Senior Buyer (Temp Agency)

Job Description:

Within Airbus General Procurement (GP), the jobholder is performing strategic procurement activities within the Buildings Spain & International team (PJRBS), with a trans-divisional approach taking into account Spain Airbus perimeter and International Projects.

PJRBS is in charge of buying construction services (architect/planners, builders, project management, control companies …) for any type of construction (Final Assembly Lines, hangars, office buildings, canteens, technical buildings, cranes…) on all Airbus sites in Spain and International.

In particular, the job holder is accountable for:

- Implementing the procurement strategy defined by the Commodity Procurement Board and the Multi-Functional-Team (MFT) within the scope of activity supporting Airbus divisions’ needs.

- Manage procurement projects and call for tenders with multi-divisional scope within the scope of the Buildings Spain & International Team (PJRBS), including within Building sub-commodity PJRB.

- Develop and maintain an efficient supply chain capable to deliver goods/services, matching Airbus requirements and business objectives.

- Ensure that deliverables are in line with the contractual terms (cost, time, quality).

- Secure long-term alignment of the preferred supplier base with the long-term  trans-divisional strategic needs of Airbus.

- Ensure continuous commercial relationship with suppliers in order to secure work with best-in-class suppliers and protect Airbus from contractual risks.

- Conduct the procurement process in order to fulfil business needs and provide the internal customers with valued services in compliance with the Airbus General Procurement procedures and guidelines, to full customers satisfaction.

- Deliver on initiatives contributing to Airbus Savings Programmes using the levers of requirements harmonisation/standardization, challenge of the specifications, volume aggregation, and control of the demand

- Provide strategically relevant input to support the strategy development

The jobholder is responsible to:

- Drive compliant Airbus General Procurement processes.

- Lead cross-functional project teams within the framework of national and trans-national procurement projects, contribute to the control of the demand, challenge and approve the specifications and run the suppliers selection processes.

- Negotiate, establish and implement national & trans-national frame contracts.

- Follow-up contracts with contract reviews with Airbus internal customer base and suppliers, based on consistent and factual KPIs, evaluate and improve suppliers’ performance in terms of time, costs and quality.

- Assess suppliers’ overall performance and the impact of weak performance on Airbus; and initiate recovery actions when necessary.

- Provide rules and process information to Business Operations to ensure correct execution of transactional procurement activities to full customer satisfaction.

- Participate in the definition of trans-national and trans-divisional procurement strategies by providing benchmark, costing and “make or buy” analysis.

- Contribute to the implementation of new procurement techniques such as e-procurement and e-catalogues, as needed.

- Negotiate, establish and implement national & trans-national sustainability projects in line with Sustainability Investments Roadmaps set at Airbus Group level (Heat Decarbonization, electricity Decarbonisation, Energy Efficiency-Led. Energy monitoring, etc.)

- Monitor savings linked to demand management and procurement performance; contribute to secure and achieve Airbus Savings Programmes’ commitments.

- Develop procurement strategies for harmonised material groups (HMG), or parts of such, where no dedicated category strategy exists; ensure validation of such strategy by the respective internal customer base.

The jobholder will ensure:

- Services/Goods are delivered on time, on quality and within budget, in compliance with Building France procurement strategy objectives.

- Savings targets are met.

- Efficient supply chain with national and trans-national supplier panels and competitive bidder lists in line with commodity an sub-commodity procurement strategy.

- National and trans-national supplier contracts are properly negotiated and managed based on GP contract policy with the objective to reduce risks to Airbus.

- Sourcing On-Time, On-Cost and On-Quality new infrastructures to support the Company Ramp-up Group Wide.

- Internal Customers’ satisfaction.

- Proper and adequate communication/reporting.

-Other KPIs

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.

Company:

Airbus Operations SL

Employment Type:

Agency / Temporary

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Experience Level:

Professional

Job Family:

Sourcing, Buying and Ordering

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