to communicate and manage internal and external stakeholders efficiently
• Advanced English (required)

Soft skills

• Communicative
• Responsible
• Proactive