Senior Material Supplier - Purchasing

Job Description

TUI Group is the world’s number one integrated tourism business. Within TUI Group, TUI Airline regroups all airline activities across UK, Nordics, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Morocco, France, and the Dutch Antilles. Supply Chain is a function within our airline organisation responsible for the timely and most economical availability of aircraft spares to support the TUI operation and maintenance activities. The Supply Chain function operates as a multi-disciplinary team of experts driving efficiency and innovation.

As Senior Material Supplier, your focus will be to develop, manage, and improve:

Provide full material support to production areas including Maintenance Operational Control, Line Maintenance, Base Maintenance, Workshops and work with External Suppliers.

This vacancy is part of the preload and operational continental Supply Chain team based in H40, providing full material support and coordination on shift to all base production areas, in close relationship with the TUI Supply Chain centralized teams in UK.

In this role, you’ll report to the Belgium Line & Base Operational Supply Chain Team Leader and Duty Material Suppliers in Brussels

ABOUT THE ROLE

As Senior Material Supplier, you’ll be responsible for:
• The operational support and procurement of aircraft spare parts
• Tracing and tracking of on-going shipments worldwide and expediting the delivery of parts into the shops or to other stations
• Coordination of case-to-case logistical activities worldwide
• Monitoring task progress and taking the necessary action to deliver in agreed timescales/budgets, completing all paperwork in an accurate and timely manner
• Maintain a shift handover log for your designated area at the end of each day and liaise with other departments as necessary (e.g. outside agencies, airport authorities, Maintrol etc)
• Act up to Duty Material Supplier as requested within agreed levels of authority

• Facilitation of the performance management of strategic suppliers ensuring service level agreements (SLA’s) are met
• Forward provisioning of materials to meet business needs, ensure ‘loans-in’ are effectively managed and the exposure to surplus/waste is minimised
• Liaising with the engineering community to develop provisioning models, supporting, and participating in tendering/contract development, ensuring maximum value for money in any buying decisions is achieved
• Delivering appropriate/timely management reporting across all areas of responsibility
• Progressing/expediting outstanding orders for the timely delivery of material

ABOUT YOU

• Aviation background with supply chain experience, including procurement & tendering experience
• Strong IT skills and knowledge of engineering systems
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Demonstrate self-confidence and the ability to present at all levels across a wide engineering organisation
• Role requires strong business English, both spoken and written, and may involve some international travel

ABOUT OUR OFFER

• Working in the leading global tourism group: We stand for intercultural cooperation and offer the opportunity to work in international projects and teams.
• Mobile working, flexible working hours and working from abroad: We believe that work is something you do, not where you go.
• Development and career opportunities: We promote the potential of our employees with a wide range of (digital) training opportunities and international career opportunities.
• Personal benefits: We offer attractive remuneration, generous travel benefits, extensive health & wellbeing offers and much more.
  

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If you require any further information regarding this opportunity, please email careers@tui.co.uk

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