**Country:** Czechia **Location:** Visionary Office, Plynární 1617/10, 170 00 Prague 7, Czech Republic **Role:** Specialist - Supply Chain **Location:** Prague **Contract type:** full time **About Carrier** At Carrier we make modern life possible by delivering innovative and sustainable ground-breaking systems and services that matter for people and our planet. We exceed the expectations of our customers by anticipating industry trends, working tirelessly to master and revolutionize them. This is why we come to work every day. And we do it The Carrier Way. Join us and we can make a difference together. **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 on 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. **Benefits** We are committed to offering competitive benefits programs for all of our employees and enhancing our programs when necessary. _Among the many benefits, Carrier offers Exciting innovative environment, possibility for further development and international career opportunities, high-profile team, daily use of English and other foreign languages, language courses, Competitive remuneration and other benefits (meal vouchers, contribution to life or pension insurance, holidays etc.), Flexible working hours, possibility for home office, sick days._ **Requirements** + 5 - 8 years of relevant track record in sourcing, contract lifecycle management and spend analysis. + Experience in digital tools like Ariba, Coupa, Fairmarkit preferred. + Should be proficient in Excel, PowerPoint. + 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 + Excellent communication skills (verbal/written, English language), French or German - as an advantage **Responsibilities** + Support procurement teams in establishing a data base for global and regional spend categories. + Provide support and perform Spend analysis for RFQ, RFP and life cycle analysis and ROI. + Prepare RFQ/RFP/RFI (RFx) packages leveraging spend analytics, market research and benchmarking. + Update and maintain procurement contracts database, provide early indicators to category leads for expiring contracts / non-compliance. + Manage, integrate and upgrade the digital procurement tools for spend 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. + Sets negotiation terms for the procurement of goods, services, and supplies. + Executes Supply Chain strategies. + Establish sourcing goals and acceptable service levels. + Negotiates and administers contracts with suppliers, vendors, and other representatives. + Analyzes price proposals, financial reports, and other data and information to determine reasonable prices. + Evaluates vendors' capability, quality, reliability, and price competitiveness. + Identifies and conducts research on suppliers to ensure that the organization's standards of price, quality, timing, and reliability of supply are met. **Our commitment to you** Our greatest assets are the expertise, creativity and passion of our employees. We strive to provide a great place to work that attracts, develops and retains the best talent, promotes employee engagement, fosters teamwork and ultimately drives innovation for the benefit of our customers. We strive to create an environment where you feel that you belong, with diversity and inclusion as the engine to growth and innovation. We develop and deploy best-in-class programs and practices, providing enriching career opportunities, listening to employee feedback and always challenging ourselves to do better. This is The Carrier Way. Join us and make a difference. **Apply Now!** **Carrier is An Equal** **Opportunity/Affirmative** **Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.** **Job Applicant's Privacy Notice:** Click on this link (https://www.corporate.carrier.com/legal/privacy-notice-job-applicant/) to read the Job Applicant's Privacy Notice