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Airbus • Albacete, Spain

Head of Logistics Operations Spain

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

Job Description:

-WHY JOIN US?

📍 LIFE IN ALBACETE: QUALITY & CONVENIENCE - Forget long commutes. Albacete offers you the great advantage of a “15-minute city": safe, accessible, comfortable and perfectly connected. Enjoy a premium standard of living at a competitive cost, ensuring you have the perfect balance between your career and your personal life.

🚁 AIRBUS HELICOPTERS: GROW WITH US - We offer more than a job; we offer a community. Immerse yourself in a young, collaborative environment that feels like family. As a strategic Center of Excellence, we are a global leader in helicopter production, offering you endless potential to grow alongside our major projects.

Bring your ideas to a dynamic, modern ecosystem and help us build the next generation of aerospace solutions.

You will join the new logistics organization as part of Airbus Helicopters Spain.

YOUR CHALLENGES

  • The Head of Operations Spain is accountable of the End-to-End Logistics Operations of Airbus Helicopters in Spain with the objective to continuously drive operational excellence, to meet internal & external customer needs and to achieve benchmark competitiveness of Airbus Helicopters Global Logistics set up.
  • The Head of Logistics Operations drives end-to-end performance in performance monitoring and improvement and customer’s satisfaction.
  • The Head of Logistics Operations develops the competence of the team towards logistics encompassing the implementation.

The first 3 years of this role will focus on launching the Albacete Hub, a strategic pillar of the company's growth.

There are 3 phases: preparation for the entry into service, start and ramp-up of activities and serial stabilization.

YOUR TASKS:

  • Manage primary Spanish logistics platforms in Albacete, Chinchilla, and Almansa, driving operational efficiency across the regional supply chain.
  • Direct Logistics Service Provider (LSP) relationships and performance, successfully administering a €20M annual logistics contract.
  • Ensure uninterrupted service delivery and supply chain continuity for critical internal stakeholders, including Final Assembly Lines, Flight Lines, Centers of Excellence, and Support & Services.
  • Coordinate global distribution networks, overseeing worldwide shipments while ensuring on-time delivery and international compliance.

SKILLS

Is your profile aligned to the following list of skills? Apply!

-Experience in Logistics and Management

-Soft skills: Team Spirit & Collaboration, Global Mindset & Cultural Agility, Transparency & Integrity, Autonomy, Leadership & People Management

-Languages: Advanced level in English and Spanish

-Valuable / Nice to have:

  • Knowledge of Airbus Helicopters
  • Able to implement change and ramp-up an activity
  • Capacity to work transnational
  • Able to work with matricial

WHICH BENEFITS WILL YOU HAVE AS AIRBUS EMPLOYEE?

At Airbus we are focused on our employees and their welfare. Take a look at some of our social benefits:

  • Vacation days plus additional days-off along the year (Apróx. 35 days per year in total).
  • Attractive salary.
  • Hybrid model of working: we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.
  • Collective transport service subject to working calendar/home location.
  • Benefits such as life insurance, health insurance, employee stock options, retirement plan, or study grants.
  • On-site facilities (among others): free canteen, kindergarten, medical office.
  • Possibility to collaborate in different social and corporate social responsibility initiatives.
  • Excellent upskilling opportunities and great development prospects in a multicultural environment.
  • Option to access special rates in products & benefits.

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 Helicopters España, SA

Employment Type:
Permanent
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Experience Level:
Professional

Job Family:
Leadership

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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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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