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Airbus • Manching, Germany

Avionics Commodity Manager

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

Job Description:

A vacancy has arisen in the lines of our Commodity Managers within strategic procurement, which is a vital part in the procurement and supply chain community.

Avionics Commodity Manager (d/f/m)

You will join the Avionics commodity for systems procurement for all Airbus Defence and Space AirPower platforms, which will give you a unique wide vision of the Airbus Defence and Space AirPower current and future business. You will work developing structural relationships with well established worldwide suppliers and managing complex workpackages.

Your location

Located about an hour’s drive north of Munich, Manching is an up-and-coming market town that offers a wide range of leisure and cultural activities. Here, you can enjoy the quality of life in the countryside while the pleasures of near-by cities are still within easy reach.

Our Benefits for You

  • Fair Compensation & Extras: Attractive remuneration and individual additional benefits, such as company pension schemes, mobility offers (e.g., bike leasing), or corporate discounts with partner companies in accordance with our current guidelines.
  • Time for You (and Your Loved Ones): 30 days of annual leave based on our collective agreement (35-hour week); work-life balance through flexible working hours (flextime), mobile working, part-time options, job sharing, and sabbatical opportunities.
  • Growth Made Easy: Excellent professional development opportunities and international, group-wide career perspectives.
  • Feel Good at Work: On-site company doctor; comprehensive health programs (sports courses, preventive care, etc.), canteen and cafeteria, and local childcare facilities at selected locations.
  • Diversity Connects: Work in a diverse environment with more than 140 nationalities, where exchange, mutual support, and inclusion are part of our DNA.

Your tasks and responsibilities

  • Establish, implement & monitor a Commodity strategy for your perimeter
  • Manage supplier relationships and supplier related development programs
  • Lead the (Sub-) Commodity Multi-Functional Team
  • Lead the, and drive to conclusion bids, tenders and supplier selection processes
  • Lead and contribute to Procurement/ Value Creation projects & initiatives that aim at delivering synergies and savings
  • Lead negotiations with supplier to assure program expectations are meet
  • Set-up, negotiate and manage contractual agreements with suppliers
  • Lead Supplier Evaluation Development (SED) and Vendor Management

Desired skills and qualifications

  • Degree in Engineering, Business Management or equivalent
  • A least 5 years of experience in activities which have allowed you to acquire sound skills and knowledge of: Procurement, Engineering, Services, Project Management
  • Excellent negotiation skills and the ability to persuade, influence and convince
  • Experience of working in a matrix environment with proven record of successful stakeholder management
  • Able to anticipate, assess and mitigate risks
  • Excellent skills in relationship building, team building, empowering, motivating others and conflict management.
  • Negotiation level of English and German
  • Knowledge of SAP would be an asset

Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customized development solutions.

Take your career to a new level and apply online now!

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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 Defence and Space GmbH

Employment Type:
Permanent
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Experience Level:
Professional

Job Family:
Sourcing, Buying and Ordering

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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.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com .

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

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Company benefits

Accrued annual leave
Adoption leave
Annual bonus
Bike parking
Coaching
Complimentary Medical Services
Cycle to work scheme
Employee discounts
Enhanced maternity leave
Enhanced paternity leave
Enhanced sick pay
Family health insurance
Health insurance
In house training
Language lessons
Mentoring
On-site gym
Open to compressed hours
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Open to part-time employees
Referral bonus
Sabbaticals
Teambuilding days
Mental health support
Mental health platform access
Mental health first aiders

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