Airbus
Commodity Buyer Building UK
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Job Description
SECURITY CLEARANCE: You will be subject to BPSS and Export Control checks (including a criminal record check)
LOCATION: Broughton
TYPE: Full time
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU
Financial Reward
- Competitive salary
- Annual profit share
- Contributory pension
- Share options
- Car leasing scheme
- Free onsite parking
- Various optional salary sacrifice benefits
- Shopping discounts and much more
Work / Life Balance
- 35 hour week
- Flexible working around core hours
- Flexible working
- Option to buy/sell holiday
Personal Development
- Personalised development plan
- Unlimited access to 10,000+ E-learning courses
- Internal mobility including international opportunities
Health & Wellbeing
- Bupa health insurance (including assisted fertility treatments and gender dysphoria & reassignment support)
- Wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support)
- Discounted family health / dental insurance / eye tests
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- On-site canteen and coffee shop
- Lunchtime yoga / meditation
Family and Caregiving
- Life assurance
- Enhanced pay for parental leave (23 weeks at 100% pay)
- Adoption / shared parental / caregiving leave
- Purpose built maternity rooms on site
Inclusive Environment
- Wellbeing room
- Multi-faith room
- Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity)
Our world is changing. And so are we. From our commitment to zero-carbon flight) to cleaning up space, sustainability is at the heart of our purpose. So what's your next change?
HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM
- Implementing the procurement strategy defined by the Commodity Procurement Management and the Projects Multi-Functional-Teams (MFT) within the scope of activity supporting Airbus divisions’ needs.
- Manage procurement projects and call for tenders with multi-divisional scope within the scope of the Building & Construction Team and international scope on demand, including within Building sub-commodity PJRB.
- Develop and maintain an efficient supply chain capable to deliver goods/services, matching Airbus requirements and business objectives.
- Ensure that deliverables are in line with the contractual terms (cost, time, quality).
- Secure long-term alignment of the preferred supplier base with the long-term trans-divisional strategic needs of Airbus.
- Ensure continuous commercial relationship with suppliers in order to secure work with best-in-class suppliers and protect Airbus from contractual risks.
- Conduct the procurement process in order to fulfil business needs and provide the internal customers with valued services in compliance with the Airbus General Procurement procedures and guidelines, to full customers satisfaction.
- Deliver on initiatives contributing to Airbus Savings Programmes using the levers of requirements harmonisation/standardization, challenge of the specifications, volume aggregation, and control of the demand.
- Provide strategically relevant input to support the strategy development.
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ABOUT YOU
- Experienced within procurement or operations or facility management.
- Experience in setting up a procurement strategy, in the area of responsibility (“Building & Construction” category).
- Experience in Building project management would be highly appreciated.
Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customised development solutions.
HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU
- Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need and we’ll always do our best to accommodate your request.
- Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments for the selection process – you can share this with your Talent Acquisition Partner if you are invited to interview. Examples may include (but not exclusive to) accessible facilities; auxiliary aids; room layout, etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.
- As a Disability Confident Employer, Airbus UK will offer an interview to any applicant that considers themselves to have a disability or long-term condition under the Equality Act 2010 and meets the minimum criteria of the role (as set out in the job advert). To ‘opt in’, just select the option during your application submission and your application will be considered accordingly.
- 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.
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Company
Airbus Operations Limited
Employment Type
Permanent
Experience Level
Professional
Job Family
Sourcing, Buying and Ordering
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