Buyer
Location: London Waterside
Working Environment: Hybrid (3 days in a week)
Pay type: £400.00 (Umbrella)
Duration: 12 months
Our Client
One of the world's largest airline groups, with a fleet of over 500 aircraft flying to more than 250 destinations. A company who are committed to providing exceptional service and creating memorable experiences for their passengers.
The Role
Lead the following sub-categories of spend within our Cargo operating company: MRO, Consumables, Infrastructure and Facilities.
Work alongside the operating company ensuring an effective delivery of the agreed procurement plan and maximising the Group’s buying power.
Lead all procurement activities for the allocated sub-categories, including planning, sourcing, negotiation, risk management and reporting.
Key Responsibilities
* Responsibility for implementing local and global procurement strategies for the allocated sub-categories.
* Responsibility for leading the execution of all procurement related activities for the allocated sub-categories following Group processes.
* Management of stakeholder relationships both at group and operating company level, ensuring alignment with both Group and operating company’s business plan and objectives.
* Manage supplier risk to protect both the Group and operating company from financial, operational and reputational damage.
* Provide commercial support and expertise to internal stakeholders in the interaction with the supply base.
* Work with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to resolve commercial and contractual disputes.
* Through liaison with the Procurement Operations Centre and operating company stakeholders, ensure supplier performance management is robust, effective and compliant.
* Work alongside business areas to identify, challenge, harmonise and simplify specifications and processes across the operating companies to ensure that Group buying power is maximised.
* Ensure that all procurement activity is carried out in line with Group and operating company governance principles.
* Develop effective working relations with key interfaces across the Group and operating companies including line, finance, legal and other stakeholders.
* Support the team as required including activities such as reporting, communications management, data analysis and documentation management.
Skills and Qualifications:
* Degree and/or ability to demonstrate strong knowledge of working in international procurement environment
* Strong demonstrable commercial expertise including contract negotiation and dispute resolutions.
* Strong aptitude and knowledge across full commodity lifecycle and awareness of market trends and suppliers.
* Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to manage and influence senior level stakeholders.
* Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to evaluate, analyse and solve problems.
* Ability to influence, align diverse views and gain consensus, providing clarity and direction on what is to be achieved and break down barriers that get in the way of effective team working.
* Ability to prioritise, maintain clear focus and provide direction in constant ambiguity and change, using knowledge, judgment, resilience and courage to resolve conflicting priorities and manage crises.
* Ability to operate effectively in an environment with tight deadlines, finite resource and uncertainty.
Key Relationships/Interfaces
* Management team in Cargo.
* Finance.
* Legal.
* Suppliers
Experience:
* Senior level experience of partnering with Senior Leaders and Executives in a fast moving and agile business environment.
* Experience in Procurement gathered in a complex global organisation.
* Experience of working in an environment of change involving people, process, policy and technology.
* Experience of working within high performing teams across multiple countries and cultures.
* Experience in procurement Logistics or Industrial (or similar) with exposure to MRO, Consumables, Infrastructure and Facilities commodities
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What next?
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