General Procurement Buyer

Job Description

Job Description:

Description of the job:

General Procurement (GP) is looking for a new colleague in China.
Fully integrated in the Procurement organisation, GP China’s mission is to procure goods and services on behalf of the business entities in China, and as such to play a major role in generating value and contributing to the overall competitiveness of the company.
GP China is part of the Airbus GP organisation which employs more than 500 professionals on around 40 sites in Europe as well as in the Middle East, India, Singapore, the US and China.


Within GP China, as a Buyer, you will perform strategic procurement activities at Airbus China (trans-business entities and trans-divisional).

Being a Buyer in GP is a unique opportunity to develop your network, inside and outside Airbus, and to be part of the Airbus strategy for all programs.
Every day is a new challenge!

Accountability

In this role, you will:

• Implement & monitor the procurement strategy defined by the Commodity and the Multi-functional Team (MFT) for the projects you will be in charge of.
  
• Manage procurement projects, call for tenders (CFT) and contracts in a multidivisional and trans-business entities scope; and ensure procurement delivers on time on quality on cost.
  
• Act as Strategic Supplier Manager with the sub-commodity strategic suppliers in the region.
  
• Fulfil business needs and provide added value to the internal customers in compliance with the GP processes and guidelines.
  
• Contribute to sub-commodity strategy by providing relevant input to the MFT by using available data analytics tools.
  
• Be accountable for supplier development to meet business needs and maintain good working relationships with all suppliers.
  
• Be accountable for GP activities in relevant commodities in the business entities under GP shared service scope (GP One-Roof).
  
• Contribute the procurement processes improvement and best practice.
  

MAIN ACTIVITIES
Your main tasks and responsibilities will include:

• Driving compliant Airbus GP Processes, and providing Procurement’s rules to the internal customers and ensuring these rules are strictly followed.
  
• Leading cross-functional project teams, contributing to the control of the demand, challenging and approving the specifications, sourcing and running the CFTs and suppliers’ selection processes.
  
• Negotiating, establishing and implementing national & trans-business entities frame contracts, and following up these contracts, incl. PR/PO follow up, contract management and reviews, etc.
  
• Assessing suppliers’ overall performance, monitoring suppliers related KPIs and initiating improvement/recovery actions when necessary.
  
• Participating in the definition of trans-national / trans-divisional procurement strategies by providing benchmark, costing, “make or buy” analysis and leading end-to- end procurement activities.
  
• Monitoring savings linked to demand management and procurement performance.
  
• Acting as GP focal point for assigned functions / business entities; working with GP communities to support smooth business operation.
  
• Participating and supporting internal and external audits when required; Ensuring the findings are followed up and closed on time on quality.
  
• Working closely with relevant teams on best practice, process improvement, update and cascading;
  
• Other tasks assigned by management.
  

QUALIFICATION

As the successful candidate, you are supposed to:

• Have Bachelor degree in human resource, business, procurement or supply chain
  
• Have experience working in MNC and 3 to 5 years of experience in procurement
  
• Speak, write and read both English and Chinese fluently
  
• Justify a good knowledge of IT tools and data analytics, such as google suites, SAP, etc.
  
• Be motivated and able to proactively engage in a change project and have analytics competences
  
• Be a good facilitator, a good listener, and customer-oriented person
  
• Be recognized for your leadership and excellent interpersonal skills enabling you to motivate and influence multi-functional teams
  

This job requires a strong 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.

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 (China) Enterprise Management and Services Co.Limited

Employment Type:
Fixed term
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Experience Level:
Professional

Job Family:
Sourcing, Buying and Ordering

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