• Support and assist the Head of Procurement Services on management dimensions (assessment salary increase, promotion, management of competencies, training, development)

• Propose recommendations and supervise the implementation of General Procurement policies and procedures

• Work on process harmonization, standardization and contribute for continuous improvement opportunities

• Escalate back-office issues related to the General Procurement process and applications  

• Ensure strict compliance with Finance, Procurement, Purchasing, and Supply Chain policies and procedures  

• Support the AGBS onboarding newcomers (including global Airbus organization awareness, IT tools, HR tools, trainings…)

• Share and cascade central information to the local team

Operations​

• Perform the procurement commodity activities for example :

  • Manage or support Call For Tenders

  • Contracts managements, manage query/claims,including supporting to litigation topics ​

  • Transversal activities

  • Business Strategy definition support

  • Other

• Supervise team workload in agreement with the Commodity Manager

• Liaise with Core Countries management and coordinate with Managers

Customer service and relationship 

• Build and sustain a robust relationship with internal customers 

• Work in close collaboration with internal customers to identify and implement solutions for problems encountered on a daily basis​

Project management

• Support the local procurement HO and commodity or sub commodity HO on special projects (i.e systems evolution)

Requirements - our ideal candidate will have)

• Procurement background and a minimum of 8 to 10 years of professional experience in a commercial or industrial environment involving tight deadlines

• Team management experience 

• Experience in escalating issue resolution, team building, training and team support.

• Good communication skills, rigor, conscientious

• Demonstrated ability to organize and coordinate multiple tasks, build strong cross functional relationships and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization,

• Proven ability to work in a team and independently​ 

• Systems and tools – working knowledge of SAP desirable with a strong desire to develop further​ 

• Languages: English - capacity to interact daily with native English speakers. Other European languages (French / German / Spanish) would be a plus