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Airbus • Albacete, Spain

Strategic Buyer

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

Job Description:

Responsibilities
Accountable for aeronautical sourcing activity, manages the tendering and the
contract negotiation to achieve the best purchasing conditions in accordance with
Company requirements.
Monitors the contract with suppliers and Company stakeholders, ensuring the
complete application of contract terms and its full performance in all dimensions
(Logistics, support, quality, cost...).
Leads, drives and manages suppliers and supply chain related projects under AHE
portfolio to maximize internal and external customer value, while minimizing total
product cost & risks.
Monitors and challenges suppliers operations to ensure a timely procurement,
ensuring products are delivered on time, cost and quality to our internal customers in
close collaboration with Supply Chain and Suppliers Quality.

Main activities

Strategic Procurement management for the full supply scope within AHE.
Builds fruitful relationships with suppliers and settles binding commitments to ensure
the best contractual conditions for the company, including but not limited to
competitive prices, challenging OTD and OTQ performance, sustainable and reliable
sourcing.
Negotiates contracts and potential liquidated damages along the corresponding
claims.
Export control compliance all across procurement governance.

Main deliverables
Contracts, contract amendments and tendering processes on time and complying
with OP targets.
Claims and LD’s routines, communication and negotiation.
Prices and cost variance booster and controlling.
Parts deliveries in accordance with OTD, OTC and OTQ targets.

Required skills
- Good relationship,
- Negotiation,
- Rigorous,
- Fluent in English

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:
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.

Company benefits

Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Annual bonus
Enhanced maternity leave
Open to compressed hours
Accrued annual leave
Sabbaticals
Enhanced sick pay
Adoption leave
Health insurance
Enhanced paternity leave
Family health insurance
Complimentary Medical Services
Referral bonus
Bike parking
Cycle to work scheme
On-site gym
Teambuilding days
In house training
Employee discounts

Working at Airbus

Company employees:

150,000

Gender diversity (m:f):

70:30

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