Join Airbus Portugal SA in Coimbra as a Procurement Team Leader for a permanent and full-time role featuring a hybrid working model. You will lead business operations, manage procurement commodity activities, and support team development within a global organization.
Requirements
Minimum of 8 to 10 years of professional experience in a commercial or industrial environment involving tight deadlines
Team management experience, including issue resolution, team building, and training
Strong communication, organization, and cross-functional relationship-building skills
Working knowledge of SAP is desirable
Fluency in English for daily interaction with native speakers; additional European languages (French, German, Spanish) are a plus
No specific degree is explicitly required by the posting
Skills & Responsibilities
Procurement Management: Oversee commodity activities such as call for tenders, contract management, and compliance with finance and supply chain policies.
Team Leadership: Supervise team workload, support onboarding, and assist with competencies, training, and development.
Process Improvement: Work on process harmonization, standardization, and contribute to continuous improvement opportunities.
Customer Relations: Build and sustain robust relationships with internal customers to identify and implement daily solutions.
Potential transition routes: People from senior procurement or supply chain roles may bring relevant contract management and negotiation skills, alongside meeting the required leadership and commercial experience.
Job description
Job Description:
Job Description
We are now looking for a Team Leader for our Procurement team in Coimbra.
Responsibilities - your mission :
Business Operations Management
Support and assist the Head of Sourcing on management dimensions (assessment salary increase, promotion, management of competencies, training, development)
Propose recommendations and supervise the implementation of General Procurement policies and procedures
Work on process harmonization, standardization and contribute for continuous improvement opportunities
Escalate back-office issues related to the General Procurement process and applications
Ensure strict compliance with Finance, Procurement, Purchasing, and Supply Chain policies and procedures
Support the AGBS onboarding newcomers (including global Airbus organization awareness, IT tools, HR tools, trainings...)
Share and cascade central information to the local team
Operations
Perform the procurement commodity activities for example :
Manage or support Call For Tenders
Contracts managements, manage query/claims,including supporting to litigation topics
Transversal activities
Business Strategy definition support
Other
Supervise team workload in agreement with the Commodity Manager
Liaise with Core Countries management and coordinate with Managers
Customer service and relationship
Build and sustain a robust relationship with internal customers
Work in close collaboration with internal customers to identify and implement solutions for problems encountered on a daily basis
Project management
Support the local procurement HO and commodity or sub commodity HO on special projects (i.e systems evolution)
Requirements - our ideal candidate will have:
Procurement background and a minimum of 8 to 10 years of professional experience in a commercial or industrial environment involving tight deadlines
Team management experience
Experience in escalating issue resolution, team building, training and team support.
Demonstrated ability to organize and coordinate multiple tasks, build strong cross functional relationships and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization,
Proven ability to work in a team and independently
Systems and tools - working knowledge of SAP desirable with a strong desire to develop further
Languages: English - capacity to interact daily with native English speakers. Other European languages (French / German / Spanish) would be a plus
Benefits - what’s in it for yo u
Diverse career opportunities within Airbus European core countries or in other regions around the world.
A hybrid working model, allowing you to combine onsite and offsite work.
A modern office, well connected to public transportation.
A motivated and fun crew to grow and build and shape the GBS together.
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 Portugal SA
Employment Type: Permanent -------
Experience Level: Professional
Job Family: Leadership
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