At a Glance
- Tasks: Shape procurement strategies for key aluminium products in a dynamic environment.
- Company: Join Airbus, a leading aerospace company with a diverse and inclusive culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, pension, flexible working, and strong career development opportunities.
- Other info: Work flexibly and creatively in a multicultural team focused on excellence.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the aerospace industry while innovating and collaborating with global teams.
- Qualifications: Degree in Engineering or Business; experience in procurement or project management is a plus.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
Are you interested in shaping the procurement strategy of a large portfolio of products that are key for the competitiveness of our aircraft? Do you want to make an impact, contribute to R&D innovations and implement new ideas in a fast changing business environment? We are a multicultural internally based team of Procurement professionals, managing a world-wide portfolio of suppliers, combining technical, commercial and business expertise and constantly dealing with people, internally through multi-functional teams and externally with suppliers.
Joining the team as Procurement Manager - Aluminium Products offers you an opportunity to develop procurement skills in a motivating, challenging, innovating and creative technical context whilst working in a multifunctional manner with key stakeholders.
Tasks and Accountabilities
- Management of strategic aluminium raw material markets & suppliers and their contracts, focusing on the Extrusions perimeter.
- Lead "Call for Tender" work packages and provide the best purchasing conditions for Airbus Group & enabled suppliers under your responsibility and committing the Company by achieving the signature of contractual agreements.
- Alignment across the different Company functions (mainly Programmes, Finance, Supply Chain, Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering) for purchased products.
- Ensure professional and trusting supplier relationship management with major aeronautical industry players and uphold the Company ethics and compliance standards in all your dealings.
- Shape and deliver Multi Functional Team (MFT) projects on Time, Cost and Quality either defined under your leadership in the MFT or by delegation from the MFT leader.
- Focal point for the enablement of aluminium raw material across the complete Procurement function: from business case generation to deployment.
Skills and Experience
- Degree level in Engineering or Business.
- Experience in Sales, Programmes, Engineering, Procurement Operations, Customer Services or Legal with efficient project management is a plus.
- Effective contract and international negotiator with proven commercial and contractual background and legal awareness.
- Experience in supplier relationship Management and Procurement, or other equivalent experience in managing outside stakeholder.
- Good technical understanding of Aircraft systems is a plus.
- Negotiation level of English is required.
- High level of international communication skills.
- Display authentic leadership behaviour and values that people and teams want to follow.
- Creative, proactive in challenging status quo through your ability to propose new ways of working.
In return we can offer a compensation package with pension and an ever growing list of company benefits and strong career development opportunities across our transnational, market leading company. Most of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time and hybrid. This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company's success, reputation and sustainable growth.
Airbus Operations Limited Employment Type: Permanent
Experience Level: Professional Job Family: Sourcing, Buying and Ordering
Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.
Summary Location: Bristol Area Type: Full time
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