Responsibilities
Global Sourcing

• Strategic Sourcing - Co-design with global commodity functions and business, Global Sourcing Strategy for Engineering Services & Innovation Procurement – Support Airbus Procurement in creating and formulating the roadmap for Engineering supply chain in India & region.
• Governance - Define governance plans and track project / relationship health, to coordinate Multi-functional teams, trans-national and / or trans-divisional covering Airbus Group business entities
• Procurement Marketing - Lead the initiatives to identify market trends, benchmark competitor strategies & supplier landscape. Build sourcing business cases, offshoring / outsourcing models & solutions to contribute from Indian supply chain capabilities to the leadership & management teams.
• Call for tender Management - Lead & manage cross-functional teams within the framework of local and global procurement projects with relevant & detailed procurement project planning in line with specified cost, quality & delivery targets.
  

Team Management

• To deliver all commodity activities in the center according to agreed KPIs & manage the day to day operations in his/her perimeter
• To maintain a core internal team with required skills and competence & manage career aspirations and growth of internal team members
• Setup healthy and professional environment, foster creativity, innovation and collaboration by engaging team giving due freedom and flexibility at work
• Enable team members with adequate means to deliver their responsibilities
• Appraisal and continuous feedback to team members & Ensure appropriate recognition of achievements in the team
• Provide advice and support to the business, understanding their requirements and guiding them to the most appropriate technology products and services
• Guide the team to prepare and maintain compelling and executive ready slides for weekly, monthly, quarterly and other ad-hoc executive briefings, reviews and other key meetings with stakeholders
• Drive compliant Airbus General Procurement processes and ensure supplies apply rules, standards and business practice in accordance with Airbus policies.
  

Accountabilities

• Achieve yearly business target for the department with respect to business & teams
• Build & Implement strategy to achieve the defined vision
• Reporting of the department activities
• Identification and realization of new business opportunities
• Formulation and translation of Airbus Procurement vision for the team
• Adequate communication in both direction of hierarchy
• Identify opportunities and collaborate with other departments
• Manage department level risks and escalations
  

Qualifications And Experience Levels

• Minimum Master’s degree, preferably in fields like Engineering, IT, Computer Science, Business, etc.
• Minimum 5+ years of working experience in Procurement / Sourcing / Pre-sales with overall up to 14 years of relevant industry experience preferably in Engineering / Manufacturing.
• Strong in team management with at-least 3 years of experience
• Offshoring / Outsourcing experience is a plus.
• MBA is not necessary but would be ideal.
• Good knowledge of purchasing, negotiation, commercial understanding and cost breakdown.
• Experience of working closely with suppliers or external vendors.
• Able to add value, reduce costs and input to business improvements.
• Previous experience of working in a purchasing team preferably within a GIC or GBS.
• Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, processes, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
  

Candidate is able to / should be

• Strong lead the business & people, have a passion to develop and mentor people.
• Have a high level of autonomy but not individualist, able to lead the distributed team from remote.
• Speak fluently in English
• Act in ethical manner and shows moral courage, openness and honesty in all dealings
• Assertive, Resilient, Proactive in contributions to the team management
• Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate. Convey verbal and written information effectively to all stakeholders (European / Indian) and across multiple levels of hierarchy

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