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Airbus

Fuselage Strategic Procurement R&T lead (PSAB)

Location:  Toulouse, France
Location flexibility:  4 office days / week
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Job Description:

As the Fuselage R&T Leader for Procurement Aerostructures, you will drive the strategic consolidation, sourcing model definition, and programme positioning for Fuselage components (PSA). You will bridge the gap between advanced Research & Technology (R&T) and future programme execution. By leading and aligning fuselage strategies across functions within Airbus Commercial and with Airbus Atlantic and Airbus Aerostructures. You will ensure our supply chain is technically ready, competitive, and aligned with Airbus's long-term fuselage vision.

In this role, you will directly report to the PSAB MFT Leader and will be interfacing with the transnational Procurement Aerostructure R&T network & the Procurement Aerostructure Business Operations & Strategy team.

Your working environment:

Global capital of aeronautics and European capital for space research, Toulouse is a dynamic city in the southwest of France served by an international airport. Ideally located between the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean and close to the Pyrenees mountains, it offers plenty of options for outdoor activities!

How we care for you:

  • Financial rewards: Attractive salary, agreements on success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan abounded by Airbus and em ployee stock purchase plan on a voluntary basis.
  • Work / Life Balance: Extra days-off f or special occasions, holiday transfer option, a Staff council offering many social, cultural and sport activities and other services.
  • Wellbeing / Health: Complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death). Depen ding on the site: health services center, concierge services, gym, carpooling application.
  • Individual development: Great upskilling opportunities and development prospects with unlimited access to +10.000 e-learning courses to develop your employability, certifications, expert career path, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility.

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.

Your challenges:

  • Lead, coordinate and define R&T activities oriented to Fuselage within Procurement Aerostructures
  • Define Fuselage strategy within the R&T perimeter
  • Represent Procurement Aerostructures in the different forums related to Fuselage for future A/C programmes
  • Organise and manage the R&T MFT Fuselage
  • Conduct compliant partner down-selection for both self funded and funded projects
  • Negotiate Research agreements with Partners (CRAs, SCAs) and manage extensions, amendments and terminations
  • Formulate robust fuselage sourcing strategies and action plans, ensuring seamless alignment with the eAction milestones and timelines.
  • Develop a detailed supplier involvement plan per fuselage component to guarantee both technical viability and market competition readiness prior to final selection
  • Interface with 1TF, Transport Payload organisation and build a comprehensive and holistic view of Fuselage R&T activities and technologies’ baseline
  • Ensure that key Aerostructure sourcing strategy drivers are considered in the R&T Programme Objectives and fuselage partnership strategy
  • Highlight the potential risks and opportunities linked to the development of a new A/C Programme
  • Maintain a close relationship with the Partnership Business Managers from 1A in order to ensure continued alignment between PS and 1A and represent Procurement Aerostructures in Technical Alignment Meetings with Partners
  • Manage and monitor the necessary activities to be done by the Fuselage R&T MFT with respect to eAction and ZEROe programmes
  • Collaborate closely with the PS ASCOT (Airframe Supply Chain Of Tomorrow) project leader to deploy strategic fuselage initiatives

Your boarding pass:

  • Procurement experience or robust airframe technical background
  • Proven successful experience in teamwork in intercultural environment
  • Efficient project management. Highly-tuned communication and presentation skills
  • Effective negotiator with proven commercial and contractual background is welcome
  • Curious and interested in Aerostructure market, Technologies & Innovation
  • Proactive mindset and ability to take initiatives and work autonomously
  • Proven in communication, especially with partners’ representatives and internal stakeholders
  • Adaptable to a fast, dynamic and ever changing environment
  • At ease with innovative and disruptive solutions
  • Negotiation level in English

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!

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 SAS

Employment Type:
Permanent
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Classe Emploi (France): Classe G13

Experience Level:
Professional

Job Family:
Sourcing, Buying and Ordering

By submitting your CV or application you are consenting to Airbus using and storing information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment. This information will only be used by Airbus.
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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  • Support PS and PSA agreed R&T governance. Prepare R&T reviews for Aerostructures Committee
  • Maintain a centralized overview of all R&T projects via an R&T Tracker
  • Participate and contribute to PSA R&T network, share overview of Fuselage R&T activities and best practices
  • Monitor the execution of the contracts (during innovation, development, serial and support phases) with suppliers and Company's stakeholders to achieve throughout the contract life cycle the optimized application of terms and conditions. In particular to ensure suppliers are delivering expected performance in all dimensions (Logistics, support, quality, costs...)
  • Manage the day to day business relationships with suppliers and running projects to optimize customer value, while minimizing total cost of ownership & risks (ToW, Claims, Capex, Serial Modifications impact, AOP management/upda tes...)

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