Engineering Sourcing Procurement

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Location: India
Job type: Permanent
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Sector: Finance & Accountancy
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Background

Airbus in India started Engineering activities in 2007. Today the Airbus India Engineering Center boasts of 500 plus qualified Aerospace professionals supporting Airbus products with Engineering activities focused on Simulation, Flight Physics, Tooling, Avionics, Airframe & Flight Data Analytics. The center also locally sub-contracts to leading Engineering Service providers in India.

Airbus Group has ear-marked India as a strategic country for increasing sourcing footprint.

Additionally, The Airbus Group Executive Committee has set-up Global Regional Sourcing Offices (RSO) in Strategic Countries with the objective to further improve AIRBUS GROUP sourcing footprint in these countries. The RSOs report to the Head of Procurement Strategy (PY).

The mission of the RSO shall involve:

* Acting as an agent of change of Airbus Group Global Sourcing footprint

* Supporting Airbus Group Business Units in sourcing from strategic countries

* Supporting Airbus Group Business Units in formulating consolidated global sourcing targets

* Leveraging the impact of existing Airbus Group organizations and competencies as well as synergies/critical mass of Business Units

Position:

* Engineering Sourcing & Procurement

Mission:

The responsible candidate is expected to:

* Manage end-to-end the procurement lifecycle of all local Engineering contracts

* Support the global Engineering Services’ procurement team in sourcing from India

Role & Responsibilities:

Local-for-Local

* Procurement Operations – Understand the procurement process and lifecycle and take end-to-end accountability for Engineering Services right from Sourcing to Ordering

* Supplier Relationship Management – Maintain and manage relationship with suppliers offering service to Airbus India on Engineering

* Consultative Approach – Bring about Engineering Services’ market best practices to internal customers to create value-addition to their business

* Market Intelligence – Be aware of new market trends – technical and commercial – which can be leveraged for Airbus

Local – for - Global

* Support the Global Sourcing Strategy Engineering Procurement (PJO) – Support Airbus Group in creating and formulating the sourcing strategy by providing data about local suppliers.

* Identification of key/niche areas where the company can plan offshoring and manage the complete outsourcing cycle.

* Procurement Marketing (Generate Sourcing demand working with Airbus group procurement teams), Supplier Identification, New Supplier Development, Selling offshoring benefits to internal stakeholders.

* Support standardization by sharing with local commodity management visibility on global contracts. Animate regional supply base (as part of global contracts) to make sure suppliers apply rules, standards, process as negotiated globally

* Governance - Participation in commodity management meetings and secure visibility of ongoing regional (one roof) needs towards commodities. Define governance plans and track project / relationship health

* Support Global Commodity Multi-Functional Teams (MFT) in RFX Process with suppliers with inputs on negotiation, costing & contractual discussions.

Profile:

Functional experience:

* Procurement, Supply chain or Sales, Pre-Sales, Strategy & Business Development

* Knowledge of Aerospace /Automotive / Manufacturing Industry, Risk Management & Business Case Analysis & TCO Approach

* Strong knowledge of software engineering concepts

* Project Lifecycle knowledge across project types and domains

* Knowledge of the Procurement process and negotiation skills

* Knowledge of supplier base and cost structure

* Basic awareness on applicable Laws (labor, IP, international trade)

* Contractual and Commercial Skills

* Knowledge of Engineering Services procurement(Preferable)

Management:

* Experience in Project Management

* Stakeholder Management

* Global mindset – experience of working in Europe will be a plus

* Procurement Experience (Preferable)

Behavioral Skills:

* Teamwork & Transparency

* Strong Adherence to Ethics & Compliance

* Customer focused and solution oriented, while putting Airbus Group overall interest first

* Ability to work in a multicultural environment

Education: A Master’s degree in Business Administration

Languages: Fluent in English. Optional- Hindi, Arabic, German, French, Spanish

Location: Bangalore, India
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